Baghdad bomb kills at least six
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Armed Iraqis rush to the scene after a huge explosion, believed to have been caused by a car bomb, rocked central Baghdad near the Baghdad Hotel yesterday. The hotel is thought to be an office of the CIA.
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Appointment designed to court Hakka
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Lin Kwang-hua, left, schmoozes with former Council of Agriculture chairman Fan Cheng-tsung last November. Both Lin and Fan are ethnic Hakka.
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Liao triggers debate on merger
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Liao Cheng-ching, Taoyuan County deputy commissioner and former president of TaipeiBank, talks to reporters.
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Bali pays tribute to bombing victims
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A woman weeps in front of the makeshift memorial at the former Sari club, one of the sites of bomb attacks in Kuta on Bali yesterday.
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China counts down to manned space debut
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A man walks past Long March rockets on display in Beijing yesterday. The Long March rocket is the vehicle for China's space program.
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Government at risk as Arafat battles PM
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A Palestinian militant peers out from an alley corner to observe Israeli army positions as another pauses in the Yebna neighborhood, in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday. Israel sent dozens of tanks and helicopter gunships into the refugee camp early Friday on a continuing operation Israeli military officials said was aimed at destroying tunnels Palestinians use to smuggle weapons from Egypt.
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Conjoined twins undergo risky separation surgery
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Egyptian twins Ahmed and Mohamed Ibrahim are pictured during a recent visit at Children's Hospital in Dallas, Texas. Hospital officials briefed the media on Saturday after the start of surgery to separate the twins that could take between 30 and 90 hours.
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Vatican prepares for new pope
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Trade imbalances cannot be blamed on China's yuan
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Tony Yang, head of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp's Shanghai branch, says maintaining the yuan's stability is a priority for Beijing because it can't afford to have an unstable currency to impact China's economic growth.
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Telecoms show a toned down affair
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Two people look at mobile phones at the NEC booth during a media preview of the ITU Telecom World 2003 exhibition, in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday. The world's biggest telecoms show will opens today in Geneva.
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Firms turn to forceful measures to trim fat
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Across the US, companies, states and schools are taking more aggressive measures to get an increasingly overweight society to move more and eat less. The phone company Sprint planned its 82-hectare world headquarters with an eye to fitness. Sprint employees attend a yoga class.
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Brian Bliss, left, and Tan Nguyen play table tennis at a fitness center on Sprint's campus in Overland Park, Kansas, earlier this month.
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Employees enjoy a game of basketball at the company's fitness center.
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Korean filmsfind new lotof bad guys
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Korean films like Joint Security Area, shown above, explore relationships between North and South Koreans.
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Schumacher wins a record sixth title
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Ferrari's Michael Schumacher of Germany waves after clinching his sixth drivers' championship at the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka, Japan, yesterday.
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Yankees fight their way past Sox
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Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens, left, talks to coach Don Zimmer after Zimmer was thrown to the ground by Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez during a brawl in Game 3 of the AL Championship Series at Fenway Park in Boston, Saturday.
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England secures berth in European Championship
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England's David Beckham, left, and Turkey's Fatih Akyel challenge for the ball during their Euro 2004 qualifier Group Seven match in Istanbul on Saturday. The game ended 0-0.
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A Turkish supporter arrives at the Sukru Saracoglu stadium in Istanbul for the Euro 2004 qualification match between Turkey and England.
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Springboks ponder England match
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South Africa's Danie Rossow gets a try during their Rugby World Cup game against Uruguay in Perth, Australia, Saturday. The Springboks defeated Uruguay 72-6.
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