Mutinous troops demand a new government for the Philippines
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Rogue Philippine soldiers with red arm bands take up positions in Manila's Makati financial district yesterday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Hualien campaign sizzling
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Members of KMT candidate Hsieh Shen-shan's campaign team drum up support on a road in Hualien County yesterday. County residents will elect their commissioner in a by-election on Saturday.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Hualien campaign sizzling
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DPP supporters wave the party's candidate, You Ying-lung's campaign flags at his campaign rally in Hualien yesterday.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Autistic artist's works on display
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One of Lin Yu-hsien's works depicts a tree devastated by howling winds in a typhoon night. The work of the 20-year-old autistic boy is on display in the Taipei County Government Building until Aug. 15.
PHOTO: MELODY CHEN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Lilley urges nation to make business, not war with China
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James Lilley, former ambassador to China and former AIT director, releases his new book about relations between Taiwan, China and the US yesterday.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Veterans remember Korean War
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Korean War veteran Byron Yeager from the US yesterday shows a picture of himself taken during the Korean War, when he was 17 years old.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Cuba celebrates revolution's 50th year
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Cuban boy Elian Gonzales, 9, is seen waving a Cuban flag on Saturday in Santiago de Cuba during the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the attack on Moncada military barracks, which ultimately led to the successful Cuban revolution.
PHOTO: AP
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Israel approves militant release
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrives at a cabinet meeting escorted by his bodyguards in Jerusalem yesterday. Sharon won government approval at the meeting to release 100 Palestinian militants ahead of his visit to Washington.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Disciplined Shiites seek bigger share of power
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Leader of the al-Sadr group, Sheik Muqtada al-Sadr speaks to reporters in Najaf on Saturday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Britian's political elite now in a state of crisis
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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US-Vietnam catfish battle expands to include shrimp
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In this picture taken Saturday, an umidentified Vietnamese boy shows off fresh shrimps to a customer at a seafood shop in Quang Xuong district, in the northern coastal province of Thanh Hoa. After coming off second best in a trade dispute with the US over catfish exports, Vietnam is bracing itself for a follow-up assault by the US shrimp industry.
PHOTO: AFP
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Deadbeats take taxpayers cash and give it to China
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Former Tuntex Group president Chen Yu-hao and his wife Lin Fu-mei.
PHOTO: CHAN HSUN-HONG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Hubble's future up in the air
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The Hubble Space Telescope with the Earth in the background.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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The remnants of a supernova called N 49 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy about 160,000 light-years away, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Red Sox squeak by Yankees in Boston
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Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Orlando Hudson and Baltimore Orioles' Louis Matos collide during a double play in the fifth inning in Toronto on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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Stephen Waugh scores unbeaten 156
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Australian Martin Love drives a ball on the way to scoring his century on the third day of the second Test match against Bangladesh in Cairns, Australia, yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Crocker sets new world record
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Ian Crocker, left, and Michael Phelps in the men's 100m butterfly final at the World Swimming Championships on Saturday. Crocker won the event and broke the world record.
PHOTO: AFP
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China's Luo Xuejuan celebrates winning the 50m breaststroke semifinal in Barcelona on Saturday. Luo set a championship record with a time of 30.64 seconds.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Armstrong seems set to win Tour de France
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US Postal team rider Lance Armstrong during the final meters of the 19th stage 49km individual time-trial between Pornic and Nantes on Saturday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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