US congressmen meet head of Control Yuan
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Control Yuan President Frederick Chien, right, meets with New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on Tuesday.
TAIPEI TIMES FILE PHOTO
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Lee meets independence advocate
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Veteran independence campaigner Shih Ming cuts a birthday cake with former president Lee Teng-hui during yesterday's opening ceremony of the Shih Ming Educational Foundation. Yesterday was Shih's 83rd birthday.
PHOTO: CHEN CHENG-CHANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Airport security company racks up long list of violations
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Passengers are checked at a United Airlines security checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Bush urges Americans to meet national challenge
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US President George W. Bush acknowledges applause at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Bush urged US citizens to help meet the `great national challenge' of eradicating terrorism and cherish the national unity and sense of purpose that emerged from the ashes of Sept. 11 terror strikes.
PHOTO: AFP
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Pakistani police kill three rioters
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Pakistani policemen flee from demonstrators in Peshawar yesterday. The nationwide protests called by Islamic parties are opposing US-led airstrikes in Afghanistan.
PHOTO: AFP
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What is terrorism?
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ILLUSTRATION: YUSHA
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Overlooking a life on stage and screen
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Wu Hsing-guo.
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Wu Hsing-guo stars in Contemporary Legend Theater's Kingdom of Desire.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CONTEMPORARY LEGEND THEATER
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Movie: American pie 2 (¬ü°ê¬£2)
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Eugene Levy, left, and Jason Biggs look as bored as you will in American Pie 2.
PHOTO COURTESY OF UIP
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Taiwan stays perfect with tight victory
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Australia's Gavin Fingleson evades Cuba's Antonio Pacheco and is safe at second base during their game in Shinchuan yesterday. Cuba won the match 9-5.
PHOTO: LEE HUNG-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Nicaraguan player Prospero Arturo Baca collides with Taiwan's Hsu Sheng-chieh during their game in Kaohsiung yesterday. Taiwan went on to win 4-2.
PHOTO: CHANG CHUNG-YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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COA says milk best bet after WTO
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Actress Hsu Chia-jung takes a milk bath at a press conference held by the National Animal Industry Foundation yesterday to promote local milk products at the nation's first annual Taiwan Milk Festival.
PHOTO: CHEN CHENG-CHANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Bank unveils lotto terminal
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The Altura terminal is a computerized lottery machine that will be used as part of a new numbers lottery.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TAIPEI BANK
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Tough times ahead for forming
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Rice is one commodity that will remain protected in Taiwan after it joins the WTO, with only 8 percent of the market open to foreign competition.
PHOTO: LIN MIN-HUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Rich countries, poor countries set for trade wrangle at WTO
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A Qatari journalist, left, and Greenpeace activists stand next to a banner which says ``WTO: No environmental trade off'' on the Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior ship in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday. The Rainbow Warrior, with a crew of 15 people, is in Doha to protest against the ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization.
PHOTO: AP
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Academics bring spirit of openness to Intel's research
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Professor David Culler, leader of Intel's newest research facility, poses at the Berkeley, California mini-lab last Friday. Behind him, a group of faculty and students meet to brainstorm new technologies.
PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
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A line of tiny sensors is shown at Intel's Berkeley mini-lab. The devices monitor environmental data.
PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
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