Hakka musicians find home away from home
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Hakka folk singer Lo Si-rong performing at the Post-SARS Theater in Beijing.
PHOTO: DAVID CHEN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Lo Si-rong sings with Chinese schoolchildren at a concert in the Nanling National Forest Park, Guangdong Province.
PHOTO: DAVID CHEN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Hakka folk singer Lin Sheng-xiang warms up before performing at Peking University Hall.
PHOTO: DAVID CHEN, TAIPEI TIMES
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PLANET POP
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Amy Winehouse is in the doghouse over her violent behavior.
PHOTO: AP
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Lou Reed found a reason.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Jennifer Lopez has signed on to star in an unscripted series for the cable network TLC following the stylish actress-singer-businesswoman as she juggles her career with mommy duty.
PHOTO: AP
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Researchers find world’s oldest living tree 研究人員發現世界最老「神木」
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A man looks up while standing among old-growth Sitka spruce trees on June 20, 2007, near Long Beach, Washington, US.
去年六月二十日，一位男子在美國華盛頓州長堤附近的錫特卡雲杉神木群下抬頭仰望。 照片：美聯社
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Obama and Clinton appear together on `The Colbert Report' 歐巴馬和希拉蕊現身「柯伯報告」
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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton takes part in a comedy sketch on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert, right, in Philadelphia on April 17, 2008.
四月十七日，參議員希拉蕊．蘿涵．柯林頓在費城參與喜劇中心頻道的「柯伯報告」喜劇短劇，和主持人史帝芬．柯伯（右）同台演出。照片：美聯社
PHOTO: AP
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Raikkonen wins Spanish Grand Prix
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Finland's Heikki Kovalainen crashes his McLaren-Mercedes during the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix in Montmelo, Spain, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Clarke in emotional Asian Open victory
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Taiwan’s Lin Wen-tang celebrates his birdie shot at the 18th green that gave him third place during the final round of the Asian Open in Shanghai, China, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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NBA PLAYOFF: Orlando triumph over Raptors 106-94
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The Toronto Raptors’ Chris Bosh, right, and the Orlando Magic’s Dwight Howard, left, reach for the ball during the second half of Game 4 of their NBA first-round basketball playoff series, in Toronto on Saturday.
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Hua Nan holds recruitment exam
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Hua Nan Financial Holdings chairman Lin Ming-cheng talks to the press at National Taipei University yesterday as the company holds its first united recruitment exam by bringing together all seven of its subsidiaries.
PHOTO: CNA
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Scott leads by three in Byron Nelson PGA championship
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Adam Scott, of Australia, watches his approach shot on the 12th hole during the third round of the Byron Nelson Championship golf tournament in Irving, Texas, on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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Nadal, Federer to meet in final
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Spain’s Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko during their semi-final at the Monte Carlo Masters in Monaco on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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SUPER 14: Hurricanes blow away the Cheetahs, move up to fifth
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Piri Weepu of the Hurricanes, front center, feeds the backline supported by teammate Rodney So’oialo, back right, during their Super 14 match against the Cheetahs at Kimberley Stadium in Kimberly, South Africa, on Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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LFP: Makeshift Barcelona beaten by Depor
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Deportivo La Coruna goalkeeper Dudu Aouate, right, jumps for the ball against Barcelona`s Giovani dos Santos Ramirez during their Spanish La Liga match at the Riazor Stadium in A Coruna, Spain, on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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Business without borders
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INTERVIEW: Taiwan Thinktank's Chen fears repeat of KMT errors
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Taiwan Thinktank chairman Chen Po-chih is pictured on July 30 last year.
PHOTO: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Fifty-five dead in Morocco blaze
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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire that broke out at a mattress factory in Casablanca, Morocco, on Saturday. At least 55 people were killed and 12 seriously injured in the massive blaze.
PHOTO: EPA
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Defector makes dramatic torch protest in Seoul
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A Chinese student kicks a South Korean demonstrator in Seoul yesterday as the Beijing Olympic torch began the latest leg of its troubled worldwide relay.
PHOTO: AFP
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Search for missing divers continues
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Friends of Wang Shun-ping, one of eight divers missing in the waters off Kenting National Park, wait for news about the rescue mission yesterday.
PHOTO: TSAI TSUNG-HSIEN, TAIPEI TIMES
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