`Pan blue' camp pans Chen's talk
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President Chen Shui-bian weaves a rope from rice stalks outside the Presidential Office yesterday as part of an event sponsored by the Taichung City government to help the public understand Taichung culture. The comments Chen made Saturday drew ire from the opposition while the DPP sought to downplay the remarks.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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DPP officials attempt to contain the fallout
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PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Palestinian attacks leave 12 dead
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Israeli policemen look at the body of a Palestinian gunman, left, as another Palestinian is arrested after a shooting at Jerusalem's Damascus Gate yesterday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Activists to step onto global stage
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Anti-incinerator activists remember two pioneers of the Meinung environmental movement, Wu Chi-tsung and Lin Tsuo-fu, in front of the Meinung incinerator on Saturday. Wu died of cancer last year, while Lin died from the disease this year.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MEINUNG PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION
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Mayoral candidates plan their campaign strategy
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Lee Ying-yuan, DPP candidate for the Taipei mayoral race, sings at a Father's Day party at the Jade Orchid club in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-TE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Founding father Tao Pai-chuan in hospital
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KMT Chairman Lien Chan peers at former national policy advisor Tao Pai-chuan, one of the drafters of the ROC Constitution.
PHOTO: WANG CHIA-CHUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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China hints it isn't pleased
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Chinese queue to pay tribute to Mao Zedong in Beijing. China, its rulers busy hashing out details of an upcoming leadership shuffle, kept quiet yesterday after President Chen Shui-bian's most recent comments on cross-strait affairs.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Winemaker's profits soar after Vietnam government sobers
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Thang Long wine is ready for sale at a wine shop in Hanoi, yesterday. Since it first began specialising in making wine in 1993, the Hanoi-based Thang Long company has seen its profits rise from less than US$200,000 to a respectable US$1.3 million last year.
PHOTO: AFP
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Plain fun behind boom in US minor league baseball
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Minor league baseball has become big business, with the mom-and-pop operators once typical in the leagues giving way to corporate ownership groups with sophisticated financing schemes and multimillion-dollar budgets. Three young girls dance in the stands at a game in Troy, New York.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Family entertainment is the focus of minor league ball, with fun stuff for kids such as this giant ball featured at Campanelli Stadium in Brockton, Massachusetts.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Sung sets his sights on greatness
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Chinatrust Whales' Sung Chao-chee pitches in this photo taken earlier this season.
COURTESY CPBL
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