Annette Lu pleased with red carpet treatment in US
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Vice President Annette Lu, left, is welcomed by Chinese residents of Las Vegas yesterday. Lu will stay in Las Vegas for three days before continuing to El Salvador, where she will attend the country's presidential inauguration.
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Let's put our differences aside: premier to Beijing
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Premier Yu Shyi-kun, front left, and Vice Premier Yeh Chu-lan, front right, look out the window during a train trip to Wu-chieh township in Yilan County, yesterday.
PHOTO: CNA
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Marines take on a series of uncertainties
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A Taiwan marine holds a dual-mounted Stinger anti-aircraft missile during an exercise on Aug. 27, 2002.
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US abuses alleged at other facilities
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An Iraqi prisoner reaches out to greet a friend as another talks from a bus window following their release from the Abu Ghraib prison, west of Baghdad, on Friday. US forces released over 600 prisoners on Friday from Abu Ghraib, infamous before as a torture house under former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and now for a US prison-abuse scandal.
PHOTO: AFP
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Dominican-Haitian death toll leaps to 2,000
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Dominican and Haitian flood victims fight over relief aid in Jimani on Friday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Climate change: boom or bust for biodiversity?
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ILLUSTRATION: YAN-FU
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Umberto Agnelli's death leaves Fiat in a financial fix
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A man reads a newspaper in front of the Fiat factory in Turin on Friday, after Italian auto giant chairman Umberto Agnelli died overnight at the age of 69. Agnelli's brother Giovanni ``Gianni'' Agnelli, 13 years his senior, was long the public face of Fiat, presiding for decades over the company and celebrated as one of Italy's most powerful industrial magnates.
PHOTO: AFP
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Germany plans offshore windparks to catch up with demand
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Giant wind turbines dot the sky at sunset in central Germany.
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Tourists and environmentalists clash
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At present it requires a long hike to reach the summit of Hsueshan. But if the Tourism Bureau has its way, cable cars will whisk visitors there in minutes.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SOCIETY OF WILDERNESS
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Chang Hong-lin and Huang Bo-chun, organizers of today's rally, are skeptical that a network of cable cars will not harm the environment.
PHOTO: GAVIN PHIPPS, TAIPEI TIMES
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Hohuanshan, already one of the most visited mountains in Taiwan, could see even greater numbers of visitors if the cable car project goes ahead.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SOCIETY OF WILDERNESS
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Sixty Tan Mountain is set to be the site of the nation's first-distance cable car network.
PHOTO COURTESY OF EAST RIFT VALLEY NATIONAL SCENIC AREA
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A phantasmagoric pharmacopeia
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Huang Ming-wo, shown in his traditional Chinese pharmacy, prepares medication for a patient.
PHOTO: DAVID MOMPHARD, TAIPEI TIMES
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A remedy for a common cold contains a variety of things to treat each of the patient's symptoms and some ingredients to counter-balance the effects of the main ingredients.
PHOTO: DAVID MOMPHARD, TAIPEI TIMES
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PC Games
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Migratory artists display their wares
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Stephen Eastaugh's Stay is paradoxical with its roots that are rootless, much like its nomadic author.
PHOTO: SUSAN KENDZULAK
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Chou Pang-ling's holy entertainment - i(m) is based on the Pieta. This piece combines the deep personal sorrow of loss with an undercurrent of dark humor.
PHOTO: :SUSAN KENDZULAK
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A glimpse into the design kingdom
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This couch shows the typical flamboyance of Italian design.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TFAM
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Estill shoots a 64 to pass Sorenstam
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Michelle Estill watches her tee shot on the eighth hole during the second round of the Corning Classic in Corning, New York, Friday. Estill finished the day in the lead with an 8-under-par 64 for a 13-under 131 after two rounds and a one-stroke lead over Annika Sorenstam. This is only Estill's fourth tournament of the year.
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New York's Rivera gets his 300th save
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Red Sox slugger David Ortiz watches his grandslam during the fifth inning against the Mariners at Fenway Park in Boston, Friday.
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Yankees manager Joe Torre congratulates closer Mariano Rivera after his 300th career save to shut down the Devil Rays 7-5 at Tropicana Field in Florida, Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Astros pitcher Roger Clemens throws during the first inning against the Cardinals in Houston, Texas, Friday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Safin defeats Mantilla in long match
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Argentine Guillermo Coria hits a return to Croatian Mario Ancic in the third round of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris, Friday. Coria won the match 6-3, 6-1, 6-2.
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Pacers gamble with new starter
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Austin Croshere, left, of the Pacers, looks to pass around Rasheed Wallace of the Pistons during Game 4 of their series at The Palace in Auburn Hills, Michigan, Friday.
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