Angry DPP looks to scrap new law
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Taiwan Solidarity Union legislators Lo Chih-ming, left, and Chien Lin Whei-jun express their dissatisfaction yesterday with the Referendum Law passed on Thursday. The signs read, ``Sorry, voters,'' and ``Reforming the legislature and halving legislative seats.'' The container in Lo's hand reads, ``Dissolving the legislature.''
PHOTO: CHIEN JUNG-FENG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Bush pays surprise visit to troops in Iraq
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US President George W. Bush carries a platter of turkey and fixings as he visits US troops for Thanksgiving at Baghdad International Airport, on Thursday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Solidarity shines at Austronesian expo
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Vice President Annette Lu, right, and other guests watch indigenous Hawaiian performers during the opening ceremony of the 2003 Rainbow Expo at Exhibition Hall 2 of the Taipei World Trade Center yesterday.
PHOTO: LIBERTY TIMES
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Wellington gears up for premiere
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Workers install a large-winged Fell Beast created by Weta Workshop on top of the Embassy Theater in Wellington on Thursday. The theater will host the world premiere of the finale of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Return of the King on Monday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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HIV sufferers rejecting free drugs
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Workers check for possible flawed latex condoms on a production line at the Dalian Latex Factory, which produces 50 million condoms a month, in Dalian, yesterday. Some analysts estimate that China may have 2 million to 3 million people who are HIV positive and that the figure could reach epidemic proportions without a broad campaign to educate the public about contraceptives.
PHOTO: EPA
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Sharon tries to appease Israel's critics
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Palestinian women pass behind large cement barricades filled with anti-wall graffiti as they make their way to the West Bank. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reiterated on Thursday that construction on the fence will continue.
PHOTO: EPA
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N Irish election results threaten peace deal
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Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams is joined by Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Fein's European candidate, as he speaks to the media after winning his Belfast West seat in the Stormont Assembly elections on Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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Kenyan prostitutes may hold key to AIDS cure
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Volkswagen becomes first to export cars from China
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Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation and Shanghai Volkswagen officials celebrate during a production line ceremony for the Shanghai Volkswagen-made Polo for export to Australia yesterday at Shanghai Volkswagen in Shanghai, China. Shanghai Volkswagen's first made-for-export Polo sedan rolled off the assembly line yesterday. The car is destined for sale in Australia.
PHOTO: AP
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Giant races to victory in revamped Tour de Taiwan
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Tour de Taiwan action on the second day, leading out of Kaohsiung County.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CHINESE TAIPEI CYCLING ASSOCIATION
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Playing hardball at a young age
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Lo Shih-kai, left, discusses his next shot at the Acer Taiwan Open last weekend, at the Sunrise Golf and Country Club in Taoyuan County.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Liashenko falls but earns lead
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Elena Liashenko of Ukraine performs her short program during the NHK Trophy International Figure Skating Competition in Asahikawa, northern Japan, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Dortmund suffers bad night in Europe
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Sochaux's Senegalese defender Souleymane Diawara, left, vies with Dortmund Czech forward's Jan Koller during their UEFA Cup soccer match at Bonal stadium on Thursday in Sochaux.
PHOTO: AFP
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Davis Cup's opening salvo ends 1-1
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Australian Davis Cup player Lleyton Hewitt hits a backhand return on the way to defeating Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero in the Davis Cup final in Melbourne yesterday. Hewitt won the match 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (0), 6-2.
PHOTO: AFP
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Spain's State Secretary for Sports Juan Antonio Gomez-Angulo complains at the spectators' seat for a wrong Spanish national anthem being played.
PHOTO: AP
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