Cloud Gate celebrates 30 years of dance
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Members of the Cloud Gate Dance Theater troupe perform their latest piece, Cursive II, yesterday. The sign announces that August 21, the opening of the troupe's 30th anniversary season, will be ``Cloud Gate Day.``
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Vice Presient Lu discusses peace with Fidel Castro
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Vice President Annette Lu shakes hands with Cuban President Fidel Castro at a national dinner banquet, held at Paraguay's presidential palace on Thursday.
PHOTO: TZOU JIING-WEN, TAIPEI TIMES
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India celebrates independence
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Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, second from left, reviews an honor guard contingent as he arrives to address the nation from the ramparts of the 17th century Red Fort on Independence Day in New Delhi, yesterday. Vajpayee called on Pakistan to work with India to find peace, but also urged Islamabad to end what he called cross-border terrorism.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Israel sets 73 Palestinian prisoners free
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Palestinian children light candles during a protest calling for the release of thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails in Gaza City on Thursday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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France threatens to scuttle Lockerbie deal in new compensation-payment row
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The gravestones of victims who died during the Lockerbie bombing are seen set against the Dumfriesshire hills in Lockerbie, Scotland. Lawyers and Libyan officials signed a deal on Wednesday to set up a fund for the families of the victims.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Massive blackout points to power struggle
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Pedestrian Raj Dhriaj takes matters into his own hands as he takes on the role of traffic cop at a downtown Toronto intersection on Thursday. Traffic, subways, elevators and most downtown buildings shut down following a widespread power outage in Ontario and parts of the US.
PHOTO: AP
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Online prescription drug trade has deadly cost
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Power loss entails financial loss
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A delivery truck offers added-value customer service to commuters as others walk up the entrance ramp to the Queensborough Bridge after a massive blackout hit the US and Canada, Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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Beauty for burning
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PHOTO: VICO LEE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Other intricately realized sculptures of Taoist deities.
PHOTO: VICO LEE, TAIPEI TIMES
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A paper fabrication of a temple, displayed prior to their immolation in rituals for Ghost Month.
PHOTO: VICO LEE, TAIPEI TIMES
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An image of the mountain god created from paper for a religious ritual related to Ghost Month.
PHOTO: VICO LEE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Matsui heroics get Yankees out of jail
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Japanese star Hideki Matsui of the New York Yankees follows the flight of his double off Baltimore Orioles pitcher Damian Moss in the fourth inning of their game at Camden Yards in Baltimore on Thursday. The double scored Jorge Posada from second base with the second run of the game for the Yankees.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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City bag triumphant UEFA return
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Nenad Kovacevic, right, of Red Star Belgrade tries to stop Ion Gheorghe, left, of Nistru Otaci during their UEFA Cup qualifying round, first leg match in Belgrade on Thursday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Mickelson shines as Woods burns
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Tiger Woods hits out of the rough on the 14th hole during the first round of the 85th PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York, on Thursday. Woods finished with a 74.
PHOTO: AP
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Clijsters crown tarnished by shock loss in Canada
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Lina Krasnoroutskaya celebrates her victory over Kim Clijsters at the Rogers AT&T Cup on Thursday, in Toronto. Krasnoroutskaya won 1-6, 6-4, 6-1.
PHOTO: AP
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