Legislative elections and referendums: KMT vows not to abuse power
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) supporters celebrate the party's victory outside its headquarters in Taipei yesterday.
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A Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) supporter pours Champagne over her face at KMT party headquarters yesterday while celebrating the party's landslide win in the legislative elections.
PHOTO: CNANWARNING: EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL CAN DAMAGE
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Legislative elections and referendums: New vote system may create shift in voting pattern
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Legislative elections and referendums: ANALYSIS: DPP defeated by a new electoral system: analysts
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A staff member of the Democratic Progressive Party updates election data at party headquarters in Taipei yesterday.
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Legislative elections and referendums: Chen resigns as chairman
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President Chen Shui-bian, who doubles as Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairman, bows after announcing his resignation as chairman following the party's defeat in yesterday's elections. Chen is joined by DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Legislative elections and referendums: Observers note calm atmosphere
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Legislative elections and referendums: DPP and KMT referendums fail
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A voter ponders whether to pick up referendum ballots at a polling station in Taichung County yesterday.
PHOTO: OU SU-MEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Legislative elections and referendums: ANALYSIS: Referendums reflect the immaturity of a nation
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A voter in Taipei picks up her legislative election ballots yesterday. The arrows on the floor read ``Not for picking up referendum ballots,'' left, and ``For picking up referendum ballots.''
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Legislative elections and referendums: Polling stations report sporadic problems
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Hsieh Yang-chi, a 104-year-old resident of Waipu Township, Taichung County, casts her ballot in the legislative elections yesterday.
PHOTO: CHANG JUI-CHEN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Legislative elections and referendums: Economy the key to KMT win
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Visitors fill the exhibition floor on the second day of the IT Month exhibition at the World Trade Center in Taipei on Dec. 8 last year. Economists said in the wake of the Chinese Nationalist Party's (KMT) legislative election victory that implementing a policy framework on Taiwan-China relations would be the government's most useful tool for improving the economy.
PHOTO: WANG PEI-HUA, TAIPEI TIMES
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Legislative elections and referendums: Market set to rebound, analysts say
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Two women walk past a wall of TV monitors in a stock brokerage in Taipei last Monday. Market watchers yesterday predicted a short and mild rebound in the local stock market.
PHOTO: LIAO CHEN-HEUI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Kenyan opposition calls boycott
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Two men sleep among their household goods in the grounds of a Catholic church in El Doret, Kenya, yesterday.
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Indonesia prepares for death of 86-year-old Suharto
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Hutomo ''Tommy'' Mandala Putra, the youngest son of former Indonesian president Suharto, is mobbed by journalists at Pertamina Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday.
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FARC guerrillas `not terrorists' Chavez says
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Colombian former hostage Clara Rojas, right, waves next to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the presidential palace in Caracas on Thursday just a few hours after she was released by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
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Nervous investors drive gold futures past US$900
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A store employee displays gold figures of mice for sale to celebrate the Year of the Rat at a gold store in Hong Kong yesterday. Gold closed higher in Hong Kong on Friday at US$892.50 an ounce, up US$15.45 from Thursday's close of US$877.05.
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Martin stars as Kiwis dominate
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Bangladesh's Shakib al Hasan plays a cover drive on day one of the second Test between New Zealand and Bangladesh at the Basin Reserve in Wellington, New Zealand, yesterday.
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New Zealand's Craig Cumming plays a shot on the leg side on the first day of the second Test between New Zealand and Bangladesh in Wellington, New Zealand, yesterday.
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Near flawless run earns Grange win
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Jean-Baptiste Grange negotiates a jump during the downhill event on his way to victory in the Men's FIS Alpine World Cup super combined on Friday in Wengen, Switzerland.
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Sehwag makes strong case for Test recall
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India's Dinesh Karthik walks back to the pavilion after being dismissed just short of a century on the final day of the tour match between an ACT Invitational XI and India at the Manuka Oval in Canberra yesterday.
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The ACT Invitational XI's Ed Cowen throws the ball during a runout attempt on the final day of their match against India in Canberra yesterday.
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Boston ties record in New Jersey win
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Josh Boone , bottom left, of the New Jersey Nets battles Kevin Garnett, top left, of the Boston Celtics for a rebound before the Nets' Malik Allen, second right, and the Celtics' Paul Pierce , right, during their NBA game on Friday at the Izod Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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K.J. Choi doubles lead during second round of Sony Open
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K.J. Choi of South Korea hits his second shot on the 14th hole during the second round of the Sony Open at the Waialae Country Club on Friday in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.
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Jones gets six months in prison
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Marion Jones, left, stands with her husband Obadele Thompson after leaving court in White Plains, New York, on Friday.
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SBL: Dinos winning streak is ended by the Leopards
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Chen ''Airman'' Hsin-an of Yulon Dinos dunks the ball against the Taiwan Mobile Leopards during their SBL game at the Taipei County Sport Complex on Friday.
PHOTO: WANG YI-SUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Roddick victorious at Kooyong, ready for Australian Open
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Andy Roddick hits a backhand return to Marcos Baghdatis during the final of the Kooyong Classic in Melbourne, Australia, yesterday.
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Pollock announces international retirement
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South Africa's Jacques Kallis plays a shot as West Indies wicketkeeper Dinesh Ramdin looks on during the second day of their third and final Test match at the Kingsmead Stadium in Durban, South Africa, on Friday.
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[ SOCIETY ] South Koreans give their deaths a trial run
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A participant in Korea Life Consulting Co's 'well-dying' classes, Hwang Yun-jin is one of over 50,000 people who have had fake funerals.
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[BOOK REVIEW] The best and worst of life and writing
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THE BOOK OF OTHER PEOPLE
Edited by Zadie Smith
287 pages
Penguin Books
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Plate tectonic theory 地表板塊構造論
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照片︰CATHERINE THOMAS
PHOTO: CATHERINE THOMAS, TAIPEI TIMES
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[SUNDAY PROFILE] Paris mayor cooks up new plans
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Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe, right, with French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis at a holiday celebration on the Champs-Elysees.
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The mayor at Reporters Without Borders' Wall of Peace.
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Frank about Franco: A new generation grapples with the dictator's legacy
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Blas Pinar, founder of the ultra-rightist Fuerza Nueva
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Valle de los Cados, or Valley of the Fallen, Spain's most conspicuous reminder of Franco's dictatorship
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[BOOK REVIEW] Taiwan's military prowess laid bare
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Taiwan's Security: History and Prospects
By Bernard Cole
254 pages
Routledge
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Results of legislative elections
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KMT wins two-thirds majority
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Wu Po-hsiung, center, is joined by Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng, second left, former party chairman Lien Chan, third left, and the party's presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou, third right, and his running mate, Vincent Siew, second right, at a press conference yesterday.
PHOTO: CNA
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