Bunny lovers put off by COA's rabbit recipes
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Lwo Shih-hsiung, right, holds up a bag containing a rabbit at a press conference yesterday to criticize the Council of Agriculture's initiative promoting rabbit meat as an addition to the nation's diet.
PHOTO: CHIEN JUNG-FONG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Local chiefs crucial to poll win: KMT
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou, dressed up in an Aboriginal costume, gets a hug from an Aboriginal supporter during a visit to an exhibition promoting toxin-free agricultural products in Hualien County yesterday.
PHOTO: LIAO CHEN-HUEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taiwanese becomes first Asian female to graduate West Point
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Hung Wan-ting, who became the first Asian woman to graduate from the US Military Academy at West Point Saturday local time, is congratulated by Andrew Hsia, director of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in New York, after the graduation parade which took place on Friday local time.
PHOTO: CNA
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Girl competes in contest to buy grandma wheelchair
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Lin Yi-ting, right, stands next to her grandmother Lin Chuang Shu-wei sitting in her wheelchair in their home in Ilan County's Toucheng Township.
PHOTO: KUO YEN-HUI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Irish PM marches toward re-election
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern waves as he leaves a TV studio in Dublin, Ireland, late on Friday, after initial counting results indicated that he would remain in power following the general election.
PHOTO: AP
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Venezuelan court seizes RCTV's equipment for state
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, center, cheers before a friendly soccer match between Venezuela and Honduras in Merida, Venezuela, on Friday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Guantanamo inmate now fears transfer to Jordan
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Anas el-Banna, left, with his brother Mohammed take part in a protest opposite Downing Street in London on Jan. 10 against the detention in Guantanamo Bay of their father, Jamil.
PHOTO: AP
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The museum that turns science upside down
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Asian stocks consolidate amid caution over China
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A stock market employee monitors share prices at a private stock market gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index ended almost flat at 1,339.08, shedding 1.9 points as bargain-hunting helped the benchmark index recover from an intraday low of 1,319.75.
PHOTO: AP
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Firms struggle in wake of Indonesian quake
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A man works at a pottery workshop in Bantul, Indonesia, on May 20. About 95 percent of enterprises in the worst-hit regions of Bantul south of Yogyakarta were partially or completely destroyed, a recent World Bank report into last year's devastating earthquake showed.
PHOTO: AFP
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Karakuls burst upon the fashion world
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Colored black karakul pelts are seen on display at the Museum of Karakul at the Institute of Karakul Breeding in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on April 3.
PHOTO: AP
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Managers of the Sarybel farm in Navoi, Uzbekistan, hold a newborn karakul lamb on April 4.
PHOTO: AP
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Tour de France winner admits doping
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Bjarne Riis, the winner of the 1996 Tour de France, speaks at a press conference in Copenhagen on Friday. Riis confessed systematic abuse of drugs while employed on the T-Mobile cycling team in the wake of team-mates' revelations earlier this week.
PHOTO: AP
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Castroneves stays grounded ahead of Indianapolis 500
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Helio Castroneves, right, jumps onto teammate Sam Hornish Jr after Castroneves won the pit stop competition during the final day of practice for the Indianapolis 500 on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Indians prove too good for Detroit
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Home plate umpire Jerry Layn, left, e argues with Milwaukee Brewers manager Ned Yost after ejecting Yost in the seventh inning of the game against the San Diego Padres in San Diego, California, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Bangladesh batsmen crumble in reply to India's 610-3
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Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik, left, raises his bat after reaching a century during the second day of the second Test match between India and Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, yesterday
PHOTO: AFP
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Vaughan returns with a century
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England cricket captain Michael Vaughan, right, celebrates scoring his century with teammate Kevin Pietersen during the first day of the second Test match against the West Indies at Headingley cricket ground in Leeds, England, on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Former paceman Srinath urges quicks to bowl more often
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Javagal Srinath at a press conference held in Bangalore, India, on March 30.
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Houllier announces he will leave Lyon at end of season
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Gerard Houllier is interviewed in Lyon, France, on Friday.
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Australia pip Wales with last gasp try
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Matt Giteau of Australia scores a try against Wales during their rugby union match at Stadium Australia in Sydney yesterday
PHOTO: AFP
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Wang, Guo defend their World Table Tennis title
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Wang Liqin of China returns a ball to Hou Yingchao of China during their match at the World Table Tennis Championships in Zagreb on Friday.
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Record payout for bullied pupil 學童飽受校園霸凌 賠償金破紀錄
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An undated copy of a school photograph of Benjamin Cox.
日期不明的班傑明．寇克斯在校照片。
PHOTO: EPA
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Back in the day
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Lynn Miles, left, and Klaus-Peter Metzke, who set up a cafe in 1960s Taipei, reminisce on their time in Taiwan.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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The challengedovercomethe challenge
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Sunshine Gas Station aims to provide a one-big-happy-family working environment to its over 30 employees who have physical or mental disabilities.
PHOTO: HO YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Su Chin from the Sunshine gas station said she might open a eatery one day after obtaining funding from the Sunshine Social Welfare Foundation that aims to assist disabled people in making investments, buying homes or running small businesses.
PHOTO: HO YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Easy Coffee serves Starbucks-quality coffee, homemade sandwiches and cakes from the noted patisserie supplier Yannick.
PHOTO: HO YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Austronesian adventurerevives Aboriginal traditions
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Boat-making craftsman from the Tao (Yami) tribe use only traditional tools to construct their fishing boats.
PHOTOS: COURTESY OF WAN PEI-CHYI
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