Lawmakers grill judicial chief
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Judicial Yuan President Weng Yueh-sheng, right, and Vice President Cheng Chung-mo prepare to answer questions from legislators yesterday.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Arafat's favorite demands US action
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An Israeli soldier stops a Palestinian woman and her child after the checkpoint in the West Bank town of Qalqilia was closed on Sunday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Renowned writer Xiang Yang passes big milestone
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Poet, lecturer and journalist Xiang Yang has made his debut as a major scholar with the completion of his dissertation on Taiwanese politics and the media in the 1950s.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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AEC urged to complete radioactive-rebar probe
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Taiwan Solidarity Union Legislator Cheng Chen-lung speaks on buildings containing contaminated reinforcing bars in Taiwan.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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King retaliates against media reports
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Presidential adviser Alice King says at a press conference yesterday that China Airlines employees and the media had damaged her reputation in two articles published earlier this year. The articles accused King of pressing to have her daughter and two grandchildren upgraded to first class.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Contenders prepare to take on Koizumi to lead party
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Accompanied by former prime minister Yoshiro Mori, left, and other party politicians, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, center, raises his arm to kick off an official campaign for the presidential election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party at its headquarters in Tokyo yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Food and drink sellers gain holiday windfall
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A farmer shows off his different-colored pomelos growing from out of the same tree. Pomelos, along with moon cakes, liquor and barbecued meat, are a traditional treat for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
PHOTO: LIU WAN-CHUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Indian warrior god breaks down barriers
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An image of Ramdev, a Rajput warrior of the 15th century who also worked as a social reformer, in a temple dedicated to him.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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A bus carrying pilgrims who have completed their pilgrimage by foot or bicycle rides by shoes wich have been discarded as an act of renunciation.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Roddick seizes US crown with relish
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Andy Roddick is overcome with emotion after beating Juan Carlos Ferrero on Sunday at the finals of the US Open Tennis Championships in Flushing Meadows, New York. Roddick won the match, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3.
PHOTO: AFP
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Juan Carlos Ferrero holds the runner up trophy following his defeat on Sunday.
PHOTO: AFP
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UK suffers case of luxury fever
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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