IELTS¡nTHIS WEEK:READING
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Naughty but nice
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE TAIWAN GATEAUX ASSOCIATION
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Cut away diagram of tarte tiramisu.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE TAIWAN GATEAUX ASSOCIATION
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE TAIWAN GATEAUX ASSOCIATION
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Tarte tiramisu.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE TAIWAN GATEAUX ASSOCIATION
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Images from Yannick, a patisserie chain that aims to conquer the mass market.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE TAIWAN GATEAUX ASSOCIATION
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TECHNOLOGY : How to keep your Windows PC up to speed
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PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Zenit, Rangers through to Cup final
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Zenit fans celebrate after their team defeated Bayern Munich 4-0 in their UEFA Cup second leg semi-final match in St. Petersburg on Thursday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Zvonareva beats Vinci to reach semis
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Russia¡¦s Vera Zvonareva returns the ball during her quarter-final match against Roberta Vinci of Italy at the ECM Prague Open 2008 tennis tournament in Prague, the Czech Republic, yesterday.
PHOTO: EPA
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SUPER14: Crusaders extend Super 14 lead
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The Sharks¡¦ Ruan Pienaar is tackled by the Crusaders¡¦ Tim Bateman in their Super 14 match at the AMI Stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Forbes aims to silence doubters
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Oscar De La Hoya, center left, and Steve Forbes, center right, pose on Wednesday in Los Angeles with their respective trainers, Floyd Mayweather Sr, left, and Jeff Mayweather, to promote their upcoming fight.
PHOTO: AP
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Kids are changing the color of America
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Tigers earn rare sweep in Bronx
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The Los Angeles Dodgers' Hiroki Kuroda delivers a pitch against Florida Marlins pitcher Burke Badenhop at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Florida, on Thursday.
PHOTO: EPA
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CPBL: ¡¥Du Du¡¦ sees 20th victory slip away as Lions stumble
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Pan Chung-hsiao of the dmedia T-Rex pitches in the sixth inning against the President Lions in Tainan on Thursday. The T-Rex won 8-5.
PHOTO: HUANG CHIH-YUAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Auto sales plunge 20% year-on-year to 20,189 units
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Customers inspect vehicles at a Mercedes-Benz showroom in Taipei yesterday. Domestic car sales have plummeted this year, with new vehicle sales last month dropping to the lowest level for the same month in the last two decades.
PHOTO: KAO CHIA-HO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Huang apologizes for PNG fund scandal
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Minister of Foreign Affairs James Huang bows in apology at a press conference in Taipei yesterday over the disappearance of diplomatic funds intended to facilitate ties between Taiwan and Papua New Guinea.
PHOTO: CHIEN JUNG-FONG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Mia Farrow slams Olympic sponsors
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US actress and activist Mia Farrow holds a lighted torch, representing the Olympic torch, outside Hong Kong¡¦s central government offices yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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MDC rejects Zimbabwe recount
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Esther Deve, left, and her 10-year-old nephew Francis Zondo are pictured after an assault by suspected ruling party supporters in Mudzi North, Zimbabwe, on Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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Israeli police question prime minister
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaks in the Chagall Hall in the parliament in Jerusalem on Thursday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Man killed by gunshot at legislator¡¦s office in Sijhih
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Lo Ming-tsai gestures as he talks to reporters in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: WANG YI-SUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Fubon launches sports lottery
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Some betters try their luck yesterday as Taipei Fubon Bank officially launches Taiwan¡¦s first sports lottery at 148 betting stations nationwide.
PHOTO: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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US public seeing too much election news
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Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama speaks to a small group of supporters at Garfield Park in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Wednesday. The Indiana and North Carolina Democratic primary elections will be held next Tuesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Groups say shark fins likely toxic
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Democratic Progressive Party Taipei City Councilor Wu Su-yao and WildAid chairman Peter Knights announce that the mercury present in shark fins from the same shipment can vary by a factor of 100.
PHOTO: LIU JUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Thailand proposes OPEC-style rice cartel
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A rice farmer inspects a valuable yield of rice laid out to dry in a factory in Nonthaburi Province, Thailand, on Wednesday. The country¡¦s rice exports between January and last month reached 4.07 million tonnes compared with 3 million tonnes during the same period last year.
PHOTO: EPA
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