Rights groups call for war on arms sales
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A Peruvian vendor shows pistols to a client in a store in Lima on Thursday. With someone, somewhere in the world, killed every minute by guns, lobby groups have launched a campaign for a global treaty to curb what they say is the out-of-control international trade in small arms, which they say are the ''real weapons of mass destruction.''
PHOTO:REUTERS
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Chen tells Beijing to ditch `one China'
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Some cheerleaders from Shu Te Home Economic and Commercial High School in Kaohsiung yesterday perform during the National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Office.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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President Chen Shui-bian shouts ``Long live the people of Taiwan! Long live the ROC!'' at the National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Office yesterday.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Iranian human rights lawyer is only 11th woman to win Nobel Peace Prize
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PHOTO: REUTERS
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KMT-PFP stage festivities in Chiayi
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Chinese Nationalist Party chairman Lien Chan and People First Party chairman James Soong ride bicycles during a campaign event in Chiayi City yesterday.
PHOTO: LIAO YAO-TUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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African ally issues set of stamps about cooperation
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Burkina Faso Ambassador Jacques Sawadogo yesterday shakes hands with the secretary-general of the International Cooperation and Development Foundation Yang Tzu-pao.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Details emerge of China's space plans
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Chinese astronauts in weightlessness training in an undated file photo. China is due to launch a Shenzhou V rocket on Oct. 15, taking their first astronaut into space.
PHOTO: EPA
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Palestinian leadership faces crisis
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An injured Palestinian boy is rushed to hospital yesterday following an incursion by elite Israeli troops backed by tanks and helicopters into the southern Gaza Strip city's Rafah refugee camp.
PHOTO: AFP
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Guns spread `like a cancer' in Britain
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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After a year-long hiatus, Napster rejoins online market
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The Napster ''Cat'' logo is shown on the floor at a launch event for the new Napster online music service Thursday in New York City. The new Napster 2.0 will launch in the US on Oct. 29. The new service will offer US$0.99 downloads and has the largest digital music library in the world with over 500,000 songs.
PHOTO: AFP
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Toymakers hold conference in Shanghai
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China-made toys are displayed at a street toy vender yesterday in Shanghai.
PHOTO: AP
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Taiwan's movie industry showcases wares free of charge
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Double Vision
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The Personals
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The Best of Times
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Flowers of Shanghai
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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What Time Is It There?
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England team arrives for Turkey test
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Czech Rostislav Klesla, right, of the Columbus BlueJackets and Canadian Jeff Cowan, left, of the Atlanta Thrashers battle for the puck during the season-opening game on Thursday at Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
PHOTO: AFP
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Bali memories remain for Asia's expat rugby players
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Members of an Australian sports team that lost some of its players in last year's bombings arrive in Bali yesterday. Survivors and relatives of the bombing victims have started to arrive in Bali to attend the commemorative ceremonies tomorrow to mark the first anniversary of the attacks that killed more than 200 people.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Wallabies soothe opening-night nerves
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Australian winger Matt Burke, left, is tackled by Argentinian hooker Marion Ledesma during the opening Rugby World Cup match between Australia and Argentina at the Telstra Stadium in Sydney yesterday. The Wallabies won 24-8.
PHOTO: AFP
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