Taipei residents call for better protection of butterfly colonies
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A group of girls hold up pictures of butterflies representative of local cities and counties at an event organized by Shining Culture and Education Foundation at Taipei's Dajia Riverside Park yesterday to alert people to the fact that many local butterfly species are dying out.
PHOTO: CNA
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TSU's Yin willing to run for DPP to win election
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Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) Legislator Yin Ling-ying, left, and Legislator Liao Pen-yen, who was expelled from the TSU, hold a press conference yesterday.
PHOTO: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Russia to set poll date amid Putin controversy
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Russian President Vladimir Putin stands in the office in his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Astronaut prepares for spacewalk
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European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli of Italy, left, helps Discovery astronaut Scott Parazynski with his spacesuit with station flight engineer Yuri Malenchenko of Russia during preparations for a spacewalk yesterday.
PHOTO: REUTERS/NASA
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US still top of the class\nwith foreign students
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Regional stocks rise as investors gain confidence
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A Taiwanese investor checks the electronic display board at a stock exchange in Taipei on Friday. Taiwan's TAIEX fell 3.39 percent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 3.3 percent while indexes in China, Japan and South Korea fell more than 2 percent.
PHOTO: DAVID CHANG, EPA
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Possible UN sanctions against Iran drive up oil prices
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Striking French fishermen set a boat on fire on Friday in Pont L'Abb, Brittany, as they stage a demonstration to claim subsidies following recent increases in oil prices.
PHOTO: AFP
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The man behind the Google phone
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Andy Rubin, Google's resident gadget guy, poses with a robotic helicopter at his Lost Altos Hills home in California on Oct. 30.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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The back-up doorbell to Andy Rubin's retinal scanner is pictured at his home in Los Altos Hills, California, on Oct. 30.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Clowning around as a career has its highs and its lows
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''Joy Joy'' the clown attends the third day of the annual International Convention of Clowns in Mexico City on Oct. 17.
PHOTO: AFP
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Personal outsourcing: If big companies can do it, why can't I?
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Ramya Tadikonda, a tutor with TutorVista, sits at home in Chennai, India, on Oct. 25. Tadikonda has tutored many American students from her home.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Flyers finally get capital victory
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San Jose Sharks defenseman Matt Carle, top, battles for the puck with Los Angeles Kings left wing Michael Cammalleri in the third period of their hockey game in San Jose, California, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Justin Rose on track to take Order of Merit
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Sweden's Jesper Parnevik watches his tee shot at the 18th hole during the second round of the Children's Miracle Network Classic golf tournament at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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England's Justin Rose hits a shot on the 15th hole during the second round of the Volvo Masters at Valderrama Golf Club in San Roque, Spain, on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Gasquet ends Murray's hopes
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Rafael Nadal returns a ball to Mikhail Youzhny during their quarter-final match at the BNP Paribas Masters Tennis tournament in Paris, France, on Friday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Aussies reveal new trophy ahead of series
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Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Yousuf, center, is escorted by police during a practice match against a Delhi XI at the Ferozshah Kotla ground in New Delhi on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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NBA: Celtics open season with a win
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Samuel Dalembert, front, of the Philadelphia 76ers goes for a dunk past Ben Wallace of the Chicago Bulls during their NBA game at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on Friday.
Photo: AFP
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US women exact revenge by defeating old foes Cuba
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Tayyiba Haneef-Park of the US, rear, spikes against Cuba's Yumilka Ruiz Luaces, left, and Zoila Barros Fernandez during their first round match at the FIVB Volleyball World Cup in Hamamatsu, Japan, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Cabrera keeps his cool in the Singapore heat to lead
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South Korea's K.J. Choi blasts the ball out of the bunker on the third hole during the third round of the Singapore Open at the Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Sunday Science: Wicked-water trick 週日科學: 超炫的「水把戲」
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Wicked-water trick
PHOTO: CATHERINE THOMAS, TAIPEI TIMES
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The proof of the pudding ...
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Egoyan Zheng is on a mission to put Taiwan on the literary map.
PHOTO: Courtesy of Egoyan/Hu En-hui
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[BOOK REVIEW] The Hollywood stars who didn't quite shoot all the way
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THE STAR MACHINE
By Jeanine Basinger
586 pages
Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover: US
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Reticent students speak up
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Students make lists of conversation starters and take notes on what they learn about one another at Pennsylvania State University.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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[BOOK REVIEW] Pen and glasses are mightier than sword for Queen Elizabeth
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THE UNCOMMON READER
By Alan Bennett
120 pages
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Hardcover: UK
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Going places
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American college students in the Czech Republic take a tour of Prague Castle.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Brendan Jones studied at Columbia for three years, then spent his junior year at Oxford. After Columbia refused to transfer his credits, he stayed at Oxford and graduated.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Going places
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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