MAC's Wu to replace Lee as representative to US
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Joseph Wu is seen in this file photo taken on March 8.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Ma adamant on '1992 Consensus'
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Chinese National Party (KMT) presidential hopeful Ma Yi-jeou gestures while giving the opening address at the 28th meeting of the Society of Strategic Studies in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: CNA
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`Economist' piece stirs passions
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A member of the audience yesterday stands up while asking a question at a symposium held in Taipei by the Democratic Progressive Party and the Taiwan Young Democratic Union to discuss the impact of China's hegemony on Taiwan's democratization.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Pakistani court defends top judge
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Guards sit in the entry hall of Geo TV's ransacked offices in Islamabad yesterday. Police broke the windowpanes and fired tear gas at the staff on Friday in an apparent effort to stop the channel from airing footage of police action against protesters.
PHOTO: EPA
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Former CIA spy blasts the Bush administration
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Former CIA operative Valerie Plame gestures while testifying on Capitol Hill before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in Washington on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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I love him, but not his kids
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European stocks sag as investors take a breather
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Stock traders go about their business on the floor of the Frankfurt stock exchange underneath the DAX daily graph on Thursday.
PHOTO: AFP
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The gas-powered boot: A symbol of Russia's lack of entrepreneurial spirit
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Marat Garipov demonstrates the use of the gas-powered boots in Bashkortostan, Russia, last month.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Japanese stand firm on whaling
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Students prepare to have their lunch consisting of whale meat stewed in ketchup at a school in Ayukawa, Japan, on Feb. 16.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Bryant scores 65 as Lakers win
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The Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant, No. 24, drives to the basket to score against the Portland Trail Blazers' Zach Randolph, left, as Ime Udoka, second right, and LaMarcus Aldridge look on late in the fourth quarter of their NBA game in Los Angeles on Friday. Bryant scored 65 points as the Lakers won 116-111 in overtime.
PHOTO: AP
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Gibbs stars as Proteas crush Holland
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This combo shows South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs hitting six sixes in their ICC World Cup Group A match against the Netherlands at the Warner Park Stadium in St. Kitts on Friday. Gibbs smashed his way into the record books as he became the first man to hit six sixes in an over in a one-day international.
PHOTO: AFP
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New Zealand's Scott Styris, left, and wicket keeper Brendon McCullum, right, react after taking the wicket of England's Jamie Dalrymple during their Group C Cricket World Cup Match at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, St. Lucia, on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Shepherd's points help Western Force thrash Queensland
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Cameron Shepherd of the Western Force kicks the first points during their Super 14 match against the Queensland Reds in Perth on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Murry digs deep on down Haas
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Chan Yung-jan, left, and Chuang Chia-jung hold up the Taiwanese flag after beating fourth-seeded duo Nathalie Dechy and Vera Zvonareva in the doubles semi-finals of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, on Friday.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY LIU HSUEH-CHEN
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Azio Eagles shock Yulon Dinos to end losing skid
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Azio Eagles players congratulate each other after upsetting the Yulon Dinos in the Super Basketball League on Friday. The Eagles won 117-96.
PHOTO: WANG YI-SUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Winthrop upsets Notre Dame in first round
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Michael Jenkins, left, of the Winthrop Eagles and Zach Hillesland, center, of Notre Dame vie for a loose ball as Tory Jackson of Notre Dame looks on during their NCAA tournament game at Spokane Memorial Arena on Friday in Spokane, Washington, Winthrop won 76-64.
PHOTO: AFP
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Time for tea? 飲茶時間？
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HRP-2 serves a cup of tea to Tokyo University Professor Tomomasa Sato, Feb. 28, 2007.
今年2月28日，HRP-2人型機器人端茶給東京大學教授佐藤知正。 (照片：法新社)
PHOTO: AFP
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Judge others by their questions rather than by their answers
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Violation: Justice, Race and Serial Murder in the Deep South
By David Rose
350 pages
Harpercollins
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Ah! Levity is the leaven of Kundera's writing
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The Curtain: An Essay in Seven Parts
By Milan Kundera
256 pages
Faber
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Harley's roar into the 21st century
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Rich Christoph's design for the Harley-Davidson Nightster.
PHOTOS: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Rich Christoph on the 2007 Harley-Davidson Nightster he sketched.
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It's the end of the world as we know it
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Scientist and writer James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis which considers the Earth as a self-regulating organism, is shown before the presentation of his book The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth Is Fighting Back, in Madrid, Spain.
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