Hsuehshan Tunnel may be finished by late June
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Premier Su Tseng-chang, center, is accompanied by Minister of Transportation and Communications Kuo Yao-chi, right, and other officials during an inspection tour of the Hsuehshan Tunnel yesterday.
PHOTO: LIAO CHEN-HUEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Meet the man behind the scenes
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Presidential Office Deputy Secretary-General Ma Yung-cheng is shown in this April 17 photo.
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Aussie foreign minister tours Solomons
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A soldier stands guard as Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer takes a guided tour around riot-battered Honiara's Chinatown yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Canadian Indian protests lead to train disruptions
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A Six Nations protester performs a sweetgrass ceremony on a barricade after they were told that police were going to raid the area near Caledonia, in Ontario, Canada, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Drawing the line between street and pavement
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Oil bursts through US$75
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Traders work in the crude oil futures pit of the New York Mercantile Exchange on Friday. The June contract for light, sweet crude on Friday rose US$1.48 to US$75.17 a barrel, the highest-ever close for a front-month contract.
PHOTO: AP
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Ford swings to first-quarter loss as restructuring begins
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Steve Harber, one of the managers of a Ford agency in the south Denver suburb of Centennial, Colorado, looks over the 2006 Ford GT on the showroom floor on Friday. The limited production vehicle is the only one that the dealership will get to sell during the current model run. Ford on Friday posted a US$1.2 billion loss in the first quarter.
PHOTO: AP
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Recharging employee batteries
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Catherine Cotier took a two-month sabbatical from her job as an administrative assistant at Intel in 2004 to work at this archeological site in Malta.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Bill Gates receives hero's welcome on tour of Hanoi university campus
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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, left, is welcomed by thousands of Hanoi University of Technology students as he arrives at the campus in Hanoi yesterday. Bill Gates was on a 24-hour visit to Vietnam.
PHOTO: AFP
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Primitive dentists 遠古牙醫
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Scientists simulate the way they think teeth were drilled thousands of years ago. 科學家正在模擬他們認為數千年前所採行的鑽牙方式。
PHOTO: AP
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Some rise by sin, others fall by virtue
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PHOTO: EPA
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Bad-boy rocker Pete Doherty has been up before judges on charges of drug possession.
PHOTO: AP
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When British newspapers published pictures of Kate Moss allegedly hoovering up cocaine, she heade for the hills. She returned, however, to lucrative modeling contracts and little public criticism.
PHOTO: AP
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Local chefs seek the sweet life
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Top, Jason Tsai, left, and Lee Yi-hsi work on their creations during the Open de France de Dessert 2006 in Paris last month; above, Jason Tsai, right, and Lee Yi-hsi, left, receive the award for the Open de France de Dessert 2006 in Paris last month; left, Lee Yi-hsi's winning sugar art entry.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF LI YI-HSI
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Looking back to a golden age of the spirit in search of salvation
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The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
By Karen Armstrong
469 pages
Alfred A, Knopf
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Why bet your bottom dollar?
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Neuro-economists combine neuroscience, economics, and psychology to study how we formulate choices, and seek answers to why flashing lights and ringing bells in Las Vegas encourage risk taking.
PHOTOS: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Knockoff iPod Nanos fly off the shelves
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A screen grab taken from the local Yahoo auction Web site shows imitation iPod nanos offered for sale.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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With parties like these, who needs loyalties?
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Elements of Style
By Wendy Wassertein
307 pages
Alfred A. Knopf
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Yim charges into the lead
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Yim Sung-ah of South Korea hits her tee shot on the 12th hole during the second round of the Florida's Natural Charity Classic in Stockbridge, Georgia, on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Roger Federer finds form on clay
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The central court is shown during the Monte Carlo Masters Series quarterfinals in Monaco on Friday. Roger Federer faced Fernando Gonzalez in the semifinals yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Pujols takes Cubs' pitches for a ride
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Astros manager Phil Garner, left, argues with home plate umpire Rick Reed just before Garner is thrown out of the game during the first inning against the Pirates in Houston, Texas, on Friday. Houston defeated Pittsburgh 3-2.
PHOTO: AP
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Elephants edge by Cobras, twice
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La New Bears starter Kenny Rayborn pitches against the Sinon Bulls at Douliou on Thursday. The Bears defeated the Bulls 4-3.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CPBL
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PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CPBL
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Wings need double OT to beat Oilers
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San Jose Sharks goalie Vesa Toskala, left, reaches for the puck to make a save as Sharks defenseman Josh Gorges, center, blocks Nashville Predators left wing Paul Kariya away during the third period of a first-round playoff game in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday. Nashville defeated San Jose 4-3. Nashville leads the best-of-seven Western Conference series 1-0, with Game 2 back in Tennessee today.
PHOTO: AP
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Bankers give Dinos big challenge
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Dinos center Tseng Wen-ding, left, scores as Chu Yong-hong of the Bank of Taiwan looks on during Super Basketball League playoff action at the Taipei Physical Education College Gymnasium on Friday. Tseng ended with 27 points as the Dinos defeated the Bank of Taiwan 83-77.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SBL
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Helio Castroneves wins Japan 300 from the pole
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Marlboro Team Penske driver Helio Castroneves of Brazil kisses his trophy after winning the Bridgestone Indy Japan 300 in Motegi, Japan, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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