Alex Fai apologizes for campaign mess, quits KMT
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Democratic Progressive Party legislators hold a silent protest against the Chinese Nationalist Party's (KMT) domination of the legislature during a session in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Presidential election 2008: 7 days to go: MAC chair slams 2005 communiques
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Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairman Chen Ming-tong speaks at a press conference in Taipei yesterday, the third anniversary of China's ''Anti-Secession'' Law. Chen said that the law and the reports on former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman Lien Chan and People First Party Chairman James Soong's visits to China have affected the security of the Taiwan Strait.
PHOTO: CHU PEI-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Presidential election 2008: 7 days to go: CCW protests legislators' conduct
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Members of the Citizen Congress Watch gather outside the legislature in Taipei yesterday to protest against legislators wasting tax dollars by going into recess for the presidential election early in the current session.
PHOTO: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Sijhou demolition suspended
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Aborigines from Sanying Township and Sijhou Township protest against their relocation in a march for Aboriginal rights on March 8 in Taipei.
PHOTO: CNA
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Sudan and Chad ink sixth pact
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Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, left, sits across from Chadian President Idriss Deby as they sign a non-aggression pact in Dakar, Senegal, on Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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Canada votes to extend mission in Afghanistan
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, speaks during a press conference while Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper looks on at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 22 last year.
PHOTO: AFP
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Ecuador still riled over Colombian raid
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A man wearing a mask protests in front of Colombia's embassy in Mexico City on Wednesday. University students demanded that Mexico's government formally condemn Colombia's March 1 attack on a rebel camp in Ecuador.
PHOTO: AP
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Warren Buffett - ultimate self-made man
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Gold little changed after topping US$1,000 in Asia
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Customers view gold jewelry at a gold shop in Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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COA touts rice flour as way to fight price hikes
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A woman looks at rice-based foods at a press conference held by the Council of Agriculture in Taipei City yesterday.
PHOTO: WANG YI-SUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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King rallies to triumph at Indian Wells
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Nicolas Keifer of Germany serves to Dudi Sela of Israel during their first-round tennis match at the Pacific Life Open on Thursday in Indian Wells, California.
PHOTO: AP
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Vania King prepares to hit a backhand in her match against Anne Kremer during the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, on Thursday.
PHOTO: AFP
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FEATURE: Padres, Dodgers seek to woo China
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San Diego Padres players, from left, Scott Hairston, Kyle Blanks and Nick Hundley pose with souvenirs during a team visit to the Great Wall of China near Beijing on Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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`Pacman' looking to power to Vegas victory
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Juan Manuel Marquez, left, of Mexico, and Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines pose for photos following a news conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday. They face each other in a WBC super featherweight title fight tonight.
PHOTO: AP
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Manny Pacquiao hits a speed bag during a workout at a gym in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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UEFA CUP: Rangers through, Bolton crash out
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Werder Bremen's Naldo, left, Christian Dailly of Rangers, second left, Charles Adam of Rangers, center bottom, Werder Bremen's Per Mertesacker, second right, and Carlos Cuellar of Rangers challenge for the ball during their Round of 16 second leg UEFA Cup match in Bremen, Germany, on Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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S Korea edge Taiwan to finish second
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Hurricanes storm to victory
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The Stormers' Sireli Naqelevuki, right, runs into the Chiefs' Brendon Leonard during their Super 14 rugby match in Hamilton, New Zealand, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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IELTS》Speaking : IELTS Speaking
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The Adventures of Kathleen the Great and Mark the Meek 英勇凱薩琳與害羞馬克歷險記
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Fish power
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An arowana fish at an exhibition in Jakarta, Indonesia, last month.
PHOTO: AFP
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