Saddam hearing strikes a nerve in Iraq
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Iraqis in a barber shop watch satellite television in Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday as former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein appears during his court hearing. Although the hearing was aired throughout the world, it was heavily edited by US military authorities.
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Typhoon Mindulle kills two
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People walk out of National Taiwan Normal University in heavy rain brought by Typhoon Mindulle yesterday.
PHOTO: CHEN TSE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Puppet festival will `shake and astonish'
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Performers put on a puppet show during a press conference in Taipei yesterday to promote the Yunlin International Festival of Puppetry, which is being held in Yunlin County this month. A series of performances will take place from the 9th to the 15th.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Srebrenicans seek Dutch redress
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A Bosnian woman, members of whose family went missing during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, wipes away tears as forensic experts unearth bodies on June 16.
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Sensational French pedophilia trial ends with 10 convictions
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Karine Duchochoy leaves the court building in Outreau, France after being cleared of charges in a pedophilia trial, yesterday.
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Militants hit Baghdad, free Turks
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An Iraqi police officer carries away an improvised rocket launcher after finding it inside a vehicle following a series of attacks in Baghdad yesterday.
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Protecting our skin from the enemy in the sky
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ILLUSTRATION MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Beijing launches crackdown on SMS
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A paramilitary police officer stands guard near a billboard for a telecommunications company outside a foreign embassy in Beijing yesterday. China recently issued new regulations on the filtering of mobile phone short-text messages.
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The world's gone mad for wild guys and girls
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The cover of the ``Guys Gone Wild'' DVD.The video is an all-male version of the ``Girls Gone Wild'' series.
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Hot or Not?
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Jim Young and James Hong, millionaire winners on the Internet from Taiwan.
PHOTO COURTESY OF EIGHT DAYS
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Lance Armstrong: it is now or never
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US Postal team leader and five-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, yesterday listens to reporters during a press conference at the Tour de France press center in Liege, Belgium. The 91st Tour de France cycling race starts with a prologue today -- a 6.1km individual time-trial trough Liege.
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McGrath routs Sri Lankan bat attack
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England's Andrew Flintoff drives West Indies' Ravi Rampaul to the boundary during the NatWest series one day match at Headingley, Leeds on Thursday.
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Sri Lankan Chaminda Vaas celebrates yesterday as Justin Langer was caught by wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara during the afternoon session of Australia's second innings at the Marrara Oval, Darwin.
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Greece marches into Euro 2004 final
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Greece's Traianos Dellas, 5, scores the winning goal past team mate Zdenek Grygera, 2, Czech Republic's goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis, 1, Tomas Galasek, 4, as Tomas Ujfalusi, 21, and Jan Koller, 9, look on.
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Italian referee Pierluigi Collina, who is retiring from international soccer refereeing after an illustrious career.
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Teenager tackles Serena Williams for title
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Thirteenth seed Russia's Maria Sharapova, who overhauled former champion Lindsay Davenport 2-6 7-6 6-1 on Thursday to become the second-youngest Wimbledon finalist since tennis turned professional.
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