Famous puppet master Huang Hai-tai dies
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This photo taken in 2000 shows puppet master Huang Hai-tai displaying a glove puppet in Taipei. Huang died yesterday.
PHOTO: CHEN CHIEN-CHUNG, AFP
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Taipei festival celebrates traditional lanterns
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The 2007 Taipei Lantern Festival from March 3 to March 11 will celebrate traditional lanterns like those seen on this crowded Kaohsiung street, Sanfengchung St, where residents do their Lunar New Year's shopping yesterday.
PHOTO: CHANG CHUNG-YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Miaoli police's `good luck' beagle returned to owner
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Hsu Yu-tsai and his son Hsu Yu-wei with their beagle Snoopy yesterday.
PHOTO: FU CHAO-PIAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Ma discounts pairing with Wang
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Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng, left, is assisted by a performer from a traditional Taiwanese opera troupe while he hands out small gifts outside the Baoan Temple in Kaohsiung's Jinshihu scenic area yesterday.
PHOTO: HUANG CHIH-YUAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Chen to help select DPP presidential candidates
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Vice President and possible presidential hopeful Annette Lu laughs yesterday as she admires a drawing at the Jianguo Flower Market of President Chen Shui-bian and Chinese President Hu Jintao making drawings of each other.
PHOTO: CHU PEI-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Campaign begins in Beijing to eradicate undesirable manners
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Mascots play with a child as part of a campaign that began yesterday in Beijing to eradicate line-jumping and other bad manners ahead of next year's Olympic Games.
PHOTO: AFP
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Pyongyang demands energy aid
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Yellow handkerchiefs are displayed on a pine tree to publicize the plight of South Koreans believed kidnapped by North Korea at the Imjingak Pavilion, near the demilitarized zone of Panmunjom, yesterday. International talks seeking to persuade North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons entered a fourth day yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Jakarta's hospitals grappling with diarrhea epidemic
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Children cover their noses as their neighborhood is fogged with insecticide in Jakarta, Indonesia, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Albanians protest UN Kosovo plan
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Kosovo police officers set up a barricade during a demonstration in Pristina, on Saturday. Kosovan police used tear gas and rubber bullets in central Pristina on Saturday to disperse protests against the UN-backed plan envisaging a gradual move to independence, demanding instead an immediate proclamation of sovereignty.
PHOTO:EPA
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Mexican leader determined to end drug wars
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Members of Mexico's Federal Investigative Agency escort a group of men out of a building during a drug operation in Mexico City on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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President Bush makes a turnaround on the environment
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Analysis: New company set to impact markets
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Chinese currency 100 yuan notes, in contrast with a US$100 bank note in Beijing on May 15 last year. China is planning to create a new investment company to handle its huge foreign exchange reserves.
PHOTO: AFP
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Analysis: G7 warns investors on dangers of using `carry trades'
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Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, during a press conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Extra cash for New Year lotto draws
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Chang Ruu-tian, president of Taiwan Lottery Co, holds scratch-off lottery tickets during a press conference last Friday to announce the firm's new campaign to boost business during the Lunar New Year holiday.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TAIWAN LOTTERY CO
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Lite-On Group seeks 20 percent revenue growth
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Lite-on Group chairman Raymond Soong leads top executives in a flag dance at a corporate event for employees held yesterday at Taipei Arena.
PHOTO: CHU PEI-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Mickelson shares the lead at Pebble Beach tournament
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Phil Mickelson chips out of a sand trap at the Spy Glass Hill course during the third round of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament in Pebble Beach, California, on Saturday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Jussi Jokinen helps Stars beat Ducks 1-0
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Anaheim Ducks center Andy McDonald and Dallas Stars center Jeff Halpern reach for the puck on the ice during the third period of the NHL hockey game in Dallas on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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Rasheed Wallace helps Pistons to sixth straight victory
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Detroit Pistons forward Rasheed Wallace, right, talks to referee Courtney Kirkland after his technical foul in the fourth quarter of the basketball game against the Toronto Raptors at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan, on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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Beckham scores in rare appearance for Madrid
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Real Madrid's David Beckham celebrates after scoring a goal during a Spanish League match against Real Sociedad at Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian on Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Coach Ashton admits England have work to do
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Scotland's Rob Dewey, foreground, is tackled by Wales' Mark Jones during their Six Nations rugby match at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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PHOTO: AP
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Schalke have title iin sight
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PHOTO: REUTERS
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England win series to confound critics
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England captain Andrew Flintoff celebrates after taking the wicket of Australia's Michael Hussey during the second tri-series cricket one-day final at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Thais fight back to defeat Taiwan in Davis Cup tie
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Taiwan's Lee Hsin-han receives medical attention during his Davis Cup match against Thailand's Sonchat Ratiwana in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Sri Lanka edge out India in thrilling finish
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Sri Lanka's Tillakaratane Dilshan plays a shot during the second one-day international match between India and Sri Lanka in Rajkot, India, yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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A policeman watches the second one-day international cricket match between India and Sri Lanka in Rajkot, India, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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New measure to bring attention to same-sex marriage 新提案 喚醒對同志婚姻的注意
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Grooms Marco Bretoneche, right, and Briton Peter Goad pose after their wedding at the British embassy in Lima, Peru, December 2006.
去年12月，新郎馬可•布雷東尼契 (右)與英國人彼得•高德在祕魯利瑪的英國大使館結婚後合影。 (照片：歐新社)
PHOTO: EPA
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China not backing down from coal power 中國不改燃煤發電
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Chinese in Heilongjiang walk across a frozen river in front of smoke stacks. China has no immediate plans to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
中國黑龍江的民眾行經好幾個煙囪前的冰封河面。中國當前並無減少溫室氣體排放的計劃。 (照片：美聯社)
PHOTO: AP
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Planet Pop
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Korean star Jeong Da-bin was found dead in an apparent suicide.
PHOTO: AP
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Rap's comfort zone
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Farrell in his studio at his home.
PHOTOS: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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A number of hip-hop artists have looked at this house, on the market this month in Alpine, New Jersey. This tiny affluent town has become the favored bedroom community of rap's moneyed set, including artists like Sean (Diddy) Combs, Lil' Kim and Fabolous and music executives like Andre Harrell and Damon Dasha.
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