TAIEX plunges following Chen Yu-hao's accusations
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President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu wave to supporters during a campaign visit to Taoyuan County yesterday.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Election results by 7:30pm: CEC
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Staff members of the Central Election Commission test the computers yesterday at the national vote-tally center set up at the Taiwan Police College in Taipei.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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The winding path to a referendum
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President Chen Shui-bian speaks to a group of 100 bald men at a rally in Taipei yesterday. The Chinese word for ''bald'' is homonymous with ''referendum.'' The number 100 refers to number one, which is Chen's candidate number, and two ''agree'' votes for the referendum.
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Legislators from the pan-green and pan-blue camps haggle over the Referendum Law in this file photo from last November.
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Elmer Fung answers summons in Filipina rape investigation
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Former New Party legislator Elmer Fung, right, is accompanied by his wife, Peng Yeh-ping, as he arrives at the Shihlin District Prosecutors' Office in Taipei yesterday for questioning over the alleged rape of a Filipina housekeeper.
PHOTO: YEH CHIH-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Karachi police find bomb near US consulate
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Para-military troops and security agents in Karatchi surround a vehicle containing a blue water tank filled with explosive yesterday after police explosive experts disconnected a timer and detonators attached to the tank. The van was parked next to the heavily guarded US consulate. It was not immediately clear who planted the device.
PHOTO: AP
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South Korea warns against rallies
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A woman talks on her mobile phone as soldiers conduct a civil defense drill against a terrorist attack at the Seocho Subway Station in Seoul yesterday. The military is on heightened alert following President Roh Moo-hyun's impeachment last Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Israeli gunships seek revenge for suicide bombings
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Palestinian boys look through the rubble of a metal workshop targeted in the early morning by Israeli helicopters in the al-Zaitun area in downtown Gaza City yesterday. A dozen rockets were fired at targets in Gaza City overnight in apparent retaliation after 10 civilians were killed in suicide bombings at the south Israeli port of Ashdod, Palestinian officials said.
PHOTO: AFP
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A quiet man takes over in Madrid
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Spanish Socialist Party General Secretary and new prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero gives a thumb up to supporters before a press conference at his party's headquarters in Madrid following counting of votes in the general election on Sunday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Aristide heads to Jamaica against wishes of the US
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Haiti's former president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, speaks in Bangui, Central Africa Republic, in this photo from a news conference on March 8. Aristide left the African country yesterday for a controversial visit to Haiti's neighbor Jamaica.
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Why the rich rule the land of the free
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Cebit to showcase future of work and play
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An employee shows a computer motherboard prior to the Cebit 2004 computer fair in Hanover on Sunday. From Thursday until March 24 some 6,400 exhibitors from 64 nations will present their products at the world's biggest computer and information technology fair.
PHOTO: AFP
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Wen compares economic tasks to fighting SARS
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Workers clean the windows of a new high-rise building in Beijing yesterday. A warning from Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao that handling the economy could be as tough as coping with the SARS epidemic reflects staggering challenges ahead.
PHOTO: AFP
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In IBM's birthplace, fears over vapors
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A large area of Endicott, New York, encompassing the downtown and stretching across the village was polluted by industrial toxins. The chemicals continue to produce vapors that waft into hundreds of basements. Occurring over decades, the pollution is traceable at least in part to IBM.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Ground water scientists for IBM test water in Endicott, last month.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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James lifts Cavs to sixth-straight win
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Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James jumps to the basket against the Indiana pacers at Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sunday.
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City destroys Man Utd's league hopes
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Manchester City's Trevor Sinclair, center, beats Manchester United's goalkeeper Tim Howard, right, and Mikael Silvestre to score in their English premier league soccer match at the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, on Sunday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Alex Ferguson looks up before the English premier league soccer match against Manchester City.
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Trevor Sinclair celebrates his goal against Manchester United.
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