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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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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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  • 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 ...

  • Mandarin speech competition comes to historical conclusion

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Radio Taiwan International (RTI, ??????) held its ninth annual Mandarin Speech Contest for Foreign Nationals' finale in Taipei yesterday, with Cleisha-Bernise Springer, an exchange student from Saint Lucia, taking away two prizes including overall ...

  • Students show support for Philippine workers

    TAIPEI--A group of Taiwanese students launched a campaign yesterday to show support for Filipino workers in Taiwan amid growing tensions between the two countries over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman on May ...

  • Domestic diesel prices edge up by NT$0.10 as gasoline remains stable

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- CPC Corp., Taiwan has raised domestic diesel prices by a token of NT$0.10 per liter for one week beginning from midnight today but made no adjustments for gasoline ...

  • Taipei job opportunities rise as jobless level dips Labor Dept.

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- There was a significant surge in employment opportunities while the number of unemployed people declined in Taipei City during the month of April as jobseekers had an average of 1.64 offers, according to officials at the municipal Department of ...

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