Teachers march on Taipei city center
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Teachers from around the country stage a protest on Taipei's Ketagalan Boulevard yesterday. The protest was organized by the National Teachers' Association.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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At 17 years of age, is DPP ship adrift?
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President Chen Shui-bian throws a softball into a crowd of DPP members during an event in the Taichung City Stadium yesterday celebrating the party's 17th anniversary. Critics say the party has lost its core values and learned the KMT's dirty tricks over its past three years in power.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Aftershocks threaten Hokkaido island
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A city official measures the rift on a wharf caused by Friday's strong earthquake as anglers do some fishing at a Kushiro port in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido yesterday. The magnitude-8 earthquake rocked northern Japan early Friday, injuring more than 500 people.
PHOTO: AP
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`White Night' ends in dark morning
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Vittorio Emanuele monument is seen at sunrise during yesterday power outage in Rome.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Europe takes first step on moon mission
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Europe's Ariane-5 rocket carrying a lunar explorer and two satellites takes off from the Kourou space center, French Guiana, on Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Brazilian and Cuban presidents forge trade links
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Cuban President Fidel Castro, center, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, answer journalists' questions prior to Silva's departure from Cuba at the International Airport Jose Marti in Havana on Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Lawmakers line up for a shot at the White House
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Taking the long-term view on life insurance
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Lee Wood, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at ING Antai Life Insurance Co, says regulators are under a lot of stress to keep up with the pace of innovation in life-insurance products.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Catching the bus to more rights
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A border patrol agent checks identification documents on board one of the buses in the immigrant Workers Freedoms Ride, as it passes through Sierra Blanca, Texas, Friday. The trip to Washington, by 900 riders on 18 buses, was inspired by the 1961 freedom rides that sought to integrate bus terminals in the South.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Maggie Larson, a housekeeper at the Royal Kona Resort in Hawaii who originally emigrated from Malaysia, flew from Hawaii to Los Angeles to join the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, remains silent as a border patrol agent asked for her identification documents, Friday.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Cubs sweep into playoff berth
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Chicago Cubs' manager Dusty Baker, center, hugs Moises Alou, left, and an unidentified teammate after beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-2 in the second game of their double header in Chicago, Saturday. The Cubs won the NL Central Division championship.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Manchester United and Chelsea win
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Middlesbrough's George Boateng, right, from the Netherlands challenges Southampton's Fabrice Fernandes, left, from France, during their English Premier League match at St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton, England, Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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VfB Stuttgart stays on top
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Werder Bremen's Fabian Ernst, left, FC Koeln's Sebastian Helbig, center, and Werder Bremen's Malden Krstajic battle during their match in Cologne, Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Valencia beats Real Madrid
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Valencia's Vicente Rodriguez, right, vies for the ball with Madrid's Michel Salgado in Mestalla Stadium, Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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