Dozens killed in Thai gun battles
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Security personnel stand near dead bodies in Thailand's largely Muslim province of Pattani, 1,150km south of Bangkok, yesterday. Troops and police killed more than 100 gun and machete-wielding Muslim youths yesterday, including more than 30 in a three-hour mosque shootout.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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CDC pledges to monitor SARS situation
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Ambulance workers wearing protective gear are disinfected yesterday after accompanying an illegal Chinese immigrant, suspected of having SARS, to a hospital in Kinmen. The immigrant, a pregnant woman, had exhibited a high fever during her stay at a Kinmen detention center.
PHOTO: CNA
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New education minister could spell reform: analysts
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FILE PHOTO: LIBERTY TIMES
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Inventing the `real' body
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Dr. Gunther Von Hagens says the body is an object for invention in death as it is in life.
PHOTO: LU CHUN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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World News Quick Take
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PHOTO: AP
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Sectarian violence in Ambon continues: 36 now dead
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An Indonesian anti-riot policeman runs for cover as unidentified snipers fire during sectarian clashes between Muslims and Christians in Ambon, Indonesia, yesterday. Clashes between Muslims and Christians entered a fourth day in the eastern city of Ambon, where at least 32 people have died and more than 100 others have been injured. The battles, which flared Sunday after a parade by Christian separatists celebrating the 54th anniversary of the South Maluku Republic, were the worst since an agreement in February 2002 ended three years of sectarian fighting in which an estimated 5,000 people died.
PHOTO: EPA
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Blasts, gunfight, jar Damascus
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Residents survey a building that used to house the UN office in Damascus, Tuesday, after explosions and gunfire rocked the Syrian capital.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Low interest rates won't last forever
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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US companies getting wary of China
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Construction workers on the site of the National Stadium being built for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games weld steel rods earlier this month. China's government is stepping up efforts to curb over-investment in steel, cement and real estate, limiting the amount of money pouring into these sectors, amid fears the economy is growing too fast.
PHOTO: AFP
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Batman! Kerry's 'chief of stuff'
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Marvin Nicholson Jr, aide to Senator John Kerry, lends his back during a campaign stop in Charleston, West Virginia. To spend a day in Nicholson's shadow is to see the minutiae underpinning the multimedia production that is a modern-day presidential campaign. It also provides a rare window into the increasingly scripted and sheltered candidate.
PHOTO: N Y TIMES
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Yankees get bats working
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Mike Piazza, right, of the Mets, celebrates with Karim Garcia after scoring the go-ahead solo home run against the Dodgers in the top of the sixth inning in Los Angeles, Tuesday. The run was Piazza's 351st and ties him with Carlton Fisk for the record of most home runs scored by a major league catcher.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Derek Jeter of the Yankees lays down a sacrifice bunt to advance Miguel Cairo to third base against the Athletics during the third inning in New York, Tuesday.
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Ron Artest offers to defend his award
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Hornets guard David Wesley, left, drives around Heat guard Eddie Jones in their playoff series in New Orleans, Tuesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Ron Artest of the Pacers during a game against the Celtics in Boston, Sunday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Lighting strikes the Canadiens
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Cory Stillman, left, of the Lightning, celebrates his team's first goal with teammates Brad Lukowich, center, Pavel Kubina, right, and Tim Taylor, foreground, during the second period in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal in Montreal, Tuesday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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