Vice president urges revision of election code
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Vice President Annette Lu shows the scar on her right knee from the March 19, 2004, assassination attempt on her and President Chen Shui-bian, in Taipei County, yesterday.
PHOTO: WU CHIA-YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Pakistan's top ex-judge rallies lawyers
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Asif Ali Zardari, right, the widower of slain former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, and Asfandyar Wali Khan, left, head of the Awami National Party, wave after their meeting in Islamabad yesterday. Zardari was to meet with former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N, later yesterday.
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Thousands protest in Armenia
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An elderly Armenian man shouts during an opposition rally in Yerevan on Wednesday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Clinton struggling to salvage campaign
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Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at a ``Low Dollar'' fundraiser at Hunter College on Wednesday in New York City.
PHOTO: AFP
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Beware the well-meaning cancer coach
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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US analysts expect record number of bankruptcies
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People walk by a Sharper Image store in San Francisco on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Roddick set to face new kid on block
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Andy Roddick celebrates after winning a point against Chris Guccione during the SAP Open tennis tournament in San Jose, California, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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De Villiers confirms that John Smit will remain 'Bok captain
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Springbok captain John Smit smiles before Clermont-Ferrand's rugby match against Montpellier in Clermont-Ferrand, France, on Nov. 3 last year.
PHOTO: AFP
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Spain not a racist country, Alonso says
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Spanish Formula One driver Fernando Alonso sits in his car while engineers work on it in the pits during a training session at the Catalonia race track in Montmelo near Barcelona, Spain, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Record holder powell celebrates easy win in Melbourne Grand Prix
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Asafa Powell competes in the men's 100m in Melbourne, Australia, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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English sides secure ties
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Lyon's Sebastien Squillaci, left, reacts after being struck by Manchester United's Wayne Rooney during their Champions League match in Lyon, France, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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China lose to Japan in physical clash
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China defender Li Weifeng, left, confronts Japan midfielder Keita Suzuki during their match in Chongqing, China, on Wednesday. Japan won 1-0.
PHOTO: AP
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Chinese police and security guards stand guard at the players' entrance after the match between China and Japan in Chongqing, China, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Lab saves second life 二度救人的拉拉
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Instructor Roberto Gasbarri (L) with Eva, a Labrador rescue dog, as she jumps into the sea to "save" instructor Maria-Rosaria Cirillo, Civitavecchia Sea, Italy on Aug. 16, 2007.
去年八月十六日，訓練師羅伯托．蓋斯巴瑞（L）和他訓練的拉布拉多救援犬伊娃於義大利的契維塔維契亞海邊，伊娃跳入海中「援救」另一名訓練師瑪莉亞．羅莎瑞．喜瑞蘿。 （照片：法新社）
PHOTO: AFP
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All you need is hugs 給我「抱抱」
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Two women hold posters that say "Free Hugs" during the parade called "Sympathy is almost love." The parade gathered hundreds of people at the Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro on Jan. 26, 2008.
上個月二十六日在里約熱內盧伊帕內瑪海灘舉辦的一場名為「同情近乎愛」遊行中，兩位女性手中拿著「免費抱抱」的海報，該遊行吸引了數百人參與。 （照片︰歐新社）
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Hell hath no fury like a psycho with bad hair
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Javier Bardem, square off in No Country for Old Men. The movie has earned eight Oscar nominations.
PHOTOS: AP AND COURTESY OF UIP
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Josh Brolin, square off in No Country for Old Men. The movie has earned eight Oscar nominations.
PHOTOS: AP AND COURTESY OF UIP
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Back, and better (worse?) than ever
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In the newest Rambo, which comes 20 years after the last film, the hero joins the Karen ethnic minority in a fight with the Burmese army.
PHOTO:COURTESY OF COLDPLAY
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Whirl, dip, step and swivel
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Franco Formica, left, and Oksana Lebedew of Germany
PHOTO: COURTESY OF TISDDA
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Michal Malitowski, left, and Joanna Leunis from Poland.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF TISDDA
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[ EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT ]
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Stand-up comedian Dan "Gonzo" Machanik performs tomorrow at the Comedy Club.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF MICHAEL GEIER
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Same culture, different politics
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Wang Gungwu will discuss the experience of overseas Chinese people tomorrow at Zhongshan Hall.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE LUNG YING-TAI CULTURAL FOUNDATION
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[POP STOP]
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Edison Chen fell on his own sword yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Taipei's own Zoo story
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Isolation and social inequality go under the microscope in City Story Theater's version of Edward Albee's play The Zoo Story.
Photo: Noah Buchan, Taipei Times
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Hospital roomies kick the bucket in style
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Jack Nicholson, left, and Morgan Freeman do everything they ever want before they die.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF WARNER BROS
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[REEL NEWS]
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Singing Chen returned to Taiwan earlier this week after earning the Tagesspiegel Readers' Prize at the Berlin Film Festival.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Horror turns to wisdom
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly turns a paralytic's imprisonment in his own body into enlightenment.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF CMC
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THE VINYL WORD
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MC Conrad, left, and TJ Bukem.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF LUXY
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A cure for the Wednesday blues
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Los Angeles-based blues guitarist Rich Harper and his band perform this Wednesday night at the Cosmopolitan Grill in Taipei.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF COSMO
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[RESTAURANT REVIEW] 20 Pots (20鍋)
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Ganguo shrimp is proprietor Li Hao-yang's own invention and has proven popular among locals.
PHOTO: HO YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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[RESTAURANT REVIEW] Breeze Taipei Station (微風台北車站)
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Breeze Taipei Station manages to be more than the sum of its parts.
PHOTO: IAN BARTHOLOMEW, TAIPEI TIMES
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Velvet Revolution
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Revolutionary Czech rockers Plastic People of the Universe return to Taiwan this week for an island-wide tour.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF TRA
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