Official slams ex-attache's protest in Guatemala City
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Kui Wu-yung, second right, a former military attache to the ROC Embassy in Guatemala, holds up a protest banner reading ``Truth, vote-rigging, shame'' at a ceremony in which Vice President Annette Lu received an honorary doctorate at Guatemala's San Carlos University on Friday.
PHOTO: CNA
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Protest targets development plans
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Volunteers sweep sidewalks in Taipei's Chung Cheng district yesterday to observe World Environment Day.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Rumsfeld seeks more Asian help
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US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld speaks during the 3rd IISS Asian Security Conference in Singapore yesterday. Rumsfeld warned Asian defense ministers and analysts that ``there is more to come'' in terror attacks that have rocked the area and the world.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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D-Day observed 60 years after landing
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Willie Hartley, a British veteran of World War II, wipes away a tear during a ceremony in Caen, France, Friday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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US man dead after dozer rampage
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An Xcel Energy truck lies smashed after a shop owner reportedly angry about a zoning issue went on a bulldozer rampage in Granby, Colorado, Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Inequality is fattening
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ILLUSTRATION: TANIA CHOU
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Asian stocks fall on rise in oil prices
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Visitors at the Computex Taipei 2004 exhibition take a close look at laptop computers on display on the last day of the show yesterday in Taipei. Computex 2004 consisted of four full exhibition halls with over 1,329 exhibitors using over 2,813 booths, one of the largest annual exhibits of the IT industry in the world.
PHOTO: AP
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A chicken in every pot, and a Ferrari in every yard?
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A Chinese model poses beside a Ferrari car at a newly opened showroom in Shanghai yesterday. Italian car maker Fiat's ultra-luxury unit Ferrari Maserati opened its first showroom in China yesterday, where it expects this year's sales to double to some 200 units, about 5 percent of total capacity. The opening ceremony was preceded by a procession of 70 Ferraris and Maseratis flown in from all over China, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia down Shanghai's historic Bund riverfront.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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The virtues of vice and vice versa
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A view of the strip from high atop the Rio Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, in April.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Khartoum ready for a shopping center revolution
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College students Yara Al-Qadri, left, and Muneera Abdu look at bowling balls at Khartoum's Afra Shopping Center on Thursday, which they visit often. ``There is no place like it,'' Abdu says of the mall, which opened four months ago.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Bringing home the harmony
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PHOTO: GAVIN PHIPPS, TAIPEI TIMES
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Chang Hsu-chu, chairman of the Chinese Geomancy Research Association and a fengshui master believes more people request his services because of the complications and diversity of modern day life.
PHOTO: GAVIN PHIPPS, TAIPEI TIMES
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In celebration of 'the hidden weed'
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Rediscovering Basho
Edited by Stephen Henry Gill and C. Andrew Gerstle, 168 pages, Global Oriental
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CD Review
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Chang Fei
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Swingjack
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Shine
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Mr. Eyeball
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A look at life in the city
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An Aboriginal hayrick that gave its name to the Kuting district of Taipei.
PHOTOS: IAN BARTHOLOMEW, TAIPEI TIMES
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A coin operated divination machine provides an interactive element to the exhibition, as well as a model of a traditional Taiwanese temple.
PHOTOS: IAN BARTHOLOMEW, TAIPEI TIMES
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A model of Taipei's north gate as it might have looked in days of yore.
PHOTOS: IAN BARTHOLOMEW, TAIPEI TIMES
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An urban myth becomes a reality
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Liu Hsing-chin's popular comic characters can be seen in the author's hometown of Neiwan, Hsinchu County.
PHOTO COURTESY OF LINKING PUBLISHING
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Sports Briefs
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Shih Chih-wei gets honor
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The Chinese Baseball Writers Association named Shih Chih-wei of the La New Bears offensive player of the month in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League.
PHOTO: CPBL
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Yankee's snag win as Soriano returns
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Mariners second baseman Bret Boone tags out Miguel Olivo of the White Sox at second base on a stolen-base attempt during the third inning in Seattle, Washington, Friday. Chicago ended up winning the game 4-2 as the Sox lead the AL Central division.
PHOTO: AP
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Greece splurges on electronic security
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Construction workers check the edges of the two massive arches that are part of the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Friday. The roof was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. Construction work is likely to continue right up until opening day.
PHOTO: AP
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New Zealand reaches 351 for six against the English
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New Zealand's Brendan Mccullm drives the ball against bowler Stephen Harmison of England in Leeds, Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Coria ends Henman's run in Paris
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Guillermo Coria hits a return to Tim Henman during the semifinals of the French Openat Roland Garros in Paris, Friday. Coria reached the final by winning 3-6, 6-4, 6-0, 7-5.
PHOTO: EPA
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