Aborigines block grab for land
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Aboriginal protesters from Hsinchu and Hualien counties march on the Executive Yuan yesterday, demanding the Ministry of the Interior preserve laws restricting ownership of Aboriginal reservation land to Aboriginal people.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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MAC wants China to come clean
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Security officials in Kinmen immediately put on their masks after the Chinese government reported two suspected cases of SARS in Beijing and Anhui Province late Thursday evening.
PHOTO: CNA
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Raging fire envelops Bangkok slum and destroys 700 homes
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Firefighters battle to control a violent fire in a slum area in Bangkok yesterday. The fire engulfed hundreds of wooden houses in the Tungmahamek slum area, home to about 7,000 people, just behind Thailand's Immigration Department, and threatened to spread beyond the congested region as strong winds fanned the flames.
PHOTO: AFP
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US presses insurgents to disarm
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US Marines from the first battalion, 5th Marines, Bravo company, secure a temporary base in the center of the Iraqi city of Fallujah on Thursday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Cyprus referendum unity vote collapses
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A young woman holds a candle during a Greek Cypriot Citizens Movement demonstration opposing a UN unification plan in the center of Nicosia, Cyprus, on Thursday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Binge-working: the latest thing in flexibility
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ILLUSTRATION MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Angelo Koo praised as `ruthless recruiter'
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Angelo Koo has become highly sought after by reporters since winning the presidency of China Development Financial Holding Corp's board of directors last week.
PHOTO: LIAO CHENG-HUI, TAIPEI TIMES
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DaimlerChrysler says its pulling out of Mitsubishi
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Mitsubishi Motors' newest models are displayed at a showroom at the company's headquarters in Tokyo yesterday. DaimlerChrysler announced on Thursday that it would not offer any more financial aid to the Japanese automaker and would seek to sell its 37-percent stake in the company.
PHOTO: AFP
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Breathing new life into a classic
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The Peony Pavilion looks at love both in this world and the next.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CKS CULTURAL CENTER
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Kenneth Pai, in character.
PHOTO: IAN BARTHOLOMEW, TAIPEI TIMES
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Marlins hold on for third clear sweep over Phillies
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Texas Rangers second baseman Alfonso Soriano, right, leaps over Anaheim Angels runner Chone Figgins to make the out, but was unable to deliver his throw in time to get David Eckstein at first base for a double play, during fifth inning American League baseball action in Anaheim, California, on Thursday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Ragnarsson inspires Flyers to victory
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Philadelphia Flyers goalie Robert Esche, left, turns as the shot by the Toronto Maple Leafs Gary Roberts (partially obscured) crosses the crease into the net for a goal as the Flyers Marcus Ragnarsson and Mattias Timander try to defend.
PHOTO: EPA
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Hewitt crashes out of Monte Carlo
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Alberto Martin returns the ball to Marat Safin.
PHOTO: AFP
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UEFA Cup semis feature goalless draws
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Newcastle United's Michael Bridges, center, misses a chance on goal, under pressure from Marseille's Abdoulaye Meite, left, watched by Fabien Barthez, right, in the UEFA Cup semi-final, first leg soccer match at St James' Park in Newcastle, on Thursday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Chiefs teach Stormers a proper rugby lesson
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Chiefs' Byron Kelleher charges towards the try line to score despite the efforts of Stormers' Gus Theron.
PHOTO: AP
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Cheng-ming sets a new league standard
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Master slugger Peng Cheng-ming of Brother Elephant, who is setting league benchmarks and strikes fear into the hearts of his opponents..
PHOTO: BROTHER ELEPHANT
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