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  • Do-or-die for India women against Chinese Taipei

    It will be a do-or-die match for Indian women's football team when they face Chinese Taipei in their next group D match of the AFC Women's Asian Cup (qualifiers) here Wednesday. The Indian team despite giving a good account of themselves against Myanmar in their opening game of the have their backs to wall after a 0-2 reversal. Against Chinese Taipei, who pumped in six goals against hosts ...

  • Feud not between peoples president

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- President Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday that a row between Taiwan and the Philippines is not a dispute between the two countries' peoples but between the people of Taiwan and the Philippine ...

  • Feud not between Filipinos and Taiwanese says Ma Ying-jeou

    Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday that a row between Taiwan and the Philippines is not a dispute between the two countries' peoples but between the people of Taiwan and the Philippine government. The Kuomintang yesterday held its weekly Central Standing Committee meeting in which Foreign Minister David Lin gave a report on the incident. On May 9, a Taiwanese fisherman was ...

  • Philippines to send probe team to Taiwan

    Taipei has approved Manila's request to send investigators to Taiwan to examine evidence and interview witnesses to the May 9 fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coast guards. But Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Wednesday declined to tell reporters when a team from the National Bureau of Investigation would leave for Taiwan. "It will be very soon but we don't ...

  • Anxious Taiwanese See Independent TV Station at Risk

    A screenshot from an NTD Television broadcast on May 22, about the contract negotiations with Chunghwa Telecom. Taiwanese see the deal's delay, and possible canceling, as a threat to media freedom from China. (Screenshot via The Epoch ...

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The Sound of Music [Blu-Ray]

The Sound of Music [Blu-Ray]

Robert Wises film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical The Sound of Music is one of the greatest examples of the sometimes massive divide that separates film critics and audiences. When it was released in 1965, it was a smash success, a true cinematic ph ... ...

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  • Taiwanese journalists fired over bogus report of anti-Filipino treatment

    A newspaper group has fired a reporter and seen its editor-in-chief resign in the aftermath of a bogus report of an eatery refusing to serve a Filipino customer. The fake story of the now-infamous grub snub played on the fears of Taiwan's Philippine community, some who'd reported real harassment by Taiwanese nationals in the wake of the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by ...

  • Cops in tourist spots on alert for harassment vs Taiwanese

    Police manning assistance desks in tourist spots are on alert for possible harassment against Taiwanese amid the continued tension between the Philippines and Taiwan over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman last May 9.The Philippine National Police issued the order despite reports of Taiwanese tourists canceling their vacation in the Philippines due to the tension, radio dzBB's Glen ...

  • Taiwan Food Products Recalled

    Bandar Seri Begawan - A number of imported food products from Taiwan in Brunei Darussalam have been recalled by the Ministry of Health following news that some products were deemed a public health hazard for consumers, as some were found to contain ingredients that are typically used in the construction ...

  • Taiwan to escort fishing vessels on regular basis

    Taiwan's coast guard will escort fishing ships on regular basis to protect them from harassment by the Philippines, the island's leader Ma Ying-jeou said ...

  • Quarterly average earnings lowest in four years

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Average monthly earnings (including regular and irregular earnings) in March were NT$41,652, a 0.63-percent increase compared with 2012, according to a report released today by the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics ...

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