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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 ...

  • 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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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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  • Journalists lose jobs after printing bogus report of Filipino grub snub

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- 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 ...

  • Military sends minehunter to locate black box

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's military yesterday sent a mine clearance ship to sea off Northwestern Taiwan to locate the black box of a Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet that crashed into the Taiwan Strait Monday during a regular training ...

  • Chip-maker UMC sets up RandD center in Singapore

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Energized by the strong uptake of smartphones and tablet PCs, Taiwan's number two contract chip-maker UMC has spent US$110 million in Singapore to spearhead the company's R&D and manufacturing for advanced specialty process ...

  • Ex-pres excluded from five-year probation

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Former President Chen Shui-bian (???) would be exempted from the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) five-year probation if he wished to rejoin the party, said General Secretary Lin Hsi-yao (???) after the Central Standing Committee meeting ...

  • FSC defends plan for trader margin

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC, ???) yesterday defended its plan to impose margin requirements for day traders, during a Legislative Yuan ...

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