Councilors pan Hau over floods
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Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Wang Shih-cheng holds up photographs of Taipei's Shezi Island taken after Tuesday's sudden downpour at a press conference yesterday where he demanded that Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin propose an anti-flood plan and take responsibility for the flooding.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-DE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Lawmakers vote to block change of name
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Pan-blue and pan-green legislators from the legislature's Organic Laws and Statutes Committee and Education and Culture Committee vote by a show of hands at a joint committee meeting in Taipei yesterday on the issue of changing the name of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-DE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Human smuggling ring cracked
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Tu Fu-feng, a suspected human trafficker, is escorted after his arrest by Criminal Investigation Bureau staff in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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German tries to jump on board pope's car
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A 27-year-old German man leaps over a barricade and tries to jump on to Pope Benedict's open-top vehicle, left, on Wednesday. The man took the the German Pope's bodyguards by surprise in St Peter's Square, coming within a meter of the pontiff. The man was later described by the Vatican as ``mentally unstable.''
PHOTO: EPA
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G8 leaders prepare for tough talks
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Riot police use a water cannon against anti-G8 activists blocking a road near Bollhagen, northeastern Germany, on the first official day of the G8 Summit on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Jerusalem: a city with a hidden unity
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Beckham, Villa put on star turns
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Spain's David Villa, center, scores a goal from a bicycle kick during the Group F Euro 2008 qualifying match between Liechtenstein and Spain in Vaduz on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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PHOTO: REUTERS
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Vaughan interview excerpt posted on Web
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England cricket captain Michael Vaughan is pictured during a team training session at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Aussie Tuqiri returns to face country of his birth
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Lote Tuqiri of the Waratahs and Australia makes a pass as members of the Sharks try to tackle him during round two of the Super 14 in Durban, South Africa, on Feb. 9.
PHOTO: AFP
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Wang goes the distance for NY
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New York Yankees pitcher Wang Chien-ming, second right, gets a hug from Yankees pitching coach Ron Guidry as third base coach Larry Bowa, left, and outfielder Johnny Damon watch after Wang pitched a complete game against the Chicago White Sox at US Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday. The Yankees beat the White Sox 5-1.
PHOTO: EPA
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Kiwis win Louis Vuitton Cup, set sights on Alinghi
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Emirates Team New Zealand celebrate after beating Italy's Luna Rossa on the fifth day of racing in the final of the Louis Vuitton Cup off the coast of Valencia, Spain, on Wednesday. The Kiwis won the Louis Vuitton Cup, taking the fifth race in the best of nine series for a 5-0 whitewash of Luna Rossa.
PHOTO: AFP
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LeBron James arrives at NBA's ultimate stage
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Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James awaits his turn at a news conference in San Antonio, Texas, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Ducks capture first Stanley Cup
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The Anaheim Ducks pose for a team picture as they win the Stanley Cup after defeating the Ottawa Senators in Game 5 of the NHL Stanley Cup hockey finals in Anaheim, California, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Djokovic predicts tough showdown with Nadal
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Spanish actor Antonio Banderas attends a match between Spanish players Rafael Nadal and Carlos Moya in the French Open quarter-finals at Roland Garros in Paris on Wednesday. Nadal won 6-4, 6-3, 6-0.
PHOTO: AFP
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Restaurants: Sunworld Dynasty Hotel Taipei at La Parc Cafe (台北盛世王朝大飯店)
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Signature Malaysian dishes are on offer for two months at the Sunworld Dynasty Hotel Taipei.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF SUNWORLD DYNASTY HOTEL, TAIPEI
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Bearcats 熊貍
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Right: A bearcat tied up at a pagoda in Kandal, Vietnam, May 26, 2007. 五月二十六日，越南干拉省一座寺塔內綁著一隻熊貍。(照片︰法新社)
PHOTO: AFP
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Out of the frying pan and into the sanctuary 享庇護 免「煎熬」
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The sea turtle after it arrived on Ogasawara island, Japan, May 15, 2007. 五月十五日，這隻海龜抵達日本小笠原島後的模樣。(照片︰法新社)
PHOTO: AFP
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Policeman slain in southern Thailand
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The son of a police officer slain in a shooting incident in Thailand's restive Narathiwat Province cries outside a mortuary yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Reel News
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Jean-Claude Brialy, right, and French actor Jean-Pierre Cassel.
PHOTO: AP
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Pop Stop
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Aska Yang is an unlikely idol in the making.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Is Alan Luo Taiwan's new designer on the block?
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Moving right along
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A Moving Sound get more attention abroad than at home.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF A MOVING SOUND
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The language you are about to hear ... might be disturbing
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Kurt Penney, shown here at last weekend's Hoping for Hoping peace festival, has gone to great lengths to promote tomorrow night's CSI Taipei stand-up comedy show.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF KLOIE PICOT
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Top Five Mandarin Albums
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S.H.E, PLAY
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The Vinyl Word
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Paul van Dyk delivered the goods at Luxy on Sunday.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE LOOP
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Restaurants: FuBar
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FuBar is laying down the gauntlet with its calorie-busting FuBurger.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF FUBAR
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Back in the day
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Middle-aged men are under the microscope in Chi Wei-jan's The Mahjong Game and Deja vu.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF CHI WEI-JAN
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Who's watching the watchers watching you?
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Big Brother is creeping up on us fast, according to Red Road.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF CINEPLEX
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Not much depth to this ocean
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For Ocean's Thirteen, it's the same faces, same impossible capers and same formula as the franchise's previous outings, only less entertaining.
PHOTOS: COURTESY OF WARNER BROS
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For Ocean's Thirteen, it's the same faces, same impossible capers and same formula as the franchise's previous outings, only less entertaining.
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For Ocean's Thirteen, it's the same faces, same impossible capers and same formula as the franchise's previous outings, only less entertaining.
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Return to the music
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Folk rock outfit Sodagreen is expected to win big at this years' Golden Melody Awards.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Gary Tsao and Lin Jun-jie are vying with veteran pop singer David Tao for the Best Mandarin Singer award.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Deserts Chang's debut album My Life Will has won her four nominations: Best Album; Best Lyricist; Best Songwriter; and Best Song categories.
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Angela Chang, the Best Mandarin Singer category.
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