Satellite sent into space on US rocket
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An image shows the six microsatellites that make up Formosat-3, which was launched at 9:40am yesterday Taiwan time from California. The microsatellites will collect and analyze information from 2,500 monitoring points around the globe.
PHOTO: THE NATIONAL SPACE ORGANIZATION
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Hwang Meillian shows grace under pressure
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Hwang Meillian, an artist who suffers from cerebral palsy, shows off her paintings in her art studio on Friday, saying that the paintings are like her children.
PHOTO: JEAN LIN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Ma talks up direct cross-strait flights, Chinese tourists
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou, right, makes a gesture while talking to eight citizens who won an online contest for a chance to meet with the chairman yesterday. The meeting format was a tea party at 228 Memorial Park.
PHOTO: WANG YI-SUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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DPP slams absent KMT lawmakers
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, center, rides past an E-2K Hawkeye early warning aircraft during a ceremony in Pingtung County yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Huge strike brings Nepal to a standstill once again
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Nepalese journalists argue with a riot policeman during a protest rally in Kathmandu yesterday. More than 200 journalists took part in the rally to demand press freedom.
PHOTO: EPA
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Bomb-shaped speakers set off panic in Manhattan
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A police officer stands near a minivan on Friday on East 67th Street in Manhattan. New York City police closed adjacent streets after a report of a suspicious device in the vehicle. The chaos that unfolded on East 67th Street during the morning rush started with a stereo speaker that looked like a bomb.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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YouTube.com winning eyeballs with video-sharing service
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YouTube cofounders Chad Hurley, 29, left, and Steven Chen, 27, pose for a photo with their laptops at their office loft in San Mateo, California, last month.
PHOTO: AP
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Carmakers struggle to post profits in focus on niche markets
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The 2006 H3 Hummer is displayed at the New York International Auto Show on Friday in New York.
PHOTO: AP
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Apple sued over hearing loss
蘋果被控有損聽力
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Three different iPods are displayed in California.
三款iPod產品在加州展示。 (照片：美聯社)
PHOTO: AP
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Can Modernism be dangerous?
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, an architect often belittled as too cool for human comfort, turns out to be a figure possessed by desires of nearly unbearable intensity. The Seagram Building in Chicago, viewed from the northwest at dusk in 1958.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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The popularity of the Tate Modern last year proved that the impact of spectacular architecture can pretty much drown out even the most substantial complaints about exhibitions and collections. The Tate Modern standing on the south bank of the River Thames in London, England.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Fernand Leger's Ball Bearing, 1926.
PHOTO COURTESY OF VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
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Saudi Arabia's king stepsout of his predecessor's shadow
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After acceeding to the throne, King Abdullah has trimmed princes' allowances and increased spending on education.
PHOTOS: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE AND EPA
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There's a poetically-gifted love rat loose in Taipei
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Pressed Number 4
Edited by Joel McCaffery
80 pages
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Regrow your own
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Many species of animals, such as amphibians, deer and zebra fish are able to regenerate a wide variety of body parts including tails, jaws and intestines.
PHOTOS: AGENCIES
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Putting Flaubert's life and many loves in perspective
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Rayborn wins duel with 'Little Chick'
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Pan Chung-wei of the Bears bats against the Cobras in Kaohsiung, Friday. Pan's solo homer in the second inning gave the Bears a 1-0 win.
PHOTO COURTESY OF LA NEW BEARS
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Tom Glavine of the Mets delivers against the Brewers during the first inning at Shea Stadium in New York, Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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YMY ends on high note
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Luo Hsin-liang, left, of YMY, scores on a layup in Friday night's 91-72 blowout win over the ETTV Antelopes in Taipei.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SBL
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