Chen commissions vessels, touts arms deal
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Flanked by Premier Su Tseng-chang, left, and Minister of National Defense Lee Jye, President Chen Shui-bian waves to the media below surface-to-air missiles on the bow of a newly commissioned US-made Kidd-class destroyer at the Suao Commercial Port yesterday. Chen also used the opportunity to push for the passage of the arms bill.
PHOTO: WALLY SANTANA, AP
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Police looking for La New Bears coach's kidnappers
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La New Bears coach Lin Kuang-hung speaks at a press conference in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-TE,TAIPEI TIMES
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Books commemorate Ma's mayorship
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Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou squats as he signs a copy of a set of two books about his two terms as mayor at a book launch in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: CNA
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See arms bill from US angle, Alaskan senator says
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US Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska gestures during an interview yesterday with the ``Taipei Times'' during her trip to Taipei this week. Murkowski is chairwoman of the US Senate's Subcommittee on East-Asian and Pacific Affairs.
PHOTO: LU CHUN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Fiji PM squashes coup rumors
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Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase addresses a press conference following an emergency Cabinet meeting in Suva on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Court orders inquiry into Nepal's 'living goddess' tradition
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Kumari, Nepal's living goddess, is carried outside her palace during the Dasain festival in Kathmandu on Sept. 30.
PHOTO: AP
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29 die in Colombia attack
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Combat soldiers patrol near Tierradentro, Colombia, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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The cost of killing krill
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China's richest also relatively young
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A journalist reads the latest copy of Forbes magazine at a press conference in Beijing yesterday to announce the magazine's list of China's 400 wealthiest people.
PHOTO: AFP
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Chinese delegates join Taipei travel fair
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Two women from the delegation from the Department of Roads, Transport, Information, Communications and Tourism of Mongolia's Ministry of Infrastructure give a neckbreaking performance at a press conference promoting the Taipei International Travel Fair yesterday. The fair opens today at the Taipei World Trade Center's Exhibition Hall I and runs through Monday. Admission is NT$200.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taiwanese golfing legend to be honored at HK Open
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This undated photo shows legendary Taiwanese golfer Lu Liang-huan posing with some of the trophies from his illustrious career.
PHOTO: AFP
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Kiwis docked two Tri-Nations points over `Grannygate'
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Independent films featured in South Taiwan Film Festival 南方影展大放異彩
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Chihkanlou, where the film festival's award ceremony will be held.
南方影展將在赤崁樓舉辦頒獎典禮。 (照片：台北時報)
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Beef noodle cooking competition 牛肉麵大賽
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The chef from Liu Shan Dong noodle shop, who has qualified to compete in this weekend's beef noodle cook-off at the Taipei World Trade Center Hall 2 (Taipei Show).
劉山東小吃店的主廚已入圍本週末再台北世貿二館舉行的牛肉麵烹調大賽。 (照片：台北時報)
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Unleash the fury
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Yngwie Malmsteen is back with a new album, in shape and, fans say, better than ever. PHOTO Courtesy of Larry Marano
PHOTO COURTESY OF LARRY MARANO
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A language all their own
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Tight moves and a sense of the dramatic give Brazil's Grupo Corpo its unique appeal.
PHOTO COURTESY OF NOVEL HALL
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South Taiwan embraces local up-and-coming filmmakers
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The Road in the Air, Taiwan's first road movie, was made by filmmaker and novelist Isaac Li.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF SOUTH TAIWAN FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL
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American director Ward Serrill spent seven years following the lives of a group of female baseball players and made the touching documentary The Heart of the Game.
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The 3 Rooms of Melancholia is a compelling documentary film by Finnish director Pirjo Honkasalo who ventured deep into the Chechen war zone and brought the inhumanity of war to the big screen.
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Quiet Summer is about a Japanese boy coming to Taiwan to bury his mother's ashes and faces inescapable loneliness and alienation in a foreign land.
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Reel News
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It's time to see Benicio Del Toro's revolutionary acting style.
PHOTO: AP
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The horror of war, the torment of victory
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In Flags of Our Fathers Clint Eastwood captures the face of war and the human cost it exacts.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF WARNER BROS
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CGI rodents are more than human
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Dreamworks' quality CGI work and a strong story add a special magic to Flushed Away.
PHOTO COURTESY OF UIP
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Poetry fest brings trouble to town
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A screen grab from Pierre Coulibeuf's movie Klossowski, painter-exorcist.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TAIPEI POETRY FESTIVAL
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A short expedition to the past
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Taipei Story House's new exhibition is worth a visit, if only a quickie.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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The blues comes to town
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BoPoMoFo are ready to rumble.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CANTIKSOTOS
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Bring out the beef
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PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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