Hackers hit THSRC system as online ticket buying opens
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Passengers line up to buy tickets yesterday at the Taiwan High Speed Rail Co station on the first day it started selling advance tickets for the Lunar New Year holidays.
PHOTO: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Pet tour operators provide tips on training pets right
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Travelers dine together with their dogs in this undated photo.
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Legislative elections: KMT warns of Chen 'dirty tricks' tactic
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Former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman Lien Chan, back left, poses with KMT legislative candidate Wang Yu-ting, back right, and a group of children at a promotional event in Tainan yesterday to show his support for Wang.
PHOTO: MENG CHING-TZU, TAIPEI TIMES
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Legislative elections: DPP eyes independent voters, seeks 50 seats
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President Chen Shui-bian, left, and DPP legislative candidate Wang Shih-cheng drive under a bridge on Yanping N Road in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Legislative elections: FEATURE: Tight purses force minor parties to be imaginative
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A Green Party candidate promotes the party by handing out leaflets near Taipei City Hall MRT station late last month.
PHOTO: CHIEN JUNG-FONG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Palay ends hunger strike for Hindraf five
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Seelan Palay, 23, a Singaporean artist, is seen with his supporters outside the Malaysian High Commission yesterday in Singapore. Seelan urged the release of five leaders of an ethnic Indian group detained in neighboring Malaysia as he ended a five-day hunger strike.
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Laura Bush condemns Myanmar abuses
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US first lady Laura Bush makes opening remarks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Dec. 10 last year during a video teleconference with Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand, regarding the situation in Myanmar.
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Sudan to help FBI on probe into killing of US envoy
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US officials carry the flag-covered coffin of US diplomat John Granville at the airport of Khartoum, Sudan, on Thursday.
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Obama, Clinton in face-to-face debate
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US Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee plays guitar during a campaign event at the New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire, on Friday.
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Storm pummels fire-scarred California
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A surfer rides a wave churned by a winter storm underneath the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, on Friday.
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Once protected, Western wolves\nnow a problem of plenty
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In Malaysia, a refuge for abused domestic workers
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Suryani Enas, eight months pregnant after allegedly being raped by a Malaysian volunteer security corps officer, sits on her bunk bed at a shelter for abused migrant maid workers in the compound of the Indonesian embassy in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Nov. 14.
PHOTO: AFP
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Tini Suratni, her face marked with pustules from chicken pox she contracted at her former work place, sits at a common area at a shelter for abused migrant maid workers in the compounds of the Indonesian embassy in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Nov. 14.
PHOTO: AFP
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NHL: New Jersey win 11th straight at home against Flyers
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New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur dives to make a save against the Philadelphia Flyers in the third period during their NHL game at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday. Brodeur stopped 37 shots to record a shutout as the Devils defeated the Flyers 3-0.
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Hingis banned for two years after positive cocaine test
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Swiss tennis player Martina Hingis gives a press conference on Nov. 1 last year in Glattbrugg, Switzerland.
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South African quick men leave Windies struggling
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The West Indies' Daren Powell, behind, reacts as South African batsman Ashwell Prince tries to avoid being run out during the third day of the second Test in Cape Town on Friday.
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Kumble wickets put India back in match
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India's Harbhajan Singh rolls on the ground while celebrating taking the wicket of Australia's Ricky Ponting on day four of the second Test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday.
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Davenport wins third title since making comeback
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Lindsay Davenport carries her son Jagger and the trophy after her win against Aravane Rezai in the final of the ASB Classic women's tennis tournament in Auckland, New Zealand, yesterday.
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Li bounces back to win tournament
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Li Na plays a backhand return during the final of the Australian Women's Hardcourt Championships on the Gold Coast, Queensland, yesterday.
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Can Burt's Bees turn Clorox green?
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Burt's Bees CEO and President John Replogle tastes the avocado cream shampoo from his sample plate in his office at Burt's Bees in Morrisville, North Carolina.
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Burt Shavitz, right, and Roxanne Quimby built Burt's Bees into a highly successful enterprise. Quimby bought Shavitz's share of the company for a tiny fraction of the sum she later netted when she sold Burt's Bees to Clorox.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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[ ENVIRONMENT ] Can jaguars stay out of harm's way?
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In the Pantanal, jaguars are routinely hunted down in retaliation for cattle losses.
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[BOOK REVIEW] Nutrition? That's an eating disorder
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
By Michael Pollan 244 pages The Penguin Press
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[BOOK REVIEW] 'After Dark's' strangers in the night exchange more than glances
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AFTER DARK By Haruki Murakami 191 pages Harvill Secker
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If you need a past, he's the guy to ask
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A scene from the film There Will Be Blood.
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Jack Fisk
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With an oil derrick built for the film based on a sketch.
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Sunday Science: Plant water loss 植物水份流失
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照片: MICHAEL KEARNEY
PHOTO: MICHAEL KEARNEY, TAIPEI TIMES
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