DANGER FROM ABOVE: The Taipei 101 Mall will reopen today after 3,000 people were evacuated because metal debris blew off the tower's 91st floor onto streets below
BY DEBBY WU
About 3,000 people were evacuated from the Taipei 101 Mall yesterday after metal debris from the 91st floor of the adjoining office tower, the tallest building in the world, fell to the ground, injuring four people.

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FROM GLOVES TO CUFFS: The pop star, accused of molesting children, gave himself up to police and will appear in court to face the charges on Jan. 9
Setting the stage for what could be one of the most sensational celebrity court cases, pop superstar Michael Jackson, his wrists bound in handcuffs, surrendered to authorities to face allegations of child molestation.

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`SPECIAL REPORT': The actors in the VCDs that lampoon pan-blue camp members said they did nothing wrong, as more slander suits were filed
By Jimmy Chuang
Taipei prosecutors yesterday summoned five actors and actresses in the Special Report series of VCDs that mock members of the pan-blue camp.

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More than a dozen rockets fired from donkey carts slammed into Iraq's Oil Ministry and two downtown hotels yesterday morning -- brazen coordinated strikes at some of Baghdad's most heavily protected civilian sites that defied a US crackdown.

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Turkey said yesterday it had arrested several people in connection with twin truck bomb attacks on British targets in Istanbul that killed 27 people, including Britain's top diplomat in the city.

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