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Taiwan launches high-speed rail service

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A child passes a ticket barrier to take the first train of Taiwan's bullet train system that launched Jan. 5 at Banciao Station in Taipei County.

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Taiwan launches high-speed rail service

TAIPEI, Taiwan - People see off the first train of Taiwan's long-awaited bullet train service leaving Banciao Station in Taipei County on Jan 5.

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Taiwan launches high-speed rail service

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Passengers showing train tickets pose for photos beside the first train of Taiwan's bullet train system that launched Jan. 5 at Banciao Station in Taipei County.

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Taiwan launches high-speed rail service

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A mother and child take the first train of Taiwan's bullet train system that launched Jan. 5 at Banciao Station in Taipei County.

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Taiwan launches high-speed rail service

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Passengers take pictures of the first train of Taiwan's long-awaited bullet train system at Banciao Station in Taipei County on Jan 5. The bullet train runs at speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour between Taipei in the island's north and its second biggest city of Kaohsiung in the south.

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Taiwan launches high-speed rail service

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Passengers showing train tickets pose for photos beside the first train of Taiwan's bullet train system that launched Jan. 5 at Banciao Station in Taipei County. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan launches high-speed rail service

TAIPEI, Taiwan - People see off the first train of Taiwan's long-awaited bullet train service leaving Banciao Station in Taipei County on Jan 5. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan launches high-speed rail service

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A child passes a ticket barrier to take the first train of Taiwan's bullet train system that launched Jan. 5 at Banciao Station in Taipei County. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan launches high-speed rail service

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Passengers take pictures of the first train of Taiwan's long-awaited bullet train system at Banciao Station in Taipei County on Jan 5. The bullet train runs at speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour between Taipei in the island's north and its second biggest city of Kaohsiung in the south. (Kyodo)

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Japanese ex-manager pleads guilty to fixing baseball games

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Shin Nakagomi, the Japanese former manager of Taiwanese professional baseball club Brother Elephants, leaves the Banciao District Court in Taipei County on July 13, 2010, after pleading guilty to game-fixing and fraud at the court. (Kyodo)