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Taipei mayor gets angry reception at Pride after gay bar raid

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TAIPEI, Oct 31 - Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an, in a close race for re-election, got an angry reception on Saturday when he briefly showed up for Taiwan's packed annual Pride parade, following a police raid on a city gay bar earlier this month.

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