President shot
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President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu canvass for votes in Tainan yesterday seconds after being shot. A bullet hole is visible in the windshield of the Jeep.
PHOTO: WU HSING-HUA, TAIPEI TIMES
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The day the shotsrang out in Tainan
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Supporters of President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu gather yesterday in front of Chen and Lu's national campaign headquarters in Taipei after the assassination attempt in Tainan.
PHOTO: CHANG CHIA-MING, LIBERTY TIMES
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Two bullet shells can be seen on Wenhsien Road in Tainan City where President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu were shot.
PHOTO: HUANG PO-LANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Supporters of President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu in Nantou arrange candles in the shape of Taiwan.
PHOTO: TUNG CHEN-KUO, TAIPEI TIMES
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President Chen Shui-bian leaves Tainan's Chi Mei Medical Center at around 7:10pm for Taipei after surviving an assassination attempt earlier in the day while campaigning in the southern city.
PHOTO: CHU PEI-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Pan-green supporters gather yesterday outside Tainan City's Chi Mei Medical Center to show support for President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu.
PHOTO: WANG YU-TING, TAIPEI TIMES
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A member of President Chen Shui-bian's medical team displays the bullet that injured Chen.
PHOTO: CHIU YU-TZU, TAIPEI TIMES
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Doctors give the gory details on Chen
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President Chen Shui-bian's medical team member Dr Chien Hsiung-fei gives an account of his injury and treatment yesterday.
PHOTO: WANG YU-TING, LIBERTY TIMES
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Evergreen tycoon switches support from Chen to Lien
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PHOTO: LIU LI-JEN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Arson in Thailand prompts separatism fear
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A Thai policeman holds his machine gun in front of a torched building in Songkhla province in southern Thailand on Thursday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Taiwan's democracy faces its biggest test yet
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ILLUSTRATION MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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GDP growth target remains fixed at 6%
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A man yesterday walks past lights displayed at a shopping center in Taipei. A report released yesterday praises Taiwan's economy and says it is flush with liquidity.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Concerns raised over high price of oil
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Partial view of an oil platform owned by Total Elf Fina off the Angolan coast last year. Economists say that the recent surge in the price of oil, which jumped to its highest level in 13 years on Wednesday in New York, threatens to undermine economic growth.
PHOTO: AFP
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Reaping the rewards of agricultural enterprise
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A painting made of dyed hay section, on a wood panel.
PHOTO COURTESY OF JENJU COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
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A procession featuring dragons made of straw.
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A haystack featuring the god from the Holy Grace Temple is now a landmark for Jenju community, a village in Ilan County that now specializes in making works of art from hay and straw.
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Children take a tour of a pumpkin farm in Jenju.
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One of pimpkin farmer Lee Chi-sen's carved creations.
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Hay-pulp masks are now a hot-selling item in Jenju.
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Decorated monkey hay-pulp masks.
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One of the biggest pumplins in Jenju weights about 60kg and says "good wishes to everyone."
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Raikkonen seizes advantage from Schumacher
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Finnish Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen of McLaren-Mercedes races past the grandstand during the free training at the International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia, yesterday. Raikkonen secured the fastest time. The second race of the season will start tomorrow.
PHOTO: EPA
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Hameed blasts Pakistan to win
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Pakistani cricketer Moin Khan sweeps a ball to the boundary during the third One Day International match between Pakistan and India at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar yesterday. Pakistan defeated India by four wickets to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
PHOTO: AFP
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Pistons slam door on `careless' Nets
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Detroit Pistons guard Chauncey Billups, right, hits a layup over New Jersey Nets guard Jason Kidd, left, in the fourth quarter in their NBA game on Thursday in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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