Islamic Jihad leader accepts proposal to halt attacks on Israelis for 3 months
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Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas gestures as he talks to the relatives of the Palestinians in Israeli jails in the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Civilians work way into security apparatus
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From left to right, Chen Yi-feng, deputy commissioner of the National Police Administration's Criminal Investigation Bureau, Wang Chin-wang, administration director-general, and Hou You-yi, bureau commissioner, are seen in this photo from when Hou was appointed on June 19.
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Violence continues in restive Iraq
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PHOTO: AP
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Liberian rebels call second ceasefire
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A Liberian government militia fighter stands on a bridge into Monrovia on Friday. Liberia's latest ceasefire, after two failed rebel attempts to storm the capital in 10 days, revived faint hopes for peace yesterday as cries grew ever louder for foreign intervention.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Why Europe's Roma matter
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Surreal disparities abound as Zimbabwean currency crumbles
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Women carry bags of corn at a World Food Programme distribution point in Centenary, Zimbabwe some 300km west of Harare, on Friday. Zimbabwe is going through its worst economic and political crisis since independence in 1980.
PHOTO: AP
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Climbing the 'wine bucket' of Taiwan
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Tapachien Mountain rises 3,492m above sea level. Trekkers are no longer allowed to climb the rocky peak.
PHOTO COURTESY OF JEAN-MARC COMPAIN, FRESHTREKS
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More daring trekkers use ropes to climb to the top of nearby Hsiaopachien Mountain.
PHOTO: GRAHAM NORRIS, TAIPEI TIMES
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National park administrators have put in a covered walkway to protect trekkers from falling rocks around the base of the mountain.
PHOTO: GRAHAM NORRIS, TAIPEI TIMES
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Water oozes out of the rock onto weathered stone fragments at the base of the peak.
PHOTO: GRAHAM NORRIS, TAIPEI TIMES
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Old books find a new market
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Wu Ya-huei looks through rare books at Chiou Hsiang Chu.
PHOTO: VICO LEE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Some of the works from the 1920s through to the 1940s available there.
PHOTO: VICO LEE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Living under the rule of the Rough Guide
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First-Time Asia
By Lesley Reader & Lucy Ridout
398 pages
Rough Guides
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Making faces at the world
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A sun mask made from rice stalks greets people as they enter the exhibition area.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST
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See No Evil, Heard No Evil, Speak No Evil By Huang Wen-yuan.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ARTIST
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Taking aim at the roots and myths of terrorism
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No End to War: Terrorism in the 21st Century
By Walter Laqueur
288 pages
Continuum
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TFAM puts itsold pots on display
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Kutani Koyo's Celadon Jar with Landscape is the show's most elegant work.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TFAM
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Kosho Ito's White Solid of Alumina look like they could each be blown away, but are actually rock-hard.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TFAM
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Scott Dixon secures pole in Virginia
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American Scott Sharp, driver of the Kelley Racing Dallara Toyota, steers his car during qualifying for the SunTrust Indy Challenge, round six of the Indy Racing League series at the Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Journeyman boxer fights hard times in the Bronx
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Michael Rothberger, a stocky heavyweight who goes by the self-imposed nickname Shake and Bake, has lost his first four professional fights. If Rothberger loses one more time, the New York State Athletic Commission will perminantly revoke his license.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Wells digs deep to beat the Mets
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New York Mets' Jeromy Burnitz breaks his bat in the first inning against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on Friday. Burnitz was out at first.
PHOTO: AP
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Damon gets three hits in an inning
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Boston's Kim Byung-hyun pitches to the Florida Marlins in the first inning at Fenway Park on Friday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Venus' game rises as opponents fall
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Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman returns to Justin Gimelstob of the US in their third round match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships on Friday. Bjorkman won the match 6-1, 6-3, 6-3.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Sliva Farina Elia of Italy hits a forehand to Chandra Rubin of the US at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Ai Sugiyama, Shinobu Asagoe do well
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Japan's Ai Sugiyama celebrates her win against France's Nathalie Dechy in their third round match.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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All Blacks' Lomu scores three tries
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All Blacks Joe Rokococo, left, dives in to score as France's Aurelien Rougerie tackles during their test match at Jade Stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand yesterday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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