Hamas truce crucial to peace plan
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An Israeli policeman prevents Palestinians from passing through Wadi al-Nar road near the town of Abu Dis, yesterday. Efforts to implement the ``roadmap'' for peace have stumbled, after warnings from the architects of the plan that the cycle of violence must end.
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`Beast Love' site has Ho in hot water
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KMT Legislator Tseng Tsai Mei-tsuo, left, with lawyer Yu Ying-fu, pushes a button outside the Taipei District Prosecutors' Office yesterday. The two were at the office to file a lawsuit against National Central University professor Josephine Ho, who had posted a link to a Web site detailing intercourse between humans and animals. The poster reads: ``Scholar who has changed color. Intercourse between humans and animals.'' The sign is a play on words. ``Color'' in Mandarin sounds the same as ``sex.''
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Kinmen chief tries to promote tourism
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Lienchiang County Deputy Commissioner Hsu Wen-chi speaks at a press conference yesterday promoting seagull viewing trips that will begin in July on the offshore island of Matsu.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Roh closes book on investigation
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India, China reaffirm ongoing relationship
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Visiting Indian Prime Minister Atal Vajpayee, second from right, walks beside Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, right, yesterday, during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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US works on Iraqi army plan after confrontation
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US troops in anti-riot gear train outside the US administration office in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday. US anti-riot squad will be deployed for the first time following the killing of two Iraqis during a protest last Wednesday.
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West-Bank victim from US says Sharon should not retaliate
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Gene Goldstein, 73, from Plainview, New York, holds a drawing of support from a 5-year-old girl as he lays in his bed of the Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital.
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Nigerian villagers blame oil firm for fatal pipeline blast
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People search for bodies of people on Sunday near a skeleton of someone burnt to death in Onicha Amiyi-Uhu, eastern Nigeria, when a fuel pipeline exploded.
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Anti-US stance unwise for Russia
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Siew plugs business with China
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Vincent Siew gestures during a press conference. The nation's top economic adviser is pushing the importance of commercial ties with China.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Iraq may get `social safety net'
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Two oil tankers, the Turkish Ottoman Dignity, right, and the Spanish Sandra Tapias, left, wait at Ceyhan oil terminal on Turkey's Mediterranean coast on Sunday to load one million barrels each of Iraqi crude oil, marking Iraq's first oil export to the world oil market since the beginning of the Iraq war. US officials are considering providing Iraqis with dividends from oil revenues.
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Seahorses avoid monogamy trap and extinction
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A vendor stands behind sticks of seahorses and scorpions waiting to be deep fried as snacks in Beijing. Seahorses have been fished to the point of extinction for the traditional Chinese medicine market, but an Irish company says its goal is to help save the endangered species by cultivating seahorses born in captivity for the growing aquarium market.
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A native Irish seahorse and some juveniles which Seahorse Ireland have produced. Seahorses are their own worst enemy because of a reluctance to stray from the marital path.
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Halladay wins 11 in a row for the Jays
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Baltimore Orioles' Jeff Conine left, avoids the tag from Atlanta Braves pitcher Bong Jung-keun as the runner gets caught between second and third base in the seventh inning in Atlanta on Sunday. Conine was eventually tagged out by third baseman Vinny Castilla.
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England beats Pakistan by four wickets
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England's Marcus Trescothick celebrates his century against Pakistan at Lord's in London on Sunday.
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Real Madrid battles for title
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Real Madrid's Ronaldo, right, goes for the ball against Athletic de Bilbao's Jesus del Horno during their first division soccer match played in Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain on Sunday. Real Madrid won its 29th title two points ahead of Real Sociedad.
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Real Madrid's Luis Figo raises a replica of the Spanish league title cup next to Ronaldo after beating Athletic de Bilbao.
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Colombia shuts out Japan in semifinals
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Nobuhisa Yamada of Japan, right, and Eudalio Arriaga of Colombia battle during their Confederations Cup match, in Saint Etienne, France, on Sunday.
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Devers takes 100 hurdles
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Kelli White wins the 200m finals at the US track and field championships at Stanford University on Sunday.
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