First lady flies to Europe in style
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Members of a China Airlines flight crew, from left to right, flight attendants Chen Wan-lin and Wu Ray-young, captain Tai Shiuh-dong, senior purser Lo Shen and purser Wang Hsiu-yueh, display samples of the delicacies they plan to prepare for first lady Wu Shu-chen and her entourage on Wu's upcoming trip to Europe during a press conference yesterday.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Center for tobacco-hazard complaints opens
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Two members of Taichung's Little Frog Troupe act out a skit arranged by Taipei City Government as part of its anti-smoking campaign. In the skit, a mouse, left, asks a wolf not to smoke in restaurants.
PHOTO: CHIEN JUNG-FENG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Canberra, Manila sign anti-terrorism accord
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, left, greets Filipino school children at the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila, yesterday. Howard is on a visit to discuss regional security with Philippine President Gloria Arroyo.
PHOTO: AFP
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European mountaineers eye Afghanistan
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A young Afghan soldier guards the entrance to Sary Khouja village on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday. The region is in the heart of Afghanistan's mountain territory and could serve as a waystation for incoming climbers. Kabul is on the road west from the Afghan city of Jalalabad and Pakistan's capital, Islamabad.
PHOTO: AP
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UK, US intelligence teams squabble
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An Iraqi boy stares at a US soldier from the 3rd Infantry Division 3/7 Infantry Regiment as he searches a neighborhood following an early morning rocket-propelled grenade attack in al-Khadra'a west of Baghdad, Iraq, yesterday. One soldier was killed and six others wounded in the attack on an army convoy yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Rumsfeld sees tough times
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PHOTO: REUTERS
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Liberian rebels break ceasefire
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A young displaced boy washes clothes at the Graystone camp inside the US embassy residential complex in Monrovia on Sunday. The complex was previously used by embassy staff but since a month ago has been home to over a thousand internally displaced Liberians who have fled recent fighting.
PHOTO: AP
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Israel wants Arafat boycott
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Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, center, presents a gift to Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, right, on Sunday in the West Bank town of Ramallah.
PHOTO: AFP
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Time to tackle the resource curse
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Asia's tourism industry plots comeback
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An exhibitor sits in front of an illustration of Hong Kong at the Boao Forum for Asia in the territory yesterday. The conference hopes to restore confidence in the Asian tourism industry.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Harry Potter bewitches e-books
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Bernd Koelemann, left, a computer engineer in Berlin and a member of a Harry Potter translating collective, with his daughter Anna, at his office in Berlin.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Baseball a family affair for Chens
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Chen Lien-hung reigned supreme at the annual CPBL All-Star Home-run Derby on Saturday.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Homeboy takes race in Toronto
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Paul Tracy drives during the Molson Indy in Toronto on Sunday. Tracy scored the sweetest victory of his career leading every lap of the race and winning on his home track for the first time in 10 years.
PHOTO: AP
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Els beats field by five strokes ahead of British Open
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South African golfer Ernie Els lifts the Loch Lomond trophy after winning the Scottish Open Golf Championship on Sunday.
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Armstrong talks caution after taking yellow jersey
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Lance Armstrong (US Postal/USA) puts on the yellow jersey as overall leader on the podium at the end of eighth stage of the Tour de France on Sunday.
PHOTO: AFP
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