Taiwan's quiet man of baseball finally meets the press
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Wang Chien-ming poses for a photo during a press conference in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: SAM YEH, AFP
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Lawmakers protest high speed rail's `unsafe' trials
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The high speed train undergoes tests at Taoyuan on April 18.
PHOTO: EPA
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KMT supports Ma, but cracks appear
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Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou, who is also chairman of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), apologizes at a news conference in Taipei yesterday, a day after he was questioned by prosecutors over possible irregularities in the use of his mayoral special expense fund.
PHOTO: JIMMY CHANG, REUTERS
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Chen says Republican setbacks may affect Taiwan
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President Chen Shui-bian yesterday places a heart-shaped magnet with the text ``I want to have fun'' on a white board while attending a press conference announcing the publication of an illustrated book promoting the UN's Convention on the Rights of the Child. The book is entitled What We All Should Know.
PHOTO: CNA
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Former Philippine senator arrested for coup attempt
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Gregorio Honasan, former colonel and senator in the Philippines, is brought by wheelchair to a surgery ward at the National Police Hospital in Manila yesterday. Honasan suffered injuries to his feet while being chased by police who later captured him.
PHOTO: EPA
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India, Pakistan close latest talks over Kashmir
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Pakistani Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammed Khan addresses media representatives in New Delhi yesterday about the meetings between his country and India.
PHOTO: AFP
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Truffle brings in record auction price
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Chef Umberto Bombana displays a 1.5kg Alba white truffle in Hong Kong on Tuesday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Torrential rains in Somalia kill 23
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A displaced family seeks refuge on a dry spot in Dadaab, Kenya, on Sunday. Nearly 13,000 people have been displaced by devastating floods at camps in Kenya for refugees fleeing unrest in Somalia, the UN said on Monday. Torrential downpours across Kenya's north, northeast and coastal regions have inundated two of the three camps that make up the sprawling UN Dadaab complex, compounding the misery of nearly 90,000 Somali refugees, it said.
PHOTO: AFP
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Seven-year-old boy sways Mexican Congress
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Saul Arellano, bottom left, talks with reporters at the Mexican Congress in Mexico City, Mexico, on Tuesday after pleading for lawyers' help in lobbying Washington to stop the deportation of his mother.
PHOTO: AP
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All hostages except two are released in Baghdad
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Iraqi women walk past the scientific research institute in Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, where earlier gunmen kidnapped around 100 people.
PHOTO: AP
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Forests are making a comeback
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Nuggets beat Heat, Anthony loses duel
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The Houston Rocket's Yao Ming reacts after missing a shot while being fouled during the third quarter of an NBA game against the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday in Houston, Texas. The Spurs won 92-84.
PHOTO: AP
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Brazil to face Russia in finals, US defeats Taiwan
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Taiwan's Kou Nai-han, center, receives the ball as teammates captain Chen Shu-li, left, and Azu Hui-fang, look on during the women's final round match at the Volleyball World Championships in Osaka, western Japan, yesterday. The US defeated Taiwan 25-15, 25-20, 25-21.
PHOTO: AFP
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Taiwan falls to Syria to end goalless Cup charge
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Japan's Yasuyuki Konno, left, and Akira Kaji, right, try to steal a ball from Saudi Arabia's Saleh Alsaqri during their qualifying match for the 2007 Asian Cup in Sapporo, Japan, yesterday. Japan won 3-1.
PHOTO: AFP
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Japanese cheap chic invades SoHo
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The entrance and interior of Uniqlo's store in SoHo, New York.
PHOTOS: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Tadashi Yanai, CEO of Uniqlo, is pictured at the company's new store in SoHo, New York.
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Pink is a color for all seasons
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A fuchsia-pink hat created by leading local designer Sophie Hung.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Classical DVD Review
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MARIA CALLAS
La Divina - A Portrait
A Tony Palmer film
Well Go USA WD-177
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ORPHEE ET EURYDICE
Theatre Musical de Paris - Chatelet
Directed by Robert Wilson
Well Go USA WD-169
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RUSALKA
English National Opera
Directed by David Pountney
Well Go USA WD-190
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THE BEGGAR'S OPERA
With Roger Daltry
Directed by Jonathan Miller
Well Go USA WD-163
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Negative political ads work, studies say 負面政治廣告 真有效
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Customers in Brasilia watch their president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on TV during a decisive part of his campaign.
巴西總統大選決定性時刻，巴西利亞市的觀眾看電視上總統魯拉的談話。 (照片：法新社)
PHOTO: AFP
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Jeff Koons:subversively normal
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Michael Jackson and Bubbles (1988).
PHOTOS: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Jeff Koons' stainless steel Rabbit (1986)
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Jeff Koons' sculpture titled Woman in Tub (1988), on display at the Foundation Beyeler in Riehen, Basel, Switzerland.
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US artist Jeff Koons.
PHOTO: EPA
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