Jazz appreciation takes root in Taipei
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Live demonstrations are part of a lecture series aimed at introducing jazz to general, non-musician audiences.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF TAIPEI INTERNATIONAL JAZZ EDUCATION AND PROMO
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[ OUTDOORS ]:For the love of the longboard
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Vincent Pando, right, heads into the California surf with a longboard in Santa Cruz last month during the Big Stick Surfing Association 2008 Logjam.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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AMERICAN LEAGUE: Beckett's 1,000th fuels Boston win
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Chicago White Sox second-baseman Juan Uribe, left, tags out the Minnesota Twins' Carlos Gomez in the third inning in Chicago, Illinois, on Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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GOLF: Garcia takes early Players Championship lead
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Sergio Garcia of Spain tees off on the sixth hole at the Players Championship golf tournament in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, on Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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Parise, US beat Germany
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Michael Wolf of Germany, right, battles for the puck with Zach Parise of the US during second-period play at the IIHF World Championship at the Halifax Metro Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Thursday. The US won 6-4 in regulation time.
PHOTO: EPA
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CPBL: Resilient Bulls fend off Bears rally to snap losing streak
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Sinon Bulls starter Jeremy Cummings pitches against the La New Bears in Kaohsiung County on Thursday. The Bulls won 7-6.
PHOTO: CHANG CHUNG-YI
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Federer, Djokovic into quarters
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Serena Williams of the US prepares to serve to Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland during their German Open match in Berlin on Thursday. Williams won the match 6-3, 6-1.
PHOTO: AFP
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Fight for the title to go to the wire
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Liverpool's Peter Crouch, left, shoots and scores for his team during their English Premier League match against Fulham at Craven Cottage in London on April 19.
PHOTO: EPA
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Sun Jihai remains upbeat despite doubt about future
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Liverpool forward Fernando Torres, left, is beaten to the ball by Manchester City's Sun Jihai during their English Premier League match in Liverpool, England, on May 4.
PHOTO: AFP
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Healthy skepticism and media beat-ups
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NHL: Red Wings off to a flyer against Dallas in Detroit
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Detroit Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk of Russia, right, and Dallas Stars winger Brenden Morrow collide during the third period of Game 1 of the NHL Western Conference finals in Detroit on Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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Prison museums offer valuable lessons: panel
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Posters from Taiwan's human rights movement decorate the walls of a building yesterday at the Taiwan Human Rights Memorial, a former detention center in Jingmei that held some 130,000 dissidents during the Martial Law era.
PHOTO: CNA
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Sharif moves to help restore Pakistani judges
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Lawyers hold a banner during a protest for the reinstatement of deposed judges in Multan, Pakistan, on Thursday. Coalition parties in the Pakistani government have announced that the judges, who were deposed by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf under emergency legislation last year, would be reinstalled on Monday through a parliamentary resolution.
PHOTO: EPA
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Turkey grapples with issue of domestic abuse
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Emine Yaman, a victim of domestic violence, lies in bed while talking during an interview at her home in Istanbul, Turkey, on April 22.
PHOTO: AP
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DPP apologizes for diplomatic scandal
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Chai Trong-rong, center, convener of the Democratic Progressive Partyˇ¦s (DPP) team investigating the Papua New Guinea diplomatic scandal, DPP Secretary-General Lee Ying-yuan, left, and caucus whip Ker Chien-ming apologize yesterday.
PHOTO: LU CHUN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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