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  • Taiwan to amend law to block piracy websites official

    Taipei, May 21 (CNA) The government will amend the Copyright Act in order to block foreign web sites that engage in "flagrant copyright violation" including many BitTorrent and FTP sites, officials said Tuesday. The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs will ask local Internet service providers to block access to identified IP addresses and domain ...

  • U.S. calls for early release of Philippines shooting report

    Washington, May 20 (CNA) The United States is hoping to see the early release of final investigation reports on the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Philippine coast guard patrol, a U.S. State Department official said Monday. "We've yet to see the final reports from either of the investigations from either side," said Deputy State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell. ...

  • Taiwans contract notebook shipments forecast to drop

    Taipei, May 21 (CNA) SinoPac Securities, one of Taiwan's leading brokerages, on Tuesday sharply lowered its growth forecast for shipments of Taiwan-based notebook computer ODM service providers in the second quarter, citing lingering uncertainty over global demand. In a research note, SinoPac Securities said it has dropped its Q2 forecast from a 4.2 percent quarterly rise to a 1.9 percent ...

  • Taiwan trying to secure FTAs with U.S. EU president

    Ma Ying-jeou has said that his administration has been working toward signing free trade deals with the United States and the European Union, a development that sock manufacturers in Changhua County are eager to see. In a meeting with sock makers in the county's Shetou Township on May 11, Ma said his government has lobbied the European Parliament to pass resolutions that would push the EU ...

  • Filipino columnists take issue with Manilas handling of shooting

    Manila, May 21 (CNA) Two columnists with the Manila Times, an English daily, have questioned the Philippine government's handling of a diplomatic battle with Taiwan over an attack by one of its patrol boats on an unarmed Taiwanese fishing boat. Writing in a newspaper said to have the fourth-largest circulation of any paper in ...

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Where the Heart Is [DVD]

Where the Heart Is [DVD]

"Where the Heart Is" is a shamelessly contrived melodrama with so many bizarre plot twists and tragic occurrences--desertion, child abuse, child kidnapping, a killer tornado, insanity, alcoholism, a character 's legs being cut off by a train--that it could conceivably rank up there with the ultimate of all high-pitched melodramas, "Kings Row" (1942), which also plays like a laundry list of terrib ... ...

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  • Chinese Taiwanese nationals with computer gadgets held

    LAOAG CITY Ilocos Norte- At least 40 Chinese and 12 Taiwanese nationals who were found with several electronic and computer gadgets and accessories in a resort in Vigan were rounded up and detained for questioning, police said on Tuesday. They said they were investigating the foreign nationals, including 14 women, and the "unexplained purpose" of the computer gadgets and accessories ...

  • Taipei releases satellite record rejecting Manila’s claim

    TAIPEI -- Taiwan on Tuesday released a satellite record of the route of a fishing boat fired on by Philippine coastguards, flatly rejecting Manila’s allegations that the boat intruded into Philippine waters. The killing of crew member Hung Shih-cheng, 65, sparked outrage in Taiwan, which has announced a series of economic sanctions against the Philippines. Taiwan’s Fisheries Agency ...

  • Mainlands Taiwan enterprises association concludes key conference

    The Association of Taiwan Investment Enterprises on the Mainland (ATIEM) on Tuesday concluded its members' congress, with Kuo Shan-hui reelected as chairman.At the meeting, Kuo said, "The association should serve Taiwanese entrepreneurs with a more active attitude, helping them transform and upgrade development modes while guiding them to participate deeper and more comprehensively in ...

  • 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 ...

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