Pro-unification forces take to the street
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Flouting instructions from organizers not to wave flags, a protester tries to fly the Republic of China flag from his car during the anti-independence march in Taipei yesterday afternoon.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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KMT looks south ahead of presidential vote
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KMT Chairman Lien Chan, left, shakes hands with participants in the 16th KMT Central Advisory Council meeting yesterday.
PHOTO: YEH CHIH-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Labor union alliance gives support to rail strike on Sept. 11
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Representatives from the Alliance of Government-run Enterprise Labor Unions (AGRELU) hold up signs stating their support for the Taiwan Railway Labor Union's strike planned for Sept. 11 during a demonstration in front of Taipei Main Railway Station yesterday.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Pressure mounts on Blair to quit
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth, right, her husband the Duke of Edinburgh Philip, peering through binoculars, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, second from right, and his wife Cherie, yawning, attend the Braemar Highland Games in the Grampian Highlands of Scotland, Sept. 6. The annual games, traditionally held on the first Saturday of September, were first established in 1832 and include such events as pipe-and-drum competitions, highland dancing, caber-tossing, shot-putting and hammer-throwing.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Redressing injustices of the past back on Chile's agenda
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The Brazilian Minister of Culture, singer and song writer Gilberto Gil, performs at the National Stadium in Santiago de Chile during a tribute to late Chilean president Salvador Allende, who was overthrown by Augusto Pinochet's coup in September 1973.
PHOTO: AFP
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French purists lose chocolate war
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Property market hoping law will prompt recovery
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Chao Teng-hsiung, chairman of the Federation of the Real Estate Development Association, ROC, believes the Real Estate Securitization Statute will help the property sector recover.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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China's WTO revolution won't start soon
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A Chinese worker uses porcelain plates and bowls to build a 100m-long dragon for the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on Sept. 11 this year, in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, Friday. Despite the chorus of analysts who predicted WTO accession was the harbinger of a cultural and political sea change in China, change is a long time coming.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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The land of opportunity loses its appeal
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England rules match with France
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England's captain Martin Johnson, center, is tackled by France's Brian Leibenberg as David Auradou, left, chases during their rugby union international friendly match at Twickenham, London, Saturday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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France blanks Cyprus as Germany ends up in tie
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Rooney Wayne, left, of England fights for the ball with Stavrevski Goran, right, of Macedonia during their Euro 2004 qualifying round match in Skopje, Macedonia, Saturday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Two Turkish supporters prior to the Euro 2004 soccer qualifier between Liechtenstein and Turkey in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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Henin-Hardenne takes Open
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Justine Henin-Hardenne serves to Kim Clijsters during the women's final at the US Open in Flushing Meadows, New York, Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Andre Agassi loses, but he hasn't given up
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Juan Carlos Ferrero, right, shakes hands with Andre Agassi after Ferrero won the semifinal match at the US Open, Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Red Sox shut out the NY Yankees
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Red Sox base runner Trot Nixon, right, slides past Yankee's catcher Jorge Posada, scoring the eighth run for Boston in the eighth inning in New York, Saturday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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