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Taiwan's Wu Confirms He'll Run for IOC Presidency
chief C. K. Wu of Taiwan has confirmed his news conference in Taipei on Thursday that the name Chinese Taipei , to distinguish Olympic movement. Taiwan and China split adopted the Chinese Taipei moniker to describe Taiwan .
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Alabama Mystery Illness Could Be Coincidencefever. But both patients who died had come down with pneumonia, McIntyre said. RELATED: Bird Flu Crosses Strait to Taiwan Besser said most pneumonia patients are never tested to determine what caused their infection, but the Centers for Disease
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Read an Excerpt of 'Foreign Policy Begins at Home'down. Now imagine what might happen were China to threaten a similar action against the United States amid a crisis over Taiwan or the South China Sea. Another scenario is simply one in which money markets lose con?dence in America's ability
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Hsieh, Niculescu Lose in 2nd Round at Strasbourg
Seeded players Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Monica Niculescu of Romania were beaten Wednesday in the second round of the Strasbourg International. The fourth-seeded
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Richard Carrion Declares IOC Presidential Bid
Jacques Rogge, who steps down in September after 12 years as head of the International Olympic Committee. C.K. Wu of Taiwan , head of the international amateur boxing association, is expected to announce his candidacy on Thursday. Former pole
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Fishermen Pay Price in Asia's Volatile Sea Rifts
claimed by other countries, including Taiwan and Vietnam. Many other areas of Filipino coast guard personnel killed a Taiwanese fisherman in a confrontation with vessel. Manila has apologized but Taiwan has retaliated by freezing jobs for
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Pigeon Sale Yields World Record for Feathered Bolt
which also yielded a world record of 4.345 million euros ($5.58 million). Nine of the 10 top birds went to China or Taiwan . The previous record for a sale of a single bird stood at 250,000 euros ($322,000). Top birds after sale are traditionally
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Lleyton Hewitt, Andreas Seppi Beaten at Nice Open
tournament for the first time, was beaten by Pablo Andujar of Spain 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Seppi fell to Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan 7-5, 1-6, 6-4. Lu will next play Andujar, a semifinalist at this month's Madrid Open. Carlos Berlocq of Argentina
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Japan's 'Shield of Straw' an Action Pic in Cannes
the art of making "spectacular scenes — so I gave myself a challenge." He succeeded, but only after traveling to Taiwan to film. He said Monday that in Japan, "it was impossible to close down the highways and get so many police cars on
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'Apple of My Eye' Star Turns to First Love: Music
University of Southern California and returned home to Taiwan , her initial attempts to break into the island's music hear that I can do it." She's performing in China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia to promote the album.
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Asia Markets up After US Delivers Positive Data
direction regarding its monetary policy. Benchmarks in mainland China, Indonesia and New Zealand also rose, while those in Taiwan and the Philippines fell. Wall Street stocks again pushed higher Friday after the Conference Board said its index of leading
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World Stocks Mostly Higher
The stock rose 1.9 percent on bargain-hunting. Benchmarks in mainland China and Indonesia also rose while those in Taiwan , India, Singapore, New Zealand and the Philippines fell. Markets in Hong Kong and South Korea were closed for public
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Philippines Fears for Workers in Taiwan Amid Row
Philippine envoy to Taiwan is advising thousands after returning from Taipei that the government a bat. Perez says Taiwanese police are investigating. Taiwan has frozen the hiring 000 Filipinos work in Taiwan , a fraction of about
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Stocs Muted as Europe Gloom Offsets Wall St. Gains
4 percent to close at 15,037.24. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 shed 0.5 percent to 5,165.70. Benchmarks in Taiwan and Singapore rose while the Philippines and Thailand fell. Among individual stocks, Virgin Australia Holdings plummeted
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Thai Ghost Film Remake Appeals With Funny Twist
think she does. She must have helped us, because this story is about her." "Pee Mak Phra Khanong" is playing in Indonesia and opened in Hong Kong on Thursday. It will come to Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan in coming months.
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Manila Issues Fresh Apology for Taiwan Death
president apologized to Taiwan for the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine guard personnel, after Taiwan rejected an earlier statement late Wednesday, Taiwan 's premier called the sanctions imposed by Taipei on Manila to protest general area where the Taiwanese fishing vessel was fired
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Oscar Rivals Spielberg, Lee Reunited at Cannes
In February, Lee won the Oscar many expected to go to Spielberg for his Civil War epic "Lincoln." But it was the Taiwan -born Lee, who had previously won the award for "Brokeback Mountain," who won for his 3-D shipwreck saga "Life of
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World Stocks Mixed After German 1Q Growth Released
044.24. South Korea's Kospi added 0.1 percent to 1,971.26. Benchmarks in India, Thailand, Singapore and Taiwan also rose. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 shed 0.6 percent to 5,191.70. Good economic data aside, stocks are also
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China Questions Japan Rule Over Okinawa
its territory in 1895, but China refuses to consider them a part of Okinawa. It claims that they were always part of Taiwan , the self-governing island claimed by Beijing. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said last week that
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Taiwan Rejects Manila Apology for Fisherman Death
Taiwan has slammed Manila's shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman in disputed representative office in Taipei . Chiang said Taiwan will not accept opened fire on a Taiwanese fishing vessel in the area to show Taiwan 's naval strength
