`The road map is dead:' Arafat
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An Israeli soldier shouts at a Palestinian woman trying to cross through the Howara roadblock near the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday.
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New books honor Lei Chen
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Lei Mei-lin, daughter of Taiwan democracy pioneer Lei Chen, shows her father's original manuscripts and two books on his legacy at a press conference yesterday.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Questions loom after gangster's release
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Gangster Yang Shuang-wu leaving after reporting to the Kaohsiung Prosecutor's Office yesterday.
PHOTO: CNA
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Name-change forces take fight to streets
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Members of the Alliance to Campaign for Rectifying the Name of Taiwan speak at a press conference yesterday to promote the march to be held on Saturday.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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WHO brings SARS system to China
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Chinese girls carry ribbons to the opening ceremony of an exhibition about SARS in Beijing yesterday.
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Kerry launches campaign with full military honors
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Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry buys frozen yogurt cones for campaign workers, supporters and passersby, in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday. Slipping in the polls and searching for a spark to ignite his White House bid, the US senator from Massachusetts formally launched his run for the Democratic nomination next year.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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French media turn up the heat
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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GE's NBC wins Vivendi auction
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The NBC Studios in Burbank, California on Tuesday. The television network won Vivendi Universal's bidding auction on Tuesday with a merger plan to create a new entertainment industry giant valued at more than US$40 billion.
PHOTO: EPA
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Adding a fresh twist to cans of pop
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Tomoko Lino drinks Coca Cola out of an aluminum can with a screw cap in Tokyo. Since Daiwa Can Company, Japan's largest can maker, launched the new can in late 1999, Japanese sales have jumped to 1.7 billion last year from 240 million bottle cans in 2000 and are set to grow to two billion this year.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Bangladesh has solid start in test against Pakistan
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Bangladeshi batsman Hannan Sarkar, right, cuts a ball off Pakistani spin bowler Umer Gul during the first day of the third and final test match between Pakistan and Bangladesh in Multan, Wednesday. Bangladesh decided to bat after winning the toss and made 43 fo 1 after 12 overs play.
PHOTO: AFP
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FC Barcelona, Sevilla end in draw after late header
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FC Barcelona's Luis Enrique, left, is attacked by Sevilla's Javi Navarro in an altercation during their Spanish League soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Tuesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Red Sox edge White Sox in Chicago
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Texas Rangers first baseman Mark Teixeira waits for the throw from teammate Alex Rodriguez as they get the force at first on Kansas City Royals Mike Difelice in the fourth inning at The Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Agassi removes Dent from Open
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Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand looks up to the sky during his match against number six seeded Lleyton Hewitt of Australia at the US Open Tennis Championships in Flushing Meadows, New York, Tuesday. Their match ended up being delayed.
PHOTO: AFP
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