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Hotels come to the rescue of Taipei's pet dogs

Reuters US Online Report Oddly Enough 20 days ago

TAIPEI (Reuters Life!) - Taipei's dogs are living it up at hotels, complete with VIP suites and pools, that aim to ease the problem of strays that has plagued the city for decades. Hoping to discourage people from dumping unwanted pets on ...

Taiwan president safe after smoke pours from plane

Reuters US Online Report World News 21 days ago

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Smoke poured from an aircraft carrying Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou after a domestic flight, but the president was taken off the plane and no one was hurt, military officials said on Monday. Smoke began billowing from the Fokker 50 ...

Taiwan wants to rename 'unlucky' metro line

AFP Global Edition 45 days ago

Taiwanese transport authorities are planning to rename a metro line plagued by mechanical problems over concerns that its name is unlucky, according to officials. The "Zha-Hu" line, named after the Muzha and Neihu districts in Taipei city which it connects, has experienced ...

TSMC third-quarter sales meet forecast

Reuters US Online Report Business News 45 days ago

TAIPEI (Reuters) - TSMC <2330.TW>, the world's biggest contract chip maker, said third-quarter sales rose by a fifth from the previous three months, matching its own forecast, thanks to growing chip demand. TSMC <TSM.N> and smaller cross-town rival UMC <2303.TW> are widely ...

Taiwan Pacers Nuggets Basketball

AP News 46 days ago

Indiana Pacers' Troy Murphy slam dunks an shot during an exhibition game against the Denver Nuggets in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) Copyright 2009 AP News

Taiwan, China museums hail first joint exhibition

AFP Global Edition 48 days ago

Taiwan and China Tuesday hailed the first joint exhibition by their two leading museums in six decades as another sign of the rapidly improving ties between the former arch foes. "This exhibition is a landmark indicator of the exchanges launched by the ...

Art from Beijing to debut in rival Taiwan's museum

Reuters Life! Online Report 48 days ago

TAIPEI (Reuters Life!) - Taiwan will display on Wednesday a collection of art lent by Beijing for the first time, 60 years after a stash of similar treasures was taken out of China by the founders of modern Taiwan. In a sign ...

Extreme rocker takes Taiwan history, politics overseas

Reuters Life! Online Report 49 days ago

TAIPEI (Reuters Life!) - Pop music-mad Taiwan has bred a mutant that is casting a long global shadow: an extreme metal band that roars about the island's fractious politics and the dark side of its history. Freddy Lim and his band Chthonic ...

Taiwan People Cusack

AP News 52 days ago

U.S. actor John Cusack waves at a media event announcing his new film "2012," on Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) Copyright 2009 AP News

Taiwan 2012

AP News 52 days ago

U.S. actor John Cusack, from left, British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, producer Harald Kloser and director Roland Emmerrich pose for photographers at a media event announcing their new film "2012" on Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) Copyright 2009 ...

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