Ma office files lawsuit against Hsieh
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou, right, and co-runner Vincent Siew, left, symbolically issue another ''check,'' or election promise, at the launch of a Ma-Siew support group composed by China-based Taiwanese businessmen yesterday.
PHOTO: CHANG CHIA-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Hsieh reaffirms views on direct links
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Yeh Chu-lan, top campaign aide to Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Frank Hsieh, introduces Hsieh's election logo yesterday, which depicts seven figures standing over the word ''Taiwan.''
PHOTO: CNA
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FEATURE: Taiwan developing long-range missiles: analysts
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The firing ramp for two Hsiung Feng II missiles on a Cheng Kung class frigate is shown in this file photo from March 28.
PHOTO: CHEN CHING-MIN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Georgian protesters call for president to resign
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A Georgian demonstrator argues with police during a rally of opposition supporters at the parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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US rate-cut optimism propels Asia higher
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A man walks past a digital stock indicator showing the Hang Seng Index outside a bank in Hong Kong on Thursday. The Hang Seng index closed up 77.32 points at 27,142.47 on Friday after reaching a new all-time-high of 27,166.01 on Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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Sackey scores twice as England win
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England's Paul Sackey dives to score a try during the Rugby World Cup Group A match between England and Tonga at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Britain & Ireland level with Continental Europe
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Continental Europe's Thomas Bjorn from Denmark hits out of the bunker on the 3rd hole in the Fourballs match against Great Britain and Ireland in the Seve Trophy at Killenard, Ireland, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Win gives Red Sox AL East title
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Kevin Youkilis of the Boston Red Sox sprays champagne on fans at Fenway Park in Boston on Friday as they celebrate clinching the AL East title after Boston's 5-2 win over the Minnesota Twins.
PHOTO: AP
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CPBL: Sloppy play helps Bears beat Cobras in Kaohsiung
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The Macoto Cobras' Kuo Ming-ren tags Tseng Hao-chu of the La New Bears' too late as Tseng slides safely into second base during the fourth inning of their game in Kaohsiung on Friday. The Bears won 8-7.
PHOTO: HUANG CHIH-YUAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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NHL suspends Philadelphia right wing for hit to head
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The Ottawa Senators' Dean McAmmond speaks to the media in Ottawa on Thursday. The Philadelphia Flyers' Steve Downie was suspended for knocking McAmmond out in a preseason game on Tuesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Venus wins to set up final with Kirilenko
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Eleni Danilidou returns a shot to Maria Kirilenko during their semi-final match at the Hansol Korea Open tennis tournament in Seoul yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Hamilton claims pole position for Japanese Grand Prix
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Fernando Alonso drives in the rain during the qualifying session for the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Felipe Massa, right, confers with a mechanic at the Fuji Speedway yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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New Zealand brush Romanians aside
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Romania's Romeo Gontineac tries to evade New Zealand's Sione Lauaki, right, and Keith Robinson during yesterday's World Cup match in Toulouse, France.
PHOTO: AFP
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Where's our child?
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A baby is carried in a basket on his mothers' back on a street in Beijing. China's One Child policy has been blamed for fueling a black market for babies.
PHOTOS: EPA
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A Chinese child rides on the back of a bicycle in Beijing.
PHOTO: AFP
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A group of Chinese children. Residents in southern China have accused authorities of forcing women to have abortions.
PHOTO: AFP
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Chinese workers repaint a birth-control slogan to read "Equality of boys and girls" on a village wall in Anxin Province.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Caught in a net of 7-Elevens
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7-Eleven acquires a softer exterior in Infiltration with Tenderness off Roosevelt Road.
PHOTOS: COURTESY OF SHIH CHIEN UNIVERSITY
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A new concept in cycling.
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Image of Wang Chien-ming on Dingzhou Road.
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Bicycles become gym equipment on the side of Dingzhou Road.
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Book Review: Have-nots have no idea why they're poor
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POOR PEOPLE
By William Vollmann
464 pages
Ecco
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Calculated to please nobody
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Mayaw Biho, filmmaker
PHOTO: IAN BARTHOLOMEW, TAIPEI TIMES
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A scene from Mayaw Biho's first film, Children in Heaven, which documents Aboriginal family life.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF TIEFF
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Book Review: Genealogy shows race isn't a black-and-white issue
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One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life - A Story of Race and Family Secrets
By Bliss Broyard
514 pages
Little, Brown & Co
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