Hong Kong sees huge night-time public protests
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Thousands of demonstrators gather outside the legislative chambers in Hong Kong yesterday to protest an anti-subversion bill, which critics call a threat to Hong Kong's freedoms of speech, press and assembly.
PHOTO: AP
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Secret agent issues book
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Wang Kuang-yu, right, former director of the Investigation Bureau, poses with his predecessors Weng Wen-wei, center, and Wu Tung-ming, left, during a press conference yesterday announcing the release Wang's book.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Kaohsiung councilors try to give blood
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Scandal-ridden Kaohsiung City Council Speaker Chu An-hsiung has a blood sample taken yesterday.
PHOTO: HOU CHENG-HSU, TAIPEI TIMES
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Doctors tell of their surgery dilemmas
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A friend of conjoined Iranian twins Laleh and Ladan Bijani, who died during separation surgery, mourns their death during a prayer ceremony in Singapore yesterday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Afghan protesters attack Pakistani Embassy in Kabul
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An Afghan policeman stops protesters outside the Pakistani Embassy during a demonstration in Kabul on Tuesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Iraqi rebels take aim at US soldiers
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US soldiers and Iraqi police work together in arresting alleged looters along Saadun Street in the center of Baghdad yesterday. The US is offering awards for information leading to the arrest of Iraqis who have killed US soldiers.
PHOTO: AFP
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Racist gunman kills five at plant shooting spree
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Reverend Sam Thompson of the 31st Avenue Baptist Church in Meridian, leads a candlelight vigil outside City Hall with Mayor John Robert Smith. Thompson vowed that the Lockheed shooting would not divide the community.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Bush tour stops over in South Africa
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US President George W. Bush, center, talks with President of Ghana John Kufuor, left, as President of The Gambia Yahya Jammeh, second from right, and President of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade, far right, walk along following a group photo at the Presidential Palace in Dakar, Senegal, on Tuesday.
PHOTO:AP
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Liberia wants liberation, US style
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A crowd surrounds members of the US reconnaissance mission in the Topoe suberb of Monrovia on Tuesday. Thousands of war-fatigued Liberians surged out to welcome the team as it began work in the coastal capital, but things got off to a bad start as it was halted by forces loyal to Liberian President Charles Taylor.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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The public is living in a fairy tale
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The land of Lenin now `office-world'
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Cranes stand at a construction site in southwest Moscow on June 25. Russia, where buying and selling land was taboo a decade ago, is now one of the world's fastest growing commercial property markets, with sky-high prices and soaring demand fueling investor interest.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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The Beetle's end is nigh
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Volkswagen Beetle in front of Mexico City's Cathedral.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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The cars are ubiquitous in Mexico City, where they are used as taxis.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Yu-Gi-Oh mania takes hold in playgrounds
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The storyline for Yu-Gi-Oh was devised by a Japanese cartoonist.
PHOTO: DPA
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Cubs fall to Marlins' one-two punch
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Dontrelle Willis of the Florida Marlins pitches against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. The Marlins defeated the Cubs 4-3.
PHOTO: AFP
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Armstrong gets ready to rumble
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Lance Armstrong answers journalists' questions before the third stage of the 90th Tour de France between Charleville-Mezieres and Saint-Dizier on Tuesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Rene Haselbacher rides to the finish line after he crashed on the third stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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England trio puts paid to South Africans
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Darren Gough narrowly misses a catch from Martin van Jaarsveld, top, during the one day match at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Tuesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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