Crime scene declared at Abu Ghraib
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US Army military police from the 301st MP Company ride through the Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad yesterday.
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President awards medal to former AIT chairwoman
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Therese Shaheen, left, former chairwoman of the American Institute in Taiwan, toasts friends and well-wishers at a function in which President Chen Shui-bian awarded her the Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon for her contributions to Taiwan-US relations.
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Chiang Fang Chih-yi out of year-end election race
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Korea crisis envoys seek way forward
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South Korean students lie down in a street in front of the ruling Uri Party's offices in Gwangju, south of Seoul, yesterday during a rally opposing the government's decision to send troops to Iraq.
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Philippines' Arroyo faces snags ahead of new term
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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, left, greets supporters in Vigan, Ilocos Sur Province, in the Northern Philippines yesterday. Incumbent president Arroyo has won a fresh six-year mandate to lead the country and is expected to be inaugurated by Congress within the week.
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Victoria Falls tourism ebbs to Zambia from Zimbabwe
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With a rainbow from the mist of Victoria Falls spanning the background, a woman walks from Zambia into the no-man's land separating the Zambian and Zimbabwe customs and passport stations on June 3. Zimbabweans who once plied the tourist trade in their homeland have begun moving to Livingstone, Zambia, across the Zambezi River, where visitors are flocking.
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Massively fatal, mostly unknown
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Zongzi prove a hit for both businesses and consumers
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There is no escaping the traditional Dragon Boat Festival glutinous rice dumplings, even in the air. EVA Air yesterday displayed a selection of the dumplings that it will be serving on its flights today.
PHOTO: LUO PEI-TEH, TAIPEI TIMES
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Kong Jaw-sheng named chief of FSB
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IBM plans commercial supercomputer
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William Pulleyblank, left, IBM's director of exploratory server systems, and researcher Shawn Hall are pictured with a Blue Gene/L prototype at the Thomas J. Watson Rearch Center in Yorktown, New York, last November. IBM is set to announce this week that it plans to sell a commercial model of the suptercomputer.
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Singapore's `nanny state' ridiculed
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A still image from the controversial Singaporean short film Cut shows an actress depicting the head of the city-state's board of censors standing in front of five bikini-clad women.
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Clinton's back, in book form
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Former US President Bill Clinton delivers the keynote address at the Book Expo 2004 in the Grand Ballroom of McCormick Place in Chicago. Clinton's autobiography is to be released today.
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Bill Clinton's memoir, My Life.
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Moore rolls up his sleeves for US premiere
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Director Michael Moore pauses during an interview in Toronto, Friday.
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Schumacher pips Barrichello at post
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A member of the safety team tends to injured BMW Williams driver Ralf Schumacher of Germany after he wrecked on lap 10 of the US.Grand Prix Formula 1 race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. Schumacher was reported to have suffered a bruised back in the crash.
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`The Goose' takes 2nd US Open title
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Retief Goosen of South Africa kisses the US Open Championship Cup after sinking his second putt on the eighteenth hole for the winning shot on the final day of the US Open Championship at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, NY on Sunday. Goosen won with a 4-under par, beating Phil Mickelson of the US by two strokes.
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Euro 2004: Host Portugal settles a score with Spain
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Portugal's forward Luis Figo, foreground left, kicks a free kick in front of several of Spain's players during their Euro 2004 group A match on Sunday.
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Portuguese fans celebrate at the end of the match on Sunday.
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