Afghan beauty may face prosecution
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Vida Samadzai, 23, appears in the Miss Earth beauty contest in this file photo.
PHOTO: AP
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Taiwan's foreign workers observe Ramadan
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Women pray in an area apart from the men at the Taipei Mosque before breaking the fast.
PHOTO: CODY YIU, TAIPEI TIMES
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Cao is the dissident's dissident
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Exiled Chinese political commentator Cao Chang-ching, left, poses with Shih Hsin University professor Jim Lee after a speech at National Taiwan University last week. The speech was part of a round-island lecture tour by Cao.
PHOTO: RICK CHU, TAIPEI TIMES
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Soong gets on his knees for Yunlin county commissioner
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PFP Chairman James Soong kneels before Yunlin County Commissioner Chang Jung-wei at a banquet in Yunlin yesterday. Soong criticized the central government for cutting a water-resources budget to the county.
PHOTO: CHUANG YU-FENG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Wasteland transformed into ecotourism hotspot
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An earthen dam and embankments in the Peitzegou River's catchment area is helping to turn barren land green.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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President vows not to call early election
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Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga gestures during an interview in Colombo on Saturday. Kumaratunga, locked in a power struggle with her prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, called for all parties to join her in forming a national government.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Hong Kong overhauls poultry system
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Chickens are crammed into tiny cages at a Hong Kong poultry farm.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Mass graves across Iraq, US says
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US soldiers of the 1st Armored Division hold a sign reading in Arabic ``Stop, a checkpoint ahead of you, wait for instruction'' on the Leader bridge in Baghdad, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Arafat wins battle with his PM
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A demonstrator paints a Palestinian flag on a wall during a joint Israeli-Palestinian protest against Israel's policy of building a vast separation wall, in the Arab village of Swahre, near Jerusalem, on Saturday.
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What comes next for Iraq?
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Staying animated about animation
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Wang Tung, general director of Wang Film Productions Co, said Taiwanese animation companies must produce their own original material if they want to survive in an industry that is moving toward more computer-generated graphics and fight off competition from rivals in other Asian countries.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Paper success of Pakistan's economy doesn't fill bellies
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A street child, on her way to collect garbage to be sold to recycling factories, watches out for traffic before crossing a road in Rawalpindi, Pakistan yesterday. According to the recently-released State Bank of Pakistan's annual report, some 50 million Pakistanis, or 33 percent of the total population, are living in poverty.
PHOTO: AFP
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Pakistani street children receive food offered by a local businessman in a street in Karachi, Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Volunteers blow the Hurricanes away
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Texas Tech quarterback B.J. Symons, center, loses his helmet as he is stopped at the line of scrimmage by Baylor defenders, including Derrick Cash, left, and Stephen Sepulveda, right, during the second quarter in Waco, Texas, Saturday. Tech's Joey Hawkins is at bottom left.
PHOTO: AP
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French fly past the Irish; England wins
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France's Imanol Harinordoquy scores a try as Ireland's Simon Easterby looks on during their quarterfinal World Cup match at Docklands Stadium in Melbourne, yesterday.
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A fan of France with a cock painted on her face ahead of the match between France and Ireland at Testra Dome Stadium in Melbourne, yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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England's Jason Robinson, left, runs with the ball as Jonathan Thomas, center, and Stephen Jones from Wales miss tackling him during their Rugby World Cup quarterfinal match at Lang Park in Brisbane, yesterday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Portsmouth embarrasses Leeds United
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Celtic striker Henrik Larsson, left, of Sweden shoots past Dunfermline's Derek Stillie during their Scottish Premier League match at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Saturday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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