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  • Two missing in Taiwanese fishing boat fire

    Taipei, May 21 (CNA) Eleven crew members were rescued Tuesday after a Taiwanese fishing boat caught fire in waters near Mauritius on May 19, but the search continues for two missing fishermen, a Taiwanese fishery official said Tuesday. Huang Pao-jung, the Taiwanese skipper of the Ruei Yi Hsiang No. 11, and a crew member had not been found as of noon Tuesday, two days after the boat caught fire ...

  • China Times If president wants positive reviews

    Ma Ying-jeou 's inauguration. Five years ago, Ma won his first presidency at a time when public outrage was mounting over corruption during the eight-year administration of former President Chen Shui-bian. People were expecting Ma to bring Taiwan back to order, but several of his important aides have been arrested and detained for corruption. People generally hold positive views of ...

  • Talk of the Day -- Air Forces second crash in five days

    Two Air Force pilots ejected to safety when a Mirage jet belonging to the 499th Tactical Fighter Wing based in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, crashed off the western coast shortly after takeoff Monday. It was the second crash of an Air Force fighter in five days. On May 15, a single-seater F-16 of the 455th Tactical Fighter Wing crashed into waters southwest of Chiayi in southern Taiwan, but its ...

  • Zest Airways suspends chartered flights between Aklan Taipei

    MANILA, Philippines--Local budget carrier Zest Airways has suspended its daily chartered flights between Kalibo, Aklan, and Taipei amid the ongoing bitter tensions between the Philippines and Taiwan. In a statement, Zest Airways, founded by juice magnate Alfred M. Yao, said its daily flights to Taipei were suspended last Monday. Zest Airways is now controlled by AirAsia Philippines Inc., the ...

  • Video of Taiwanese fishing vessel shooting ‘revealing’ ‘helpful’ — De Lima

    Justice Secretary Leila De Lima. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines--Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said Tuesday a video clip of the shooting incident involving the Philippine Coast Guard and a Taiwanese fishing vessel in the Balintang Channel was ';very revealing'; and ';helpful to the investigation.'; She said the video, as part of the report of the National Bureau ...

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Juno

Juno

In Juno, a beautifully cracked comedy about teen pregnancy, director Jason Reitman gets exactly right what he mostly failed to do in his directorial debut, the acerbic political satire Thank You for Smoking (2005): the interlacing of the hilarious and the humane. Juno is certainly ... ...

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  • Taiwan releases route data in dispute with Philippines

    TAIPEI (Taiwan News) - Taiwan's Kuang Ta Hsing No.28 did not enter Philippine territorial waters according to tracking data released by the Fisheries Agency under the Council of Agriculture Tuesday. After Taiwanese fisherman Hung Shih-cheng had been shot and killed on May 9, ...

  • Taiwans May export orders forecast to improve

    Taipei, May 21 (CNA) Taiwan's export order data for May is expected to improve from April on the back of rising global demand for handheld devices and flat panels, a local economic think tank said Tuesday. Yuanta-Polaris Research Institute said there have been signs that foreign buyers have started to restock their inventories in Taiwan-made electronics products, in particular mobile ...

  • 5.8-magnitude quake hits Taiwan

    /enpproperty--> TAIPEI - A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit the area 190.1 kilometers to the southeast of Hualien County in Taiwan at around 4:25 pm Tuesday Beijing Time, according to Taiwan meteorological authorities. The epicenter, with a depth of 13.7 km, was monitored at 23.27 degrees north latitude and 123.31 degrees east longitude, the center said in a statement. The tremor was slightly ...

  • Why Taiwan Wont Let The Philippines Off Easy

    Ma Ying-jeou, seen here waving to supporters during a visit to UC Berkeley in March 2006, proposed "Five Dos" on dealing with the PRC. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Veteran Taiwanese political scientist George Tsai is cringing at the anti-Philippine hysteria that swept his homeland like a typhoon after May 9. That day Taiwan began its campaign for an apology from Manila over the shooting ...

  • Taipei puts Manila on the spot with boat satellite data

    (26 mins ago) Taiwan has released a satellite record of the route of a fishing boat fired on by Philippine coastguard, flatly rejecting Manila's claims that the vessel intruded into Philippine waters. The killing of Hung Shih-cheng, 65, sparked outrage in Taiwan, which has announced a series of economic sanctions against Manila, including a travel alert. Taiwan's Fisheries Agency ...

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