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  • Chinese Taipei win mens doubles TT title

    Chinese Taipei's Chen Chien-An and Chuang Chih-Yuan upset Hao Shuai and Ma Lin from China to win the men's doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships here. Chen and Chuang fought back from one game down to win three in a row but Ma, former Olympic Champion, and Hao Shuai took the fifth before the Chinese Taipei tandem sealed the victory Sunday by taking the sixth 11-8, reports ...

  • Thousands of Taiwanese protest n-power project

    About 10,000 Taiwanese took to the streets here Sunday to protest against further development of nuclear power on the island. The demonstration was launched by an environmental protection organisation to protest the construction of a new nuclear power plant, which will be the fourth plant on the island, Xinhua reported. Protestors waived banners and flags that read messages like "No Nuclear ...

  • Different versions of letter of apology show insincerity—Taiwan representative

    Taiwan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs David Lin, right, talks with Philippine trade office representative in Taiwan Antonio Basilio after his return from the Philippines with the government’s apology for the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman last week by a member of the Philippine Coast Guard during an early morning press conference in Taipei on May 15, 2013. Taiwan's ...

  • EPA set to conduct second nationwide illegal hotel probe

    TAIPEI, Taiwan --The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) yesterday said that it will conduct a second round of nationwide inspections for illegally operating ...

  • MOFA cant confirm Philippine team to come

    TAIPEI--Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) chief David Lin said yesterday that he was not aware that a team from the Philippines will arrive in Taiwan Tuesday to investigate an attack by a Philippine government vessel on a Taiwanese fishing ...

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Bend It Like Beckham

Bend It Like Beckham

Bend It Like Beckham, a culture-clash sports comedy about the difficulties faced by young women who dont embrace their traditional roles and just want to play soccer (I mean, football), was a sleeper hit in England last year and has become a word-of-mouth hit in the U.S. ever since its release a few months ago. Its success on both shores is not particularly surprising since it offers the k ... ...

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  • Mayor of Philippine city Davao apologizes over killing of fisherman

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The mayor of Philippine city Davao, Rodrigo Duterte, called Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (???) yesterday afternoon and apologized to the Taiwanese people over the killing of a ...

  • Ma visits emergency center urges caution amid rainfall

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- With heavy rainfall lashing the country, President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday canceled an event to mark the five-year anniversary of his inauguration in order to monitor disaster-prevention ...

  • Local market closes up with financial stocks taking the lead

    Movements of financial and high-tech stocks led the market during the session, with a surge in buying of financial stocks at around noon pushing the index upward. The weighted index closed up 8.86 points, or 0.1 percent, at 8,377.05 after fluctuating between 8,347.33 and 8,385.68. Turnover totaled NT$70.79 billion (US$2.36 billion) during the session. Shares of Cathay Financial Holdings(????) ...

  • New stock gains tax passes preliminary vote

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The revised stock gains tax was approved in a preliminary vote in the Legislative Yuan yesterday, and is expected to be passed after a third reading next Friday at the ...

  • Engineer could pay NT$400 million for Samsung phone leak

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- An engineer may have to pay his former employer up to NT$400 million in compensation after leaking photos of the Samsung Galaxy S III before its release last ...

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