US troops get serious with Republican Guard
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A US Army soldier atop a Humvee armed with a heavy machine gun secures an area by a burning oil well in Iraq's vast southern Rumaila oilfields on Sunday. US engineers moved through the oilfields on Sunday, shutting down wellheads in an operation that could take months to complete.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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NTU angry at SARS jibes
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Students at the Chien An Elementary School, next to the CTCI Building where four cases of SARS were discovered last week, wear respirators to school yesterday.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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China delivers gang boss
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Crime boss Wu Tung-tang arrives at CKS airport yesterday.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-TEH, TAIPEI TIMES
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Outspoken KMT legislator now keeping quiet
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KMT Legislator Yu Yueh-hsia tries to avoid reporters at the Legislative Yuan yesterday amid the furor over her calling Mainland Affairs Council Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen ``a spinster with psychological problems.''
PHOTO: CNA
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Flights reduced as bookings fall
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Passengers boarding a Thai International Airways flight are handed with masks by airline staff, left and right, at Singapore's Changi Airport on Saturday. Thailand increased its monitoring at airports and border checkpoints following the first death in the country attributed to a new flu-like illness that has killed at least 55 people worldwide.
PHOTO: AFP
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Wal-Mart boosts lead in Fortune 500
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A deck officer checks the catapult system on an F-14 Tomcat prior to take off from the USS Harry S. Truman for a mission over Iraq, yesterday. Northrop Grumman Corp, maker of the Tomcat, was No. 151 on the Fortune 500 list of American companies this year. Boeing Corp is America's biggest aircraft manufacturers and was No. 16 on the list.
PHOTO: AP
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Malaysia faces trade losses
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A woman walks past a McDonald's, in Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. Demonstrators from around the world have urged for a boycott of US products in protest against the US-led invasion of Iraq.
PHOTO: AFP
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Nowitzki excels, stuns Timberwolves
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Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki grabs a rebound against Minnesota on Sunday, at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Mavericks won 119-95.
PHOTO: AFP
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New and old names get into swing of new season
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Anaheim Angels players, including world series Game 7 winning pitcher Troy Percival, fourth left, react as four fighter aircraft fly overhead before the MLB season opener against the Texas Rangers in Anaheim, California, on Sunday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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