Clean-up campaign launched as CDC warns of dengue fever in Pingtung City
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Officials from environmental and health agencies in Pingtung City mobilize yesterday for an education, clean-up and fumigation campaign after the first cases of dengue fever in the city were reported in Changan borough yesterday.
PHOTO: CNA
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Koizumi defiant after electoral upset
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi tells reporters in Tokyo yesterday that his party had a tough fight in Sunday's election.
PHOTO: AFP
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A natural approach to learning
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Minister of Education Tu Cheng-sheng has proposed a new approach to curriculum in many school subjects.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Defending ecological engineering
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Kuo Ching-chiang says that old construction techniques are to blame for most of the damage that followed Tropical Storm Mindulle.
PHOTO: CHIU YU-TZU
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Rights groups protest MOE over foreign wife remark
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Nguyen Thi Dien Hong, right, stands outside the Ministry of Education yesterday, along with human rights activists protesting Vice Minister of Education Chou Tsan-te's comments that foreign wives should limit the number of children they have.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Generic drugs attacked at AIDS forum
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An AIDS educator called ``Aspino'' passes out prevention literature as Thais in traditional dress prepare for a show at the 15th AIDS Conference in Bangkok yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Srebrenica massacre victims laid to rest
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A Bosnian woman weeps next to the coffins of Muslim men and boys before their burial in Potocari, near Srebrenica, on Sunday. The recently identified remains of 338 Muslim boys and men, aged from 15 to 70, were buried in a common funeral attended by 20,000 people.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Wedding turns into diplomatic fest
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Bridegroom Berat Albayrak, left, bride Esra Albayrak, center, Emine Erdogan, second right, and her husband, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, are seen during the wedding ceremony in Istanbul on Sunday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Belfast Protestants stage show of force for divisive marches
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An Irish tricolor flag burns at a bonfire where minutes earlier gunmen fired automatic weapons during a march in Belfast late Sunday on the eve of the annual Orange Order parades, vowing to ?
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Senators press Bush to choose new CIA chief before election
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US Senator Jay Rockefeller speaks on an NBC TV show on Sunday in Washington.
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The return of the nation state
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ILLUSTRATION MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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China steps up power rationing
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Oriental TV Tower, one of the most visited sites in Shanghai, is shown along with other high-rise buildings that have little or no lighting on Sunday. Because of the city's power shortage, authorities have instituted electricity rationing for sightseeing destinations at night whenever the temperature rises above a certain level.
PHOTO: AP
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'I died. I do remember that.'
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Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash performs during a sold-out show at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Hernandez back in NY Yankees lineup
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Yankees pitcher Orlando ``El Duque'' Hernandez pitches against the Devil Rays at Yankee Stadium in New York, Sunday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Schumacher is still on top
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Germany's Michael Schumacher celebrates after winning the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday. Finland's Kimi Raikkonen was second and Brazil's Rubens Barrichello third.
PHOTO: AP
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Italian Renault driver Jarno Trulli leaves his car after crashing on the Silverstone racetrack during the British Grand Prix on Sunday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Battered cyclists get their first day of rest
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Overall leader Thomas Voeckler of France, right, and teammate and fellow countryman Anthony Charteau, center, take a ride on a horse-drawn cart prior to the eighth stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Lamballe and Quimper on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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