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  • Military drill aims to protect fishing boats not provoke report

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Spokesman for the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington Frank Yee Wang recently told The Washington Times that the military exercise is a response to the public furor in Taiwan over the fisherman's killing. He said the drill is not intended as a provocation, "it was just to show to our people that our government will protect their rights in ...

  • South fishery protection line not under MOI jurisdiction official

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The southern boundary for Taiwan's fishery protection is not a "temporary enforcement line," a Ministry of the Interior (MOI) official said yesterday, adding that it is the right of the Fisheries Agency (FA) -- not the MOI -- to decide if it needs to be ...

  • US urges early release of Manilas shooting report

    WASHINGTON--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 ...

  • DOH considers special clinical service for those affected by toxic starch

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Department of Health (DOH) is expected to provide clinical services for victims who were affected by food containing illegal starch as well as help ease public anxiety over the latest scandal involving a range of popular food items in the local ...

  • 11 saved 2 still missing after boat catches fire off Mauritius

    TAIPEI--Eleven crew members were rescued yesterday 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 ...

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Shark Night 3D

Shark Night 3D

Snatching the mantle of Worst 3D Shark Movie, which has long been held unchallenged by Jaws 3D (1983), Shark Night supplies some cheesy late-summer tedium in its sloppy mixture of revenge-of-nature thrills and hillbilly horror. Set in and around a large salt water lake de ... ...

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  • Jiang altering laws to benefit himself DPP

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Main opposition party Legislators Chen Chi-mai (???) and Wu Yi-jen (???) yesterday slammed a draft amendment of regulations concerning the retirement and pension of political appointees, claiming it is a self-beneficial act for Premier Jiang Yi-huah (???) and other politicians who double as college ...

  • Mobile phone panel prices could rise as supply still stagnant

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Many flat panel module makers which specifically target North American markets are apparently pulling in orders as mobile phone panel supply remains tight this month, while the prices of flat panels for most other applications are expected to be stable in ...

  • CNFI Chairman Chang charged with fraud

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Chang Pen-tsao (???), chairman of the Chinese National Federation of Industries (CNFI, ????) and former president of Taiwan International Securities Co. (TISC, ????), was yesterday indicted for fraud and violating the Securities and Exchange ...

  • Specialty chemicals industry to see mild growth this year

    TAIPEI--The output of Taiwan's specialty chemicals sector will grow marginally in 2013 despite global economic uncertainties, a government report said ...

  • Local market ends flat as profit taking erases gains Largan on upswing

    TAIPEI--Shares in Taiwan closed little changed Tuesday as investors pocketed the gains they had built up earlier in the session amid fears over a possible pullback ahead of 8,400 points, dealers ...

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