Cabinet lifts mask requirement
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The nation's air police demonstrate how to use their newly purchased disposable quarantine bags yesterday at Taipei's Sungshan Airport as well as how to properly deliver SARS patients by police helicopters.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Retailer sells regular masks as N95
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DPP lawmakers Chiu Yeong-jen, left, and Shieh Ming-yuan burn a surgical mask to test its quality at a press conference called yesterday to show a mask that some victims had experienced from an Internet retailer. The National Police Administration promised an investigation into the dispute.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Silt becomes problem at Gorges
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Chinese construction workers look at the Yangtze River as they take a break at Wushan County, near China's Chongqing Municipality, on Tuesday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Bush set for week of mending fences
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Two anti-G-8 protesters, wearing masks depicting US President George W. Bush, left, and French President Jacques Chirac, join hands when taking part in a march in Lausanne, Switzerland on Thursday. The G-8 summit is being held just across the border in Evian, France.
PHOTO: AP
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Is Iran next stop in the war on terror?
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Britain fights back against winged invaders
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Long a beloved symbol of seaside fun, British seagulls are moving in droves beyond their coastal heartland to urban centers where roofs replace cliffs for nesting and it is easier to scavenge food from rubbish than hunt depleted fish stocks in the sea.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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PHOTO: REUTERS
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Venus makes third round the hard way
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Venus Williams hits a forehand to her Australian opponent Evie Dominikovic in Paris on Thursday during their Roland Garros French Tennis Open second round match.
PHOTO: AFP
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Anaheim no angels in Florida
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Anaheim Angels' Brad Fullmer, center, is restrained from charging home plate umpire Charlie Reliford by manager Mike Sciosia during the sixth inning after being ejected on Thursday in St. Petersburg, Florida.
PHOTO: AP
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Kerr the key as Spurs make finals
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Speedy Claxton, right, of the San Antonio Spurs tries to block the shot of Nick Van Exel of the Dallas Mavericks during the first half of game 6 of the NBA Western Conference Finals in Dallas on Thursday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Ducks take a roasting from Devils
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New Jersey Devils' Grant Marshall, center, celebrates with teammates after he assisted on a goal in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Thursday in New Jersey.
PHOTO: AP
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