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  • 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 ...

  • Chinese Taipeis ChuangChen win mens doubles title

    Chinese Taipei's Chen Chien-An/Chuang Chih-Yuan upset Hao Shuai/Ma Lin from China to win the men's doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships here on Sunday.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 by taking the sixth 11-8.This was ...

  • Taiwans justice ministry in talks with Philippines over joint probe

    Taiwan's Ministry of Justice yesterday provided evidence suggesting that the Philippine coastal guard intentionally targeted sailors aboard a fishing boat during a shooting incident that left one Taiwanese fisherman dead, while noting that it is currently negotiating with its Philippine counterparts regarding a possible joint investigation. The Ministry of Justice held an international ...

  • Filipinos in Taiwan told to limit activities

    Philippine officials have advised thousands of Filipino workers to "limit their movement" in Taiwan, fearing a potentially violent backlash over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). Antonio Basilio, resident representative of Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Meco) in Taiwan, issued the advisory following a reported upsurge of attacks on some of ...

  • Thousands in Taiwan protest nuclear power project

    The demonstration was launched by an environmental protection organization to protest the construction of a new nuclear power plant, which will be the fourth plant on the ...

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The Decameron (Il Decameron) [Blu-Ray]

The Decameron (Il Decameron) [Blu-Ray]

The Decameron (Il Decameron), the first of the three films that would come to be known as Pier Paolo Pasolinis Trilogy of Life, is based on nine stories from the canonical 14th-century work of the same name by Giovanni Boccaccio. Pasolini discarded the frame story of seven ... ...

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  • Taiwan reiterates call for joint probe into fisherman’s death

    Chen Wen-chi (left), from Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice of the Department of International and Cross-Strait Legal Affairs, listens as Chen Ming-tang, deputy minister of Taiwan’s Justice Ministry, speaks while holding a picture showing a bullet found in the fishing vessel after it was attacked by Philippine coastguards, killing a Taiwanese fisherman, during a press conference in Taipei ...

  • South China Sea dispute Taiwan flexes its muscles | Editorial

    China Sea. Ten days ago, a Philippine coast guard ship went too far in chasing off a Taiwanese fishing vessel in disputed waters. Such actions involve water cannons and the damage is nothing worse than a few broken portholes. This time the coast guard ship loosed off 54 rounds into the side of the Taiwanese boat and killed a fisherman. ...

  • Ma urges vigilance as heavy rains approach

    President Ma Ying-jeou urged people not to underestimate potential damage associated with heavy rainfall. Ma said through his social network page that heavy rainfall in Taiwan is more frightening than strong winds. The Presidential Office said that owing to the weather conditions, the first anniversary of Ma's second inauguration originally scheduled for tomorrow has been canceled, adding ...

  • Joint investigation talks set to begin today Minister Lin

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Although an initial investigative team was rejected by the Philippines, the window for negotiations between the two countries is still open, and the two governments will start joint investigation talks today, according to Foreign Minister David Lin ...

  • Opposition parties boycott cross-strait offices bill

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Opposition legislators have vowed to continue boycotting a plan by the ruling party to pass new rules enabling the opening of offices by the two representative organizations on each side of the Taiwan ...

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