Chen opens new sailing route
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President Chen Shui-bian, second right, accompanied by Ilan County Commissioner Liu Shou-cheng, left, Lin Chyi-shan, head of Hwa Chyi Shipping, second left, and Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Ling-san, yesterday launches the ``blue highway'' sailing route between Ilan County and Hualien County.
PHOTO: LEE CHEN-HUA, TAIPEI TIMES
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Diplomats level playing field with bats and balls
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Eugene Chien yesterday hits the ball during a softball game between his ministry's team and the ``Lao Wa'' (foreigners) team -- formed from the envoys of Taiwan's allies.
PHOTO: LIAO CHENG-HUEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Newsmaker: Wang front and center during session
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Legislative speaker Wang Jin-pyng receives an enthusiastic welcome at the Lee Teng-hui Academy yesterday. Facing criticism for his handling of the three-day legislative session, Wang said that the law is greater than any political party and that he conducts sessions in accordance with the law rather than party interests.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Koreas pledge peaceful end to nuclear crisis
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South Korean Unification Minister Jeong Se-hyun, right, gestures to his delegates as North Korean delegation leader Kim Ryung-sung reads a statement during the talks in Seoul yesterday. North and South Korea said they agreed to pursue ``appropriate dialogue'' to solve the dispute over the communist North's nuclear weapon programs.
PHOTO: AFP
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India-Pakistan bus service resumes
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A Pakistani woman greets her daughter-in-law, center, after her arrival on the Delhi-Lahore bus at a bus station in Lahore. The first Pakistan bus destined for India in 18 months headed for the border between the countries on Friday, carrying passengers anxious for reunions with relatives and peace hopes of both nations.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Abbas under pressure as Sharon announces talks
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Israeli bulldozers destroy a Palestinian house near the border with Egypt at Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Bush visits AIDS victims in Uganda
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US President George W. Bush is hugged by Ugandan children orphaned by AIDS or conflict after speaking at an event at a center that provides affordable effective care for people with HIV/AIDS on Thursday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Reconciliation takes step forward at Bosnian burial
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A Bosnian woman weeps as the coffins of 282 Srebrenica victims are lowered into fresh graves on Friday in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Play it again Mom: Kids find comfort in movies over and over
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Wall Street cowboys go for techs
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The Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo, Texas, July 6. The Big Texan, a 450-seat restaurant, is a Route 66 attraction which does a bustling business, drawing customers with their free 2kg steak dinner contest promotion. Anyone who can eat the entire steak dinner, which includes baked potato, salad, shrimp cocktail and roll within a one-hour time limit gets the dinner for free. Challengers are required to pay the dinner's price of US$55 in advance, and are refunded the money if they finish the entire dinner within one hour. Approximately 30,000 people have taken the challenge since 1960, with some 4,800 people have succeeded, according to the restaurant. The restaurant industry is one area of the US economy which has weathered recent economic upheavels relatively well.
PHOTO: AFP
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Fighting for the right to communicate
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Internet activist and former Intel employee Koroush Kenneth Hamidi , left, and his supporter Jerry Bestpitch on their way to the Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California, on July 6, 1999, to deliver a message regarding employment issues to Intel employees on a floppy disk after the Superior Court of Sacramento County had barred Hamidi from sending his messages via e-mail.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Making a splash in Penghu
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Alex Huang, left, and Sarah Platt from the US, apply sun lotion near Chihpei Island, in Penghu.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Connecting Taiwan to its past
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Ang Lee gets that funny feeling
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Ang Lee flexes his directorial muscles.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Lesbians in Taiwan: A bed of roses
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The Emergin Lesbian
By Sang Tze-lin
380 pages
University of Chicago Press
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Looking at boys and their toys
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Scenes from World War II are the most popular with Taiwan's model makers.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MMOT
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`The Last Alchemist': Turning adversity into triumph and back
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The Last Alchemist
By Iain McCalman
288 pages
HarperCollins
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Infinitesimal specks of dirt illuminate our lives
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Installation works that are part of Consciousness in Vacuum.
PHOTO COURTESY OF IT PARK
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Installation works that are part of Consciousness in Vacuum.
PHOTO COURTESY OF IT PARK
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Beth Daniel leads in Canadian Open
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Janice Moodie of Scotland blasts out of a bunker on the third hole during the second round of the LPGA Canadian Women's Open in Vancouver on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Pak Se-ri of South Korea waves after sinking her birdie putt on her 17th hole during the second round of the Canadian Women's Open in Vancouver, BC, Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Ernie Els widens lead in Scotland
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Ernie Els after playing his shot on the 6th at the Scottish Open golf tournament in Loch Lomond, Scotland, Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Chen Chih-yuan cited for exploits
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Center fielder Chen Chih-yuan of the Brother Elephants gets ready to go to work in this file photo from last month.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Dominican Republic native Osvaldo Martinez of the Sinon Bulls in this June file photo was a menace for batters with an ERA of 1.82 last month.
PHOTO: CHANG CHUNG-YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Armstrong eyes the high ground
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Australian Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole/France) followed by Frenchman Anthony Geslin (Brioches La Boulangere/France) rides during the breakaway during the sixth stage of the 90th Tour de France cycling race between Nevers and Lyon, Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Pettitte continues winning ways for Yankees
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Hideki Matsui of the Yankees hits a double off Blue Jays starter John Wasdin during first-inning action in Toronto, Friday. Matsui has been honored with a starting role in Major League Baseball's upcoming All-Star game in Chicago on Tuesday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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