KMT chairman rebuffs vice president's offer to hold discussions with the DPP
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou shakes hands with Vice President Annette Lu yesterday as he welcomes her to the Digital Cities Convention at the Taipei World Trade Center. Lu and Ma held a short closed-door meeting before she gave a speech to the convention.
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Famed Jesuit's descendant sets new jet-ski trip record
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Alvaro de Marichalar waves a Spanish flag to wellwishers upon his arrival in Tokyo Yumeno-shima Marine in Tokyo Bay on Wednesday after arriving from China. It took him almost 11 weeks to make the journey on his 3m-long jet ski.
PHOTO: AFP
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Free Hong Kong concert appears timed to compete with annual democracy march
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People hand out free copies of a newspaper yesterday to promote an annual democracy march in Hong Kong.
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Thailand swoons over Bhutan's spicy crown prince
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Bhutan's Crown Prince Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck is seen arriving at an airport in Bangkok on June 11.
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Germany regrets shooting Bruno
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Wearing a bear costume and carrying a German flag, Toni Engelhardt appears during a press conference in Schliersee, Germany, on Monday. Engelhard was protesting the killing of bear Bruno.
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Torrential rain wreaks havoc in eastern US
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Small planes are clustered together after being towed to the only remaining dry land at Bloomsburg Airport, Pennsylvania, as floodwaters from the Susquehanna River continued to encroach on the airstrip on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Iraq's forgotten refugees forced to live in a cemetery
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Children play in the cemetery of Inkawa village in Kurdistan, Iraq, last week. They are members of a Christian family that fled violence-plagued Baghdad to live in a small hut in the cemetery. More than 3,500 Christian families have fled to Kurdistan after receiving threats.
PHOTO: AFP
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Smile, you're on candid camera
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Call center worker held over bank hacking
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Officers of the Corps of Detectives Cyber Crime Branch take Nadeem Kashmiri, center, the main suspect in the HSBC data theft case, to the court after interrogation in Bangalore on Wednesday.
PHOTO: EPA
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A Chinese Figaro
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Stan Lai has given Chien Wen-pin's new production of Le Nozze di Figaro a Chinese setting, enhancing what is widely regarded as one of the treasures of operatic music.
PHOTO: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Events & Entertainment
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The Chairman (董事長樂團) won the Golden Melody Award for best band earlier this month, confirmation that the nine-year-old rock combo's new line-up and new sound for its Looking for a New World (找一個新世界) album released late last year hit on a winning formula. The band has grown up, ditched the more punk/rock elements and honed a repertoire of sophisticated post-rock tunes. In 2000 the group's then frontman Guan Yu (冠宇) lost his fight against leukemia, and the band released a tribute album in 2003 entitled Solo Flight (董事長 -- 冠宇: 單飛). The combo was formed in 1997 and quickly rose to prominence on the alt rock scene. ● Tonight at 8pm ● Tickets are NT$400 ● Location: The Wall (這牆), B1, 200, Roosevelt Rd Sec 4, Taipei (台北市羅斯福路四段200號B1). Call (02) 2930-0162 or visit www.the-wall.com.tw
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Ilan International Children's Folklore and Folkgame Festival (宜蘭國際童玩藝術節), the biggest celebration of childhood in Taiwan, has also put Ilan County on the international events calendar. Attendance is expected to exceed previous years with the new route open from Taipei. This is the 11th year of the festival's history. It incorporates games, performances, and exhibitions. In the Wulaokeng Scenic Area (武荖坑風景區), organizers are going after Disney in their efforts to produce a magnificent fantasy land, and the spa and facilities of the Tungshan Park (冬山河親水公園), will also be available. Tickets are NT$350 on weekdays and NT$450 on weekends and provide access to both the Wulaokeng and Tungshan areas. More information can be found at the festival's Web site at www.folkgame.org.tw. ● Tomorrow until August 20
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Pop Stop
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Restaurant: Front Page Bar 長虹酒吧
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Soccer and grub for foodies.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FRONT PAGE BAR
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Restaurant: Peacock
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Behind these doors, a beatnik bar and restaurant awaits.
PHOTO: MAX HIRSCH, TAIPEI TIMES
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The Vinyl Word
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A peace sign is set alight at the Hoping for Hoping peace fest.
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Megan and JR broke a new venue, Hub 20, out last Saturday.
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Bejart fires up the imagination
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PHOTO COURTESY OF BEJART BALLET LAUSANNE
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The Man of Steel
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He may have superhuman powers and make the ladies swoon, but there's something slightly camp about Superman.
PHOTO COURTESY OF WARNER BROS
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When evil resides in the penthouse
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Some medical and racial boundaries are meant to
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF HBO
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This enlightening movie tells the story of two men who through mutual respect broke the rules and sparked a medical revolution.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF HBO
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Up the creek with a paddle
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Aboriginal traditions were revived for the movie Ten Canoes, a film shot in a language that only a tiny group of people speak.
PHOTO: AFP
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Reel News
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Chris Kraus receives the award for the Best Feature Film, for his movie Four Minutes at the 9th annual Shanghai International Film Festival. The seven-day festival is the only annual international film festival held in China.
PHOTO: AFP
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A coin tradition 錢幣的傳統
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A woman holds up a newly designed coin in Bulgaria.
保加利亞一名女子手持一枚新設計的硬幣。 (照片：歐新社)
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A-Rod turns boos to cheers as Yankees defeat Braves
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The New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez reacts after hitting a two-run walk off a home run against the Atlanta Braves during the 12th inning of their baseball game on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium in New York.
PHOTO: AP
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World Cup: Golden oldies make a Cup comeback
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France's Zinedine Zidane, left, David Beckham of England, center, and Portugal's Luis Figo have upstaged the bright young things at Germany 2006 with performances that have forced critics to eat their words.
PHOTOS: AP
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World Cup: Totti and Shevchenko recovering just in time
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Ukraine powerhouse Andriy Shevchenko, center, does some warm-up excercises with teammates during his team's training session in the Luftschiffhafen Stadium in Potsdam on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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World Cup: Italians alert to homeboy `Sheva'
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World Cup: Stopping Argentina's Riquelme key for Germany
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German players stretch during a training session at Wurfplatz stadium in Berlin on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Argentine forward Carlos Tevez relaxes at the Adi-Dassler-Sportplatz training camp in Herzogenaurach on Tuesday.
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