Interview: Good friends make friends: Malaysian foreign minister
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Malaysian Minister of Foreign Affairs Syed Hamid Albar smiles during an exclusive interview with the Taipei Times last Wednesday.
PHOTO: WANG PING-YU, TAIPEI TIMES
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Chen pushes corporate name-change
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Members of the Taiwan Petroleum Workers' Union protest outside the Ministry of Economic Affairs yesterday against the government's decision to change the name of the Chinese Petroleum Corp to ``Taiwan CPC Corporation.''
PHOTO: CNA
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Film on 228 sheds light on tragedy
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A number of former political prisoners and family members of victims of the 228 Incident watch the documentary Taiwan's Love yesterday as part of an event sponsored by the Council for Cultural Affairs to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the killings.
PHOTO: CNA
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Gunmen murder Hindu priest in eastern Sri Lanka
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Hindu priest Selliah Parameswar, right, applies holy ash on the forehead of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse on Saturday as the latter visited the former Tamil Tiger bastion of Vakarai in Sri Lanka's restive east.
PHOTO: AFP
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Fresh rain triggers more deadly flooding in Jakarta
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A woman salvages her belongings from her house devastated by floods in Jakarta yesterday, as more rain brought additional hardships.
PHOTO: AFP
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Kenya's `Turkana Boy' the heart of a stormy debate
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Samuel Muteti, a research scientist at Kenya National Museum in Nairobi, holds a replica of the ''Turkana Boy'' on Feb. 1.
PHOTO: AP
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Palestinian eyes on Fatah, Hamas meetings in Mecca
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Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, second left, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, second right, and Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh in Mecca on Wednesday.
PHOTO: EPA
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US helicopter crash kills seven
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Carolyn Ho, mother of Army 1st Lieutenant Ehren Watada, sheds a tear while she is hugged by Carlos Arrendondo, whose son Alex was killed in Iraq while serving in the Marine Corps, during a news conference in DuPont, Washington, after the court martial of Watada was ruled a mistrial at Fort Lewis, Washington, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Daylight killings unnerve businessmen in Acapulco
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Armed members of the Guerrero state attorney-general's office are seen through a funeral wreath as they stand guard during funeral services in Acapulco on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Kurt Campbell on Taiwan: Neglecting defense budget a folly
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Asia fertile for Las Vegas-style casinos: tycoon
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Las Vegas Sands chairman and chief executive officer Sheldon Adelson, left, looks at a model of the planned Marina Bay Sands Casino resort during a ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction of the casino-integrated resort in Marina Bay, Singapore, yesterday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Multimedia show offers full lineup of gadgets
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A model yesterday points to a computer screen while demonstrating to a visitor how to play a videogame at the Taipei Game Show.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Pakistan batsmen blitz South Africa to square series
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Pakistani batsman Shahid Afridi keeps an eye on the ball as he hits a four off South African bowler Andre Nel in Durban on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Dutch down Russia in Amsterdam
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The Netherlands' Kew Jaliens, left, beats Russia's Ivan Saenko to the ball during their international friendly soccer match in the Amsterdam Arena on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Wade, Heat stomp past woeful Celtics
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The Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade, left, takes a shot over the head of the Boston Celtics' Rajon Rondo in the third quarter of their NBA game in Boston on Wednesday. The Heat beat the Celtics 91-79.
PHOTO: AP
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Vanek shines as Sabres snap weak streak against Senators
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The Buffalo Sabres' Thomas Vanek, left, battles for the puck with the Ottawa Senators' Tom Preissing during the first period of their NHL match at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Henin overcomes ring rust to advance in Paris
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Belgium's Justine Henin returns a backhand to her French opponent Emilie Loit at the Paris Open on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Magazine claims Asashoryu paid his rivals to lose
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Mongolian-born grand champion Asashoryu performs during the sumo dedication ceremony at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 5.
PHOTO: AP
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'Old is new' at the nation's top museum
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The Ming Hwa Yuan Taiwanese Opera Troupe, the Ju Percussion Group and U Theater will present their world-renowned performances in front of the National Palace Museum this weekend.
PHOTO COURTESY OF NPM
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Pop Stop
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Topper was caught with his pants down.
PHOTO: LIBERTY TIMES
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Freeloaders' paradise
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Many visitors graze their way along Dihua Street without spending a dollar.
PHOTO: NOAH BUCHAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Desserts without frontiers
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Taiwan's pastry chefs show off their skills at a press conference yesterday held at the Far Eastern Plaza Hotel in Taipei.
PHOTOS: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Arthur and the Invisibles is small on fun
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Luc Besson lost the plot for Arthur and the Invisibles.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF CMC
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Too many movies packed into 'The Holiday'
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The characters in The Holiday have one thing on their minds, and it's not sex.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF UIP
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Stuck in Asia, dreaming of Tinseltown
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He's hot in the Chinese-speaking world, but Daniel Wu may not find stardom in Hollywood.
PHOTOS: TAIPEI TIMES
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Things can get a bit rough on film sets in Asia, as Maggie Q found in Dragon Squad. The film's cast raise their glasses at a press conference.
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Appearing next to Hong Kong badass Nicholas Tse opened the right doors for Maggie Q.
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Reel News
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Roman Polanski is to recreate the last days of Pompeii.
PHOTO: AP
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Spanish actress Penelope Cruz is to star in Woody Allen's next film.
PHOTO: EPA
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Restaurant: Jack
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Jack has a bistro-type feel and is a good place to unwind and dine at all times of the day.
PHOTO: JESSIE HO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Restaurant: Free Style ¶O´µ¹F
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Free Style is cheap, cheerful and serves tasty dishes.
PHOTO: RON BROWNLOW, TAIPEI TIMES
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Bonkers for `buyo`
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Students learn the stylized gestures and movements for a contemporary buyo piece.
PHOTO: HO YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Cheng Pei-hsuan has performed several solo classical buyo pieces in Japan.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHANG PEI-HSUAN
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The Vinyl Word
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UVA are knob-twiddlers with a difference.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ONEDOTZERO
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