Ministry of defense stresses need for submarines
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A map detailing China's submarine deployment is shown at a symposium yesterday on the need for diesel-driven submarines to build a strong military. PHOTO: CHIEN JUNG-FENG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Chen's son threatens action over media
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Chen Chih-chung and his wife Huang Jui-ching are seen in this footage from a local TV news show which ``exposed'' the couple's allegedly extravagant life in New York.
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Academics say Ma must face consequences of actions
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Ho Tsing-jen, president of the Taiwan Association of University Professors, left, Democratic Progressive Party Taipei city councilor candidate Hsu Chia-ching, center, and Cheng Kun-shan, a professor of criminology at National Chung Cheng University and a member of the association, hold up a model of a magnifying glass full of money at a press conference at National Taiwan University yesterday.
PHOTO: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Schools to close amid threats in southern Thailand
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A Thai police officer stands next to a burning school building believed to have been set on fire by Muslim mlitants in Narathiwat Province in southern Thailand on Friday.
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Palestinians offer to stop rocket attacks
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As fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in Gaza escalated, a Palestinian demonstrator and an Israeli army officer argued during a protest against the building of Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, on Friday.
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Indigenous Amazonian people score rare victory against oil company
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Asian stocks mixed as Tokyo saps sentiment
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A passer-by looks at the electronic stock board of a securities firm in downtown Tokyo on Friday. The benchmark NIKKEI 225 fell 179.63 points to 15,734.60 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday.
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Pricey, tech-laden toys vie for shoppers' attention this Christmas
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Shoppers pay for toys at a Toys ''R'' Us store in New York on Friday. From a US$250 battery-operated Ford Mustang Power Wheels to the US$500 Sony PlayStation 3, toys are becoming pricier as toymakers offer more high-tech gadgets and features.
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Shoppers exit a Toys ''R'' Us store in New York on ''Black Friday,'' the traditional beginning of the Christmas shopping season. The National Retail Federation said that some 137 million shoppers were expected in stores on Friday.
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Joubert, Sebestyen seize the lead at Cup of Russia
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Maria Petrova and Alixei Tikhonov of Russia perform their pairs short program during the Grand Prix Figure Skating Cup of Russia at Luzhniki Sports Palace in Moscow on Friday.
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Chirac condemns racial violence at soccer games
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Fans of the Paris Saint-Germain soccer team wave flags and let off flares and clouds of red smoke after Paris scored its first goal against Hapoel Tel Aviv during their UEFA Cup match at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on Thursday. After Paris lost the match, violence broke out when French fans ganged up outside the stadium on a Hapoel Tel Aviv supporter, a brawl that culminated in a shooting death.
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After rescuing sailing rival, broken mast slows Golding
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British yachtsman Alex Thomson was rescued on Friday from his crippled yacht on the icy Southern Ocean by Mike Golding, another competitor in the Velux 5 Oceans solo around-the-world race.
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Russell, LSU snuff slim Arkansas title dreams
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Texas A&M running back Mike Goodson leaps over Texas defenders Aaron Ross and Scott Derry for extra yardage during the fourth quarter of their football game in Austin, Texas, on Friday. Texas A&M won 12-7.
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Flyers spoil Hitchcock's debut with Blue Jackets
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Montreal Canadien Sheldon Souray, No. 44, shoots the puck past Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller during overtime in a NHL hockey game in Buffalo, New York, on Friday.
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Schalke player Dario Rodriguez, right, and Bochum's Theofanis Gekas in action during the Bundesliga match in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Friday.
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Aussies pile on England Ashes agony
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Australian paceman Brett Lee leaps for joy after dismissing England captain Andrew Flintoff for a duck on the third day of the first Ashes Test match in Brisbane yesterday.
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McCarthy, Keane bury the hatchet and share the spoils
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Roy Keane, right, shakes hands with Mick McCarthy before the match at Molineux stadium in Wolverhampton, England, on Friday.
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Schalke move five points clear at top of Bundesliga
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Schalke player Dario Rodriguez, right, and Bochum's Theofanis Gekas in action during the Bundesliga match in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Friday.
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Sympathy for an old devil
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Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Red Dragon.
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Will the real Sun Yat-sen please stand up
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LOVE AND REVOLUTION
By Ping Lu
171 pages
COLUMBIA
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China's wildlife:going, going, gone
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Tomonari Akamatsu, an underwater bio-acoustics expert from Japan's National Research Institute of Fisheries Engineering, uses sophisticated acoustic equipment in search of one of the earth's rarest dolphins on China's mighty but polluted and traffic-choked Yangtze river.
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Beat Muller, left, takes a water sample from a small boat as part of the search for one of the baiji dolphin, believed to be one of the world's oldest fresh-water mammals.
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Wry luminary trips the light fantastic with stars in tow
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POINT TO POINT NAVIGATION By Gore Vidal
277 pages
Doubleday
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Hong Kong dominates Golden Horse
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Best New Performer: Bryant Chang
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