Officials arrive for Earth Summit launch
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Children sing a song at the welcoming ceremony of the World Summit on Sustainable Development at Ubuntu village in Johannesburg on Sunday. The 10-day summit, which started yesterday, aims to develop a firm plan of action for lifting people out of poverty; providing health care, clean water and sustainable energy supplies to those without them; and protecting the environment.
PHOTO: AP
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Control Yuan impeaches two officials in Yin case
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Control Yuan member Chao Ron-yaw, right, informs the press on the impeachment of two military officials in the Yin murder case yesterday.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Yangtze nearly overflowing as rain keeps falling
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A man steers his boat near a flooded shed at Yangliuyuan, Hunan Province, yesterday. More than 2,000 people were evacuated from the village when a dike was breached.
PHOTO: AP
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Foundation sour on local yogurt
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The John Tung Foundation holds a press conference yesterday warning consumers about the high levels of sugar in Taiwan's yogurt products. The sugar level in the product shown in the photo is said to be the equivalent to five and a half cubes.
PHOTO: LEE HUNG-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Air force unit let out of fox hole
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Soldiers of the army's airborne unit, dressed in combat gear, sit in a UH-1H helicopter before taking off for a demonstration in Taichung yesterday.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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An F-5E of the Red Fox Squadron in Taichung yesterday.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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AIDS in rural China leaves villages of orphans
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Wei Zhi-cheng, 8, with his grandfather, Wei Min-rong, who is dying of AIDS in the Chinese village of Donghu. Zhicheng's mother died of AIDS in 2000 and his father and grandmother are also dying of the disease.
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