Hunt for bird-flu vaccine starts
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Workers from an animal-disease prevention center in Changhua County yesterday morning remove killed chickens from an infected chicken farm in an attempt to prevent the spread of bird-flu viruses.
PHOTO: WANG PAI-LIEN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Brazilian boy's Taiwanese family desperate for help
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Taiwanese-Brazilian boy Iruan Ergui Wu, along with his Taiwanese family members, yesterday kneels down during a press conference while begging the government not to send him back to Brazil.
PHOTO: SU FU-NAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Activists congregate in Mumbai
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Anti-globalization and peace activists call for the UK and the US to leave Iraq during a protest march yesterday at the venue of the 2004 World Social Forum in Mumbai. More than 78,000 people were registered to take part in the hundreds of panels and protests at the forum, billed as an annual strategy session of civil society.
PHOTO: AFP
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WHO bolsters case against civets
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An injured dog is sold as food at an exotic game market in Guangzhou on Thursday. World Health Organization experts on a fact-finding mission in the capital of Guangdong said yesterday they found evidence of the SARS coronavirus in such markets.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Moseley Braun drops presidential bid, backs Dean
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US Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean appears with former senator Carol Moseley Braun on Thursday in Carroll, Iowa. Moseley Braun dropped out of the race and endorsed Dean at a Caucus for Change event at Carroll High School.
PHOTO: AFP
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Barking up the wrong tree
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ILLUSTRATION MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Chinese experts are opposed to maglev for rail link project
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The world's first commercial levitation train, or maglev, leaving Shanghai's Pudong International Airport last month.
PHOTO: AP
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Take a seasonal stroll down Dihua Street
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Shoppers cross Minsheng West Road, which divides the annual Lunar New Year circus on Dihua Street, which is packed with pedestrians and peddlers even on a weeknight.
PHOTO: DAVID MOMPHARD, TAIPEI TIMES
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Much of the allure of walking along Dihua Street before Chinese New Year is the colorful array of goods.
PHOTO: DAVID MOMPHARD, TAIPEI TIMES
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There's plenty to see and do.
PHOTO: DAVID MOMPHARD, TAIPEI TIMES
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Merchants are almost hidden behind mountains of dried fish.
PHOTO: DAVID MOMPHARD, TAIPEI TIMES
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A busy Dihua Street packed with shoppers.
PHOTO: DAVID MOMPHARD, TAIPEI TIMES
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Roddick no match for Nalbandian
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Rafael Nadal of Spain plays a backhand return during his semi-final singles match against Jiri Novak of Czech Republic on day five of the Heineken Open men's tennis tournament in Auckland yesterday. Nadal won the match 6-1, 6-3.
PHOTO: AFP
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Zimbabwe no match for record-breaking Australia
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Zimbabwe's Heath Streak hits out as Australia's Adam Gilchrist looks on during their one-day cricket match at the Bellreive Oval in Hobart, Australia, yesterday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Wie impresses men on first day
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Michelle Wie follows her shot from the second tee during the first round of the Sony Open at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Thursday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Toronto overcomes New Orleans in tight game
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Cleveland Cavaliers guard Dajuan Wagner, center, goes for a layup in between Golden State Warriors' Speedy Claxton, left, and Calbert Cheaney during the first quarter on Thursday in Oakland, California.
PHOTO: AP
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