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  • Tablet prices to continue sinking in 2013 researcher

    Taipei, May 19 (CNA) The global tablet computer market will continue to witness a price war this year as more brand companies jump onto the affordable tablet bandwagon, according to a local research company. Worldwide tablet shipments in 2013 are forecast to grow by 63.9 percent from one year ago to 254 million units, including 73 million Apple iPads, 82.4 million non-iPad models from brand ...

  • Taiwan investigation team to revisit Philippines soon

    Philippines to investigate the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Philippine government patrol boat, after both sides finalize details on how they will cooperate, Foreign Minister David Lin said Sunday. Both sides have to establish a communication mechanism and agree on the details of cooperation before Taiwan again sends an investigation team, Lin added. Lin's remarks came one ...

  • Health minister arrives in Geneva for WHA

    Geneva, May 19 (CNA) Taiwan's Health Minister Chiu Wen-ta arrived in Geneva Saturday to attend this year's World Health Assembly (WHA), the decision-making arm of the World Health Organization (WHO). Chiu told reporters after his arrival that he will speak at 19 technical sessions during the 66th WHA, which is being held from May 20-28. It will be the largest number of technical ...

  • Filipinos in Taiwan told to limit movement

    Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines – As violence against Filipinos escalated, Philippine officials have advised the thousands of workers to ';limit their movement'' in Taiwan amid the backlash over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard in Philippine waters. Antonio Basilio, resident representative ...

  • Philippines waiting for Taiwan anger to cool

    Amadeo Perez, chairman of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Center) AFP FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is waiting for tempers in Taiwan to cool before settling the dispute over a shot Taiwanese fisherman, the head of an office in charge of relations said Sunday. Issues like Manila’s ';one-China'; policy and comments by Taiwanese investigators ...

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American Outlaws

Most of the would-be young movie stars donning cowboy hats and six-shooters in American Outlaws were probably barely in their teen years when Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, and Lou Diamond Phillips did the same thing 13 years ago in Young Guns (1988). And, while Young Guns was hardly a masterpiece of the Western genre, at least it had the integrity to maint ... ...

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  • Taiwan fishermen burn Filipino flags in protest over fatal shooting

    Angry fishermen burn Filipino flags outside the Philippine representative office in Taipei in a protest at the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard. Hundreds of fishermen wearing yellow headbands and chanting "Justice must be done!" and "Killer must be punished!" hurled eggs at the office and demanded Manila apologize for the incident last Thursday ...

  • Taiwan delegation returns after Manila rejection

    The investigative team that the government dispatched to Manila, in order to investigate the recent killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine coast guards, returned yesterday after the Southeast Asian country's officials refused to cooperate. According to local media, a new investigative delegation may head out to the Philippines as early as Monday once the Philippine government ...

  • Ma urges early resolution to dispute with Philippines

    Philippines over the May 9 shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman in disputed waters should be resolved as soon as possible, emphasizing that a joint investigation is needed, according to Garfie Li, spokeswoman of the Presidential Office. Ma made the comment at a National Security Council meeting convened with several officials from relevant government agencies to discuss the ongoing row with ...

  • Navigation recorders will shed light on shooting death official

    Taipei, May 18 (CNA) Deputy Justice Minister Chen Ming-tang said Saturday that a comparison of the navigation recorders on the Taiwanese fishing boat ...

  • U.S. congressmen back Taiwans demands over fishermans death

    Ma Ying-jeou , U.S. Representative Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.) expressed regrets over the death of Hung Shih-cheng, 65, who was shot dead in an encounter with ...

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