Observers note swing against BN in Malaysia
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Members of the ruling Barisan Nasional flash placards, which display the benefits if voters choose to vote for their party outside the polling center in Kota Bharu, Malaysia, yesterday.
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Spain mourns councilor ahead of vote
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Sandra Carrasco, left, daughter of former Socialist representative in Mondragon, Isaias Carrasco, hugs a friend and her uncle during a protest against her father's assassination yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Sex workers call for election vows
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Protesters rally outside Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou's campaign headquarters in Taipei yesterday to demand that Ma promise to legalize prostitution if elected.
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Presidential election 2008: 13 days to go: ANALYSIS: Analysts pan handling of green card dispute
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Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Frank Hsieh and his running mate Su Tseng-chang are joined by the their wives as they received flowers at a campaign event in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: CHIEN JUNG-FONG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Presidential election 2008: 13 days to go: Ma pledges to tackle top threats to women's safety
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou, front center, yesterday releases a balloon along with other participants at a meeting organized by the Girl Scouts of Taiwan in Taipei's Youth Park
PHOTO: CNA
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Indian admits spying on Pakistan
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Kashmir Singh, right, poses for photographs with his wife, Paramjit Kaur, after crossing the border into India at the India-Pakistan joint border checkpost at Wagah, India, on Tuesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Lula starts program to clean up Rio's infamous slums
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva delivers a speech at the inauguration of the Growing Acceleration program in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Friday.
PHOTO: EPA
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The future(s) of civil aeronautics
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ILLUSTRATION: LANCE
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Wall Street struggles in grip of recession fears
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A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday. Wall Street was roiled by a bleak US jobs report on Friday, with the Dow industrials falling to a 17-month low below 12,000 points as recession fears were heightened.
PHOTO: AFP
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A weak greenback is negative for PRC economy: official
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A vendor prepares vegetables at a market in Beijing yesterday. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said yesterday that inflation was now the top concern for the nation's 1.3 billion people, as he pledged to take steps to slow the Asian giant's red-hot economic growth.
PHOTO: AFP
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Nissan touts 'green' headquarters
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The new 10-story, S-shaped, Nissan headquarters in Franklin, Tennessee, is pictured on Jan. 25.
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Al-Qaeda recruiting geeks to run multimedia operation
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A woman, left, works on a computer at an Internet cafe in the city of Kandahar in Afghanistan last month. Al-Qaeda is recruiting computer-savvy technicians to produce sophisticated Web documentaries and multimedia products aimed at Muslim audiences in Western countries.
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Why Flash price fall is painful for Microsoft's future
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A model poses with the laptop ``Eee PC'' made by Asus at the CeBIT trade fair in Hannover, Germany, last Sunday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Revolutionary key fob battles germs and regulators
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Paul Metzger poses with the Handler, a device meant to help avoid contact with germs. Its use of minute silver particles has proved to be a problem.
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Sidebottom ignites England rally
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New Zealand wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum, left, reacts to a potential catch off the bat of England's Tim Ambrose on day four of the first Test at Seddon Park in Hamilton, New Zealand, yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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England's Ryan Sidebottom, right, points out a section of a TV camera that is reflecting the sun and distracting the New Zealand batsmen on day four of the first Test at Seddon Park in Hamilton, New Zealand, yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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SOUTH AFRICA 2010: Australia's Verbeek attacks China over its choice of venue
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World No. 1 Lin Dan cruises into the All-England semi-finals
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Japan's Shuichi Sakamoto, right, hits a shot as his doubles partner Shintaro Ikeda looks on during their quarter-final match against Lars Paaske and Jonas Ramussen of Denmark at the All-England Badminton Championships in Birmingham, England, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Chambers wins silver medal in Valencia
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Britain's Dwain Chambers, left, and Kim Collins of St. Kitts and Nevis shake hands after sharing second place in the Men's 60m at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Valencia, Spain, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Roddick adds Djokovic's scalp to Nadal's in Dubai
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Spain's Feliciano Lopez returns the ball to Russian Nikolay Davydenko during their semi-final tennis match at the ATP Dubai Tennis Championships in the United Arab Emirates on Friday. Lopez won 4-6, 6-4, 5-7.
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SBL: Hard-up Tigers drag their feet in loss to Dinos
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Lin Yi-hui of the Dacin Tigers, right, is blocked by Chen Chih-chung of the Yulon Dinos in their match at the Taipei County Sports Complex on Friday.
PHOTO: CHIEN JUNG-FONG, TAIPEI TIMES
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NBA: Prince posts 28 points as Pistons power past Knicks
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Tayshaun Prince, right, of the Detroit Pistons drives past Fred Jones of the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Taiwan's hitters down Mexico
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Taiwan's Lin Chih-sheng puts out a Mexican player in their game at the Douliou stadium, Yunlin County, yesterday.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taiwan's Lin Che-hsuan dives forward to take a catch in their game against Mexico at the Douliou stadium, Yunlin County, yesterday.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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SUPER 14: Chiefs snatch late victory
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Northern Bulls prove too strong for the Golden Lions
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Bulls winger Akona Ndungane, left, goes for the try line as Cobus Grobbelaar of the Lions attempts to tackle him during their Super 14 game in Pretoria on Friday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Sunday Science: Making a water filter 週日科學：自製濾水器
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PHOTO: MICHAEL KEARNEY, TAIPEI TIMES
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[ SCIENCE ]Genetic blueprint or Bentley?
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Dan Stoicescu in Dully, Switzerland, has purchased a map of his own genome.
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[BOOK REVIEW] Teens grow up as war looms in 'The Blue Star'
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THE BLUE STAR
By Tony Earley
286 pages
Little, Brown & Co
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What kind of Chinese?
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PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE LUNG YING-TAI CULTURAL FOUNDATION
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Wang Gungwu, right, is critical of politicians and observers who view Taiwanese society as being divided along ethnic lines.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE LUNG YING-TAI CULTURAL FOUNDATION
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[BOOK REVIEW] (Battery) power to the people
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GUSHER OF LIES:The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence
By Robert Bryce
371 pages
Basic Books
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