70,000 gather to tout peace
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Chiayi County Commissioner Chen Ming-wen, left to right, Kaohsiung Mayor Frank Hsieh, former president Lee Teng-hui, Tainan County Commissioner Su Huan-chih and Pingtung County Commissioner Su Chia-chuan join hands during yesterday's rehearsal for the Feb. 28 demonstration.
PHOTO: YANG CHIN-CHENG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Chen seeks support for referendum
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President Chen Shui-bian, center, makes rice balls during a visit to the Tahsingshan Temple in Miaoli yesterday. Chen was in central Taiwan seeking support for his referendum initiative.
PHOTO: FU CHAO-PIAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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PHOTO: FU CHAO-PIAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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China closes poultry markets, factories
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Police officers in protective suits disinfect and close down a duck farm where suspected cases of bird flu were spotted in Jieyang, in China's Guangdong province on Saturday.
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New train service travels from Adelaide to Darwin
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Passengers yesterday wait for the first passenger train from Adelaide to Darwin at Keswick railway terminal in Adelaide.
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Attackers strike Kurdistan as Baghdad mourns dead
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The scene of a car bombing outside an Iraqi police station in downtown Mosul, Iraq on Saturday. Staff at the Republican Hospital in Mosul said nine people, including civilians and policemen, were killed and 45 others were injured.
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Second Mars rover starts exploring planetary surface
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Mars Exploration Rover team member Art Thompson, left, points out features of the lander for the Mars rover Opportunity to John Wirth at the Mars Project Mission Control Center in Pasadena, California, on Saturday.
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International resources must be marshaled to assist vulnerable women in AIDS struggle
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ILLUSTRATION MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Flu may help modernize poultry sector
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Workers clean chickens on an assembly in this photo taken at chicken factory in Harbin early last month. As the world's fifth-largest exporter of chickens, China shipped 42,000 tonnes abroad last year and the avian flu is a very real threat for workers in the chicken industry who risk layoffs if there's a large decline in the home market.
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Battle brews in electronics sector
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Customers pack a 3C computer store in Taiwan. Computer retailers are bracing themselves for a difficult year after analysts said the market was at saturation point.
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Periodic table gets new additions
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A team of Russian and American scientists were to report yesterday that they have created two new chemical elements, called superheavies because of their enormous atomic mass. Kenton J. Moody, left, physicist, and Joshua B. Patin, chemist, co-discoverers of elements, are shown here at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, Friday.
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Manchester United regains league lead
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Manchester United's Quinton Fortune, right, battles for the ball with Southampton's Paul Telfer in their English Premier League match at Old Trafford, Saturday.
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Federer wastes no time in Open final
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Roger Federer celebrates his finals win over Marat Safin at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, yesterday.
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Nenad Zimonjic, right, and Elena Bovina after winning the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open, yesterday.
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Stock-car racers learn to drive in rainy weather
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Darkness falls on the leader Christian Fittipaldi in the Bell Motorsports Pontiac Doran during the running of the Rolex 24-hour race in Daytona, Florida, Saturday.
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