N Korea calls officials `imbeciles'
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Two men bite North Korean flags during a rally to protest members of the South Korean Democratic Labor Party visiting North Korea at Incheon International airport, west of Seoul, South Korea, yesterday.
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Environmental meeting calls for bold car policy
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Members of the Taiwan Environmental Action Network and other environmental organizations are dressed up in animal and plant costumes at a demonstration to raise awareness about global warming in Taipei's Da-an Park yesterday. They called on Taipei residents to start riding bicycles and cut down on the use of cars.
PHOTO: CHEN TSE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Painting of Sun Yat-sen thrown away as garbage
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Two portraits of former dictator Chiang Kai-shek by well known Taiwanese painter Li Mei-shu are seen on display yesterday. This picture is kept in good repair and hangs at the Taipei County Council.
PHOTOS: CHENG SHU-TING, TAIPEI TIMES
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This picture was originally kept at Sansia Elementary School, but has been returned to the Li Mei-shu Memorial Gallery after a series of bad restoration attempts.
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Presidential Office in crisis: Ma calls on DPP to join recall motion
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou leads the crowd in chanting slogans during a KMT campaign rally in Kaohsiung yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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China promises to double aid to Africa
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Chinese President Hu Jintao welcomes Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, left, for the biggest diplomatic event China has ever hosted, the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, which gathered representatives of 48 African countries, at the Great Hall of People in Beijing yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Fiji's leader backs down
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Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, center, speaks to international media in Suva yesterday after he announced he would change a contentious piece of legislation that has fueled coup fears.
PHOTO: AP
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Baghdad braces for Saddam conviction
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An Iraqi street vendor sells old Iraqi dinars bearing the image of former president Saddam Hussein yesterday. Iraq is bracing for a violent backlash from Saddam's supporters if, as expected, he is sentenced to death today for crimes against humanity.
PHOTO: AFP
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More women pursuing university degrees in Iran
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Malaysia unveils plans for huge development project
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A visitor takes a look at a diorama of South Johor State during the launching of the South Johor Economic Region in Johor Bahru yesterday. Malaysia has launched an ambitious project aimed at transforming the idyllic southern state into a metropolis similar to Hong Kong or Shenzhen.
PHOTO: AFP
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Indian retailers face new foe
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The market in Vashi, India, pictured in September. Western-style supermarkets could change the way India's farm produce is ultimately sold.
PHOTO: NYT IMAGES
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World Wide Web creator warns of cheats and liars
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee speaks during a news conference on Thursday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT and the University of Southampton in the UK, announced the launch of a long-term research collaboration that aims to produce the fundamental scientific advances necessary to guide the future design and use of the World Wide Web.
PHOTO: AP
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Why it pays to brush up on auction etiquette
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Christie's employees take calls at an auction in New York in May 2000. Within the already rarefied subculture of the art world, auction houses are a preserve all of their own, with distinct practices, jargons and rights.
PHOTO NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Safin sees the positives in Paris defeat
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Russia's Marat Safin reacts after losing a point against Germany's Tommy Haas during their Paris Tennis Masters Series quarter-final at Bercy on Friday.
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Germany's Tommy Haas celebrates his victory over Russia's Marat Safin during their Paris Tennis Masters Series quarter-final at Bercy on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Windies determined to retain Champions title
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West Indian cricket captain Brian Lara, left, looks on with his South African counterpart Graeme Smith during the presentation ceremony after their Champions Trophy semi-final match at The Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Nov 2.
PHOTO: AFP
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Cricket body removes Hair from elite umpire panel
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Australian umpire Darrell Hair gestures during a press conference following a disciplinary hearing for Pakistan's captain Inzamam-Ul-Haq at the Oval in London, on Sept. 28.
PHOTO: AP
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Wu Ching-kuo bids to lead world amateur boxing
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Ching-Kuo Wu of Taiwan, a challenger for the presidency of the International Boxing Association, is seen during the XVI AIBA Congress in the Dominican Republic on Friday.
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Maddux wins his 16th Gold Glove
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Los Angeles Dodger Greg Maddux pitches against the San Diego Padres during a game in Los Angeles in September.
PHOTO: AP
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Taiwan shock Poland, stay unbeaten
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Taiwan players celebrate after scoring a point against Poland during the fourth set of their first round match at the Women's World Volleyball Championships in Tokyo yesterday.
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Taiwan's Lin Ching-i, right, spikes the ball past Poland's Izabela Belcik during their first-round match at the Women's World Volleyball Championships in Tokyo yesterday.
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Slimmer Wu ready for world title defense
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Defending Champion Wu Chia-ching of Taiwan reaches for a shot against Sven Pauritsch of Germany during the first day of the World Pool Championship yesterday in Manila.
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Rucchin goal helps Thrashers top Washington
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The Calgary Flames' Andrew Ference, right, collides with the Columbus Blue Jackets' Rick Nash during the third period of their NHL game on Friday in Columbus, Ohio.
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Can chocolate be healthy? 巧克力保健?
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Herbal chocolates displayed by healthcare company Eu yan Sang International Limited in Singapore.
新加坡專營保健食品的余仁生國際有限公司展示本草巧克力。 (照片：法新社)
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Live fast, die young. Fast and live longer
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In a longevity study at Southern Illinois University, the top mouse was fed a calorie-restricted diet, and the one below a normal diet. Both are 28 months old.
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Canto, left, and Owen, two rhesus monkeys. Canto, on a calorie-restricted diet, is aging fairly well. Owen, who is fed a normal diet, is frail and moves slowly.
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A mutant roundworm that lives six times as long as a normal worm.
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Orientalism faces new discontents
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Dangerous knowledge
By Robert Irwin
410 pages
The Overlook Press
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Hung Hung recaptures the world with words
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Accomplished poet Hung Hung laments the lack of critical appreciation of poetry in Taiwan, and is attempting to bring new forms of the literary genre to younger generations of readers.
PHOTO COURTESY OF HUNG HUNG
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When culture and sexuality clash, confusion follows
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February Flowers
By Fan Wu
239 pages
Picador Asia
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