POP STOP
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Zhang Ziyi did her patriotic duty last week.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Elva Hsiao says she does not bow to the porcelain HCG.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Love in the time of now
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Written by two talented young Taiwanese playwrights, Tainaner Ensemble’s two new plays investigate how people view love differently and the conflicts this creates.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TAINANER ENSEMBLE
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The Silk Road passes through Taipei
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US-based Turkish multi-instrumentalist Omar Faruk Tekbilek performs tonight with the Taipei Chinese Orchestra.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TREE MUSIC
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One more chance to hear the world’s best
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Rene Clausen’s work opens the proceedings tomorrow night.
PHOTO COURTESY OF NTCH
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Get a bang out of Penghu
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Fireworks, fireworks and more fireworks.
PHOTO BY LU CHAN-YUAN, COURTESY OF THE PENGHU COUNTY GOVERNMENT
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THE VINYL WORD
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He came, he saw, he turned up the volume.
PHOTO COURTESY OF DEREK MCGUINESS
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[RESTAURANT REVIEW] Pie Boy
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One can never have too many pies.
PHOTO: STEVE PRICE, TAIPEI TIMES
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[RESTAURANT REVIEW] Win House (贏家): The Buffalo Wings Expert
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At Win House, the buffalo wings are steeped in one of nine homemade marinades, then deep-fried.
PHOTO: NOAH BUCHAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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‘Speed Racer’ hits the skids
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF WARNER BROS
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Taejo Togokahn (played by South Korean pop star Rain, right) races a treacherous cross-continent, semi-legal course to try and save the day in Speed Racer.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF WARNER BROS
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Despite reduced slate, Hollywood adds star power to Cannes
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The president of the jury Sean Penn, center, and jury members of the 61st edition of the Cannes International Film Festival.
PHOTO: AFP
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PLAYOFFS: Magic finally conjure up a win
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Utah Jazz guard Deron Williams, left, puts up a shot as Los Angeles Lakers forward Ronny Turiaf guards during the second half of their NBA Western Conference basketball play-off game in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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WEEKEND SCIENCE: The imploding can 鋁罐內爆
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PHOTO: MICHAEL KEARNEY, TAIPEI TIMES
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AMERICAN LEAGUE: Wang's winning streak is ended by the Indians
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Wang Chien-ming of the New York Yankees reacts in the fifth inning against the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium in New York on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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LFP: Real Madrid crush rivals Barcelona in El Clasico
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Barcelona's Lionel Messi, right, vies for the ball with Real Madrid's Pepe during their match at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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King of clay dethroned by Ferrero at Rome Masters
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Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero returns the ball to his compatriot Rafael Nadal during their ATP Rome Masters men's singles match at the Foro Italico in Rome on Wednesday.
PHOTO: EPA
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NATIONAL LEAGUE: Reds humble Chicago with 9-0 victory
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Chicago Cubs' Aramis Ramirez flips his bat after striking out against Cincinnati Reds pitcher Edinson Volquez to end the top of the fifth inning of their baseball game on Wednesday in Cincinnati, Ohio.
PHOTO: AP
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Reel News
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Nicole Kidman is going to do battle with Dusty Springfield's demons.
PHOTO: EPA
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Teutonic take on a Taiwan tale on a Taiwan tale
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Ai-Mei may mark the beginning of a beautiful relationship between local and German filmmakers.
PHOTO: WANG WEN-LING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Ai-Mei may mark the beginning of a beautiful relationship between local and German filmmakers.
PHOTO: WANG WEN-LING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Let there be light
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PHOTO: COURTESY OF LIN HH DANCE COMPANY
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PHOTO: COURTESY OF LIN HH DANCE COMPANY
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PHOTO: COURTESY OF LIN HH DANCE COMPANY
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Justine Henin eliminates Chan from German Open
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Yung-Jan Chan from Taiwan returns the ball during her match against Justine Henin from Belgium at the German Open tennis tournament in Berlin on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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BUNDES LIGA: Champions Bayern power on
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Hamburg forward Ivica Olic, center, is kicked by Werder Bremen goalkeeper Tim Wiese, second right, while Bremen's Per Mertesacker, left, and Naldo look on during their German Bundesliga match in Hamburg, Germany, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Gamba Osaka, Saipa through after wins
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Chonburi goalkeeper Kosin Hathairattanakool, left, blocks a shot by Ryuji Bando of Gamba Osaka during their AFC Asian Champions League group match in Bangkok on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Second-string Inter beat Lazio to make through to Cup final
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Inter Milan forward Julio Ricardo Cruz, center, scores against Lazio during their Coppa Italia semi-final, second-leg, match at the Olympic Stadium in Rome on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Iran predicts oil prices to hit US$200
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Women line up to buy subsidized kerosene, which many households use to cook, in Bogor, Indonesia, yesterday. The Indonesian government announced on Monday that it would cut subsidies in the coming weeks on a range of fuel products to avoid a massive budget deficit amid soaring world oil prices.
PHOTO: AP
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Toyota warns of annual profit drop
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A customer checks a vehicle at a Toyota showroom in Tokyo yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Death of ‘Shoe Town’ could spell end to China’s sweatshops
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Myanmar pressured to allow aid in
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A Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society relief team headed by Myanmar-born Master Hsin Tao, right, departs for Myanmar from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport yesterday.
PHOTO: CNA
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NT dollar drops amid capital outflow
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A woman records the NT dollar's closing rate against the US dollar at Taipei Forex Inc yesterday. The local currency dropped NT$0.303 to close at NT$30.824 against the greenback on turnover of NT$3.083 billion.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Olympic flame reaches top of Mount Everest
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Chinese climbers cheer with the Olympic flame and flags at the top of Mount Everest yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Orangutan moved to wildlife center after 18 years
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Scientists from National Pingtung University of Science and Technology prepare to deliver Pipi, a pongo orangutan, from Tucheng, Taipei County, to her new home inside the school in Pingtung County yesterday. The owner of the animal had to give her away because she has become overweight.
PHOTO: WU JEN-CHIEH, TAIPEI TIMES
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Survivors tell tales of destruction
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Cyclone survivors cook food in an Arrawaddy delta village near Labutta, Myanmar, on Wednesday. Aid agencies say the death toll will rise if relief supplies of food, water and medicine do not reach the devastated area soon.
PHOTO: AFP
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Israel turns 60th, marks anniversary
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A young Israeli woman smiles during a demonstration to mark the 60th anniversary of Israel’s founding, on the beach front in Tel Aviv yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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A Palestinian boy, wearing a T-shirt with 1948 emblazoned on the back, looks at a poster containing the names of Arab villages that were destroyed in 1948 at a demonstration in the West Bank city of Ramallah yesterday marking the 60th anniversary of the “Nakba” (Catastrophe) or loss of lands.
PHOTO: AFP
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Don't dwell on history, Hu tells Japanese
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Japanese police officers push back a Tibet supporter shouting slogans at visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao as he leaves Waseda Univeristy in Tokyo yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Incest dad tried to ‘protect’ daughter
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Residents of Amstetten, Austria, rally to demonstrate compassion for the victims of incest father Josef Fritzl on Wednesday.
PHOTO: EPA
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China, Dalai Lama envoys disagree over Tibet unrest
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The Dalai Lama's special envoys Lodi Gyari, center, and Kelsang Gyaltsen, left, address a press conference in Dharamsala, India, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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