FLIGHTS CANCELED: Residents in Ilan, Keelung, Taipei, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli and Hualien were told to brace for strong wind and rain as Typhoon Wipha barreled closer
By Shelley Shan
The Central Weather Bureau yesterday issued land and sea warnings for Typhoon Wipha (韋帕), the region's 12th typhoon this year, as it approached northern Taiwan.

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NO BAIL: The infamous former football star was booked on counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, assault and burglary with a firearm
Police arrested O.J. Simpson, saying he was part of an armed group who burst into a Las Vegas hotel room and snatched memorabilia that documented his own sports career, long ago eclipsed by scandal.

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MONOPOLY: The 248-page ruling backed the European Commission's opinion that Microsoft's practice of selling media software bundled with Windows had hurt its rivals
A EU court yesterday squashed Microsoft Corp's legal challenge to a landmark antitrust ruling and record fine, a resounding victory for the EU that confirms its role as a major global regulator.

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A warning from French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner that the world has to prepare for a possible war with Iran over its nuclear program yesterday triggered alarm in the Middle East and elsewhere.

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Rescue teams hampered by monsoon rains yesterday pulled the last bodies from the charred wreckage of a budget airliner that crashed while trying to land on the Thai resort island of Phuket, killing 89 people.

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