Wetland project flourishes
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Council of Labor Affairs Chairperson Chen Chu, right, on a recent visit to the wetland.
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Poll reveals fear of immigrants from China
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National Taiwan University professor Lin Wan-i, left, and Taiwan Advocates deputy secretary-general Tsai Ming-hua, second left, discuss a public opinion poll on Chinese immigrants.
PHOTO: LO PEI-TEH, TAIPEI TIMES
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Referendum result deals blow to Uribe
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A Colombian voter deposits his ballot while a soldier stands guard at Bolivar square in Bogota on Saturday.
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US soldiers begin to ask, `When will it end?'
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A band member of the US Army 1st armored division music band carries his tuba across Baghdad's July14 bridge, shortly before a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Saturday. Coalition authorities on Saturday announced plans to lift the curfew and reopen a major bridge in Baghdad to ease conditions for Iraqis ahead of Ramadan, despite continued violence.
PHOTO: AP
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For Bush, it's good guys vs bad
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is one of US President George W. Bush's bad guys.
PHOTO: AP
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Chinese President Hu Jintao has made it into Bush's good books.
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Thousands flee California fires
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Smoke from wildfires burning near homes is seen in Rancho Cucamonga, California, on Saturday. The fire, one of several sweeping the state, is believed to have been started by arson.
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What goes around, comes around
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Net piracy is killing local music industry
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Robin Lee, secretary-general of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry office in Taiwan, holds a poster showing dozens of Taiwanese music stars which was used in an anti-piracy campaign, during an interview last week. Lee says the federation is suing two local Internet sites that supply software for peer-to-peer file-sharing and three end users to send a message that piracy is piracy, no matter what form it takes. He says Taiwan's music industry has been badly damaged by piracy.
PHOTO: SEAN CHEN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Can Abdullah fill Mahathir's shoes?
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Malaysian students walk past a huge portrait of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on display outside a building in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
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Where are all the girls?
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India is facing a potentially dangerous gender imbalance in many regions of the country. Ajay Madan, at left with two inspectors, Girghari Singal, center, and Gulshan Saluja check a clinic's records to see if ultrasound scans were being used illegally to check for the gender of a fetus in Ambala, India, last month.
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Pleasantly Perfect wins at Santa Anita
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In the first dead heat in Breeders' Cup's 20-year history, Johar and Alex Solis, left, and High Chaparral and Michael Kinane hit the wire at exactly the same moment to win the US$2 million Breeders' Cup Turf on Saturday at Santa Anita in Arcadia, California.
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Georgia edges past UAB
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Notre Dame linebacker Derek Curry tries to stop Boston College quarterback Quinton Porter, left, as Porter dives into the end zone to score during the third quarter of Boston College's 27-25 win in Boston on Saturday.
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Beckett leads Marlins to title
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Marlins Ivan Rodriguez celebrates with the World Series trophy after defeating the Yankees 2-0 to win Game 6 of the World Series, in New York, Saturday. The Marlins won the series 4-2 on the back of stellar pitching by Florida's Josh Beckett.
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Starting pitcher Josh Beckett of the Marlins pitches against the Yankees in the first inning Game 6 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, Saturday.
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Samoa not an easy win for England
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Samoan prop Kas Lealamanu'a, left, fends of a tackle from England's captain Martin Johnson in a World Cup match at the Telstra Dome in Melbourne, yesterday.
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Ireland's Malcolm O'Kelly wins the line-out ball during their match against Argentina at Adelaide Oval, yesterday.
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