WHO takes Taiwan off SARS list
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President Chen Shui-bian hits a gong to mark the country's being taken off the World Health Organization's (WHO) list of SARS-affected areas. The WHO said yesterday that SARS had been contained worldwide after it declared Taiwan, the last country on its watch list, free of new infections.
PHOTO: AFP
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Opposition forces Tung to bend on security law
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PHOTO: AP
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Women's foundation seeks finacial aid
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Students at the Lung-an Elementary School are guided in after-school activities organized by women from the Peng Wan-ru Foundation.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Women trained by the Peng Wan-ru Foundation give guidance to underprivileged children at the Lung-an Elementary School after school hours.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Democracy struggles in evolving Uganda
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A demonstrator holds a placard outside the US consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday to protest next week's visit by US President George W. Bush. Bush leaves tomorrow on a five-day tour of five African nations, Senegal, South Africa, Botswana, Uganda and Nigeria.
PHOTO: AP
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Berlusconi deepens diplomatic hole
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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi attends a joint press conference with European Union Commission President Romano Prodi, unseen, after their talks on Friday in Rome.
PHOTO: AP
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Barry White, 58, dies of kidney failure
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Rhythm and blues singer Barry White died on Friday. White, who was 58, suffered from high blood pressure.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Africa's odious debts
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Baghdad's traders sample free market
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Arrested Iraqis, picked up for curfew or weapons violations, sit masked in a guarded compound as one is brought to be checked for illness at a US Army base in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, yesterday. Coalition efforts aimed at providing security in Iraq are coming under criticism from human rights groups, while most Iraqis simultaneously complain about the lack of security and the presence of US-led forces. Iraqi businesspeople, especially, cite the security situation as a major obstacle to rebuilding Iraq.
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Osprey debate in full flight as 2005 deadline approaches
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Mechanical failure has been ruled out as a cause of last month's MV-22 Osprey crash that killed 19 Marines and the remaining aircraft in the fleet will resume flying this month, officials announced Monday. Lieutenant General Fred McCorkle, of the US Marine Crops, fields questions during a news conference at the Pentagon, on Monday.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Members of the Osprey panel included, from left, Norman R. Augustine, a former Lockheed Martin chairman; Eugene E. Covert, a retired aeronautics professor and the chairman, General John R. Dailey, (retired).
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Hitting all the right notes
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Looking at SARS through art
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An illustration by Kozyndan, a team of artists from Los Angeles.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SARSART.ORG
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A work of art inspired by SARS found on the Internet and probably originating from China.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SARSART.ORG
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Accounting for the rise and fall of black music
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Boogaloo
By Arthur Kempton
498 pages. Illustrated
Pantheon Books
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Living behind the lens
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Photo of Teng Nan-kuang
PHOTO COURTESY OF TIVAC
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Photo of Teng by Yang Tian-ci.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TIVAC
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Tracing history from pots
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Figures on Ceramic Tiles, by Lin Yao-tang.
PHOTO COURTESY OF YINGGE CERAMICS MUSEUM
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Raising America using the carrot and stick
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Raising America: Experts, Parnets and a Century of Advice About Children
By Ann Hulbert
450 pages. Illustrated
Alfred A. Knopf
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Finding what you like in Lee Ai-chen's work
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At Daybreak, by Lee Ai-chen, oil on aluminum plate.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CHERNG PIN GALLERY
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McKay maintains her four-shot lead
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Pak Se-ri of South Korea, tees off on the back nine during the second round of the US Women's Open in North Plains, Oregon, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Mhairi McKay of Scotland arrives on the ninth green during the second round of the US Women's Open in North Plains, Oregon, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Michelle Wie has run-in with Ammaccapane
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Michelle Wie, 13, from Honolulu, Hawaii, looks at her father and caddie B.J. Wie on the 5th green during the second round of the US Women's Open at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in North Plains, Oregon, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Darren Clarke, Phillip Price share lead
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Charl Schwartzel of South Africa watches his drive off the 9th tee during his second round of the European Open at The K Club in Straffan, Ireland, on Friday. He shot a course record of 64 putting him at 8-under-par and near the top of the leader board.
PHOTO: AFP
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Woods leads in Western
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Tiger Woods watches his tee shot on the seventh hole during the second round of the Western Open at Cog Hills Golf Club in Lemont, Illinois, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Boston slugs away at the NY Yankees
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Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs hits a 2-run home run against the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, on Friday. The Cardinals beat the Cubs 11-8.
PHOTO: AFP
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Boston's Bill Mueller hits his second home run of the game in the ninth inning against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York, on Friday. The Red Sox won 10-3 and set a Yankee Stadium record of seven home runs by an opposing team.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Philadelphia Phillies manager Larry Bowa and plate umpire Tim Tschida argue after Bowa was ejected in the eighth inning against the Florida Marlins, in Philadelphia, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Venus to play with an injury in finals
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Australia's Mark Philippoussis returns to France's Sebastien Grosjean in their men's singles semi-final match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London on Friday. Philippoussis won the match 7-6, 6-3, 6-3.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Andy Roddick missed win by this much
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Andy Roddick returns to Jonas Bjorkman in their quarter-final match at Wimbledon in London, on Thursday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Tour de France begins with sprint
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US Postal Service cyclist Lance Armstrong of the US takes part in a presentation of the Tour de France race cycing teams at outside the Paris Town hall, on Friday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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