Travelers who drop trips won't lose out
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Travelers gather at the train station in Guangzhou as China's transport network buckled under a big freeze.
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Patient recovers after 117 days of ECMO treatment
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National Taiwan University Hospital doctors, from left, Ko Wen-che, Lee Yung-chie, Wang Chih-hsien and Han Yin-yi, cut a cake with their patient, surnamed Hu, center, to celebrate his recovery yesterday in Taipei.
PHOTO: CHEN TSE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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FEATURE: Penghu's beauty has hold over a Japanese traveler
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Chipei Bay on Chipei Island, Penghu, is pictured during a summer's day.
PHOTO COUTESY OF THE PENGHU NATIONAL SCENIC AREA ADMINISTRATION
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India remembers Gandhi's assassination
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Mohandas Gandhi's great-granddaughter Neelam Parikh pours an urn containing the peace icon's ashes into the Arabian Sea off Mumbai, India, yesterday. India commemorated the 60th anniversary of Gandhi's assassination yesterday.
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Fire and fancy dress as Shetlanders honor their Viking heritage
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The Guizer Jarl is silhouetted as members of his Viking Squad walk around a long boat with burning torches during the annual Up-Helly-Aa Festival in Lerwick, Scotland, on Tuesday. The event culminates with up to 1,000 ''guizers'' (men in costume) throwing flaming torches into a Viking longship.
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Members of the Jarl Viking Squad carry burning torches through the streets during the annual Up-Helly-Aa Festival in Lerwick, Scotland, on Tuesday.
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Rogue trader: the media's most wanted
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Trader Jerome Kerviel in shown a photo on an electoral leaflet for the municipal elections in Pont l'Abbe, western France.
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McCain, Clinton win Florida primaries
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Senator John McCain and his wife Cindy greet supporters in Miami following his victory in the Florida Republican presidential primary on Tuesday.
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Venezuelan robbers free hostages, surrender
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Hostages held by four gunmen inside a bank after a botched robbery gesture in Altagracia de Orituco, Venezuela, on Tuesday. After a standoff of more than 24 hours, the robbers were allowed to flee in an ambulance but they were later captured by police.
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When abroad, being deaf can really help
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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NBA: Yao Ming carries Rockets past Warriors
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Houston Rockets center Yao Ming of China shoots the ball over Golden State Warriors center Al Harrington in the first half of their NBA clash at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, on Tuesday.
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Bayern book quarter-final berth, Bremen eliminated
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Bayern Munich's Luca Toni, left, scores against Wuppertal in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Tuesday. Bayern beat Wuppertal 5-2 to clinch a place in the German Cup quarter-finals.
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Silliness reaches zenith at Super Bowl Media Day
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Ines Gomez-Mont, a reporter from TV Azteca in Mexico, wears a wedding dress as she is carried by New England Patriots center Lonie Paxton while interviewing him during Media Day for the Super Bowl XLII football game in Glendale, Arizona, on Tuesday.
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Super Eagles sneak into quarter-finals
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Nigeria's Ikechukwu Uche, right, and Benin's Damien Chrysostome, left, vie for the ball during their Africa Cup of Nations Group B match in Sekondi, Ghana, on Tuesday. Nigeria defeated Benin 2-0 to set up an enticing quarter-final clash against Ghana.
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A supporter of the Nigerian Super Eagles cheers in the stands in Sekondi, Ghana, on Tuesday during their Africa Cup of Nations soccer match against Benin.
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NHL: Flyers claim first place with OT win
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The New Jersey Devils' Mike Rupp scores past Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Ty Conklin, left, and Darryl Sydor in the first period of their NHL game at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Tuesday.
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Dutch man stands in ice for 72 minutes 荷蘭男子站立冰中再創世界紀錄
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Wim Hof takes an ice bath outside the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City on Jan. 26, 2008.
上星期六，美國紐約市的魯賓美術館外，威姆．霍夫全身浸泡在冰中。照片：美聯社
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[ART JOURNAL] Unlucky 13
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The Rokeby Venus by Spanish artist Diego Velazquez.
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Claude Monet's prized painting of the Seine.
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The Nightwatch by Dutch artist Rembrandt.
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The Thinker by French artist Auguste Rodin.
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Camera crews film The Holy Virgin Mary,by Chris Ofili, during a preview of the controversial British exhibition Sensation.
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Gerard Way's road to success
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Unique clothes bring in the dough
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PHOTO: COURTESY OF PIZZA CUT FIVE.
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PHOTO: HO YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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PHOTO: HO YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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A-fu the scooter delivers to your doorstep.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF PIZZA CUT FIVE
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PHOTO: HO YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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PHOTO: HO YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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In a refrigerated cabinet, like drinks in a convenience store.
PHOTO: HO YI, TAIPEI TIMES AND COURTESY OF PIZZA CUT FIVE.
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