KMT legislator takes Austria to task over visa rules
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KMT Legislator Sun Kuo-hwa protests at the Austrian Tourism Office in Taipei yesterday to vent his objections to the office's practice of demanding financial statements from Taiwanese applying for tourist visas.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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UN vows to maintain presence in Iraq despite blast
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US soldiers stand guard near a destroyed vehicle yesterday at the site of Tuesday's bombing at the UN headquarters in Baghdad.
PHOTO: AP
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`Legacy' on view for free tonight
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Cloud Gate Dance Theater performs ``Legacy.''
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Lack of food subdues the joy of peace
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A government soldier waits on his pickup truck adorned with charms before going to the frontline at Kandakar, about 150km from Monrovia, Liberia, on Tuesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Sahara hostages fly home
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Accompanied by Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey, second left, released hostages Reto Walther, left, Marc Hediger, center, Sybille Graf, second right, and Silja Staeheli, right, wave to relatives after their arrival in Zurich, Switzerland, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Vieira de Mello's loss a `bitter blow'
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Sergio Vieira De Mello, left, UN representative to Iraq who died in yesterday's bomb blast, with Paul Bremer, the top US official in Iraq, in a file photograph taken on June 3.
PHOTO: AP
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Handling of AIDS crisis must consider rights
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Mexicans locked into centuries of feuding
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Maya Indian church guardian Anastasio Garcia, 72, stands guard over the altar of the church of the Talking Crosses, on Felipe Carrillo Puerto town, on Mexico's caribbean coast.
PHOTO: AP
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Retired laborer builds his castle in the clouds
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Ivan Plotnikov crosses a river in front of a half-finished gray stone fortress.
PHOTO: AP
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Ireland gets win against the Aussies
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Ireland's Damien Duff, left, gets to the ball ahead of Australia's Lucas Neill during the first half of the Ireland versus Australia international soccer friendly at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Yankees expand their lead in AL East
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Atlanta Braves catcher Javy Lopez forces out San Francisco Giants' Rich Aurilia in the fifth inning at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco, Tuesday. Aurilia was attempting to score on a hit by Pedro Feliz.
PHOTO: AP
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Tokyo's pitchers shine in Little League World Series
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Richmond, Texas' Kimmy Michalek arrives ahead of the throw to Wilmington, Delaware catcher Scott Dougherty during fourth inning Little League World Series tournament action in South Williamsport, Penssylvania, Tuesday.
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