Jet fighters land on freeway today
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A group of workers removes barriers from the middle of the Sun Yat-sen Freeway yesterday for the landing of two Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets.
PHOTO: WU CHUN-FENG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Kids line up to compete in robotics Olympiad
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Competitors set up robots for a duel during a press conference promoting the World Robot Olympiad, an Asia Pacific competition for robot design for 10- to 18-year-olds, which starts in September.
PHOTO: LU CHUN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Iraqi captors free truck driver from Philippines
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Rico Romero, a relative of Filipino hostage Angelo de la Cruz, places a road sign yesterday outside his house in Mexico, Pampanga province, northern Philippines.
PHOTO: AP
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Ship captains air fears on Malacca
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Ships from Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia participate yesterday in a ceremony to launch the three countries' coordinated patrol of the Strait of Malacca, one of the world's most important shipping lanes.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Iraq threatens retaliation on neighbors
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An Iraqi policeman and British soldiers man a checkpoint on the outskirts of the southern Iraqi city of Basra yesterday. A senior official in Basra was shot dead along with two of his guards by unknown assailants as he was heading to work, officials and a relative said. Photo: AFP
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Former security advisor probed for removing files
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Former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger is sworn in at the bipartisan Sept. commission on Capitol Hill is this file photo from March of this year. Berger is the focus of a criminal investigation after admitting he removed highly classified terrorism documents from a secure reading room.
PHOTO: AFP
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Intelligence loses its reputation
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101's leasing agent weighs in on market
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Anthony Couse of Jones Lang LaSalle Ltd, Asia makes a point during a recent interview.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Coors and Molson discussing merger
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Adolph Coors Co, the No. 3 US brewer, is engaged in talks to merge with Canadian brewing company Molson Inc, hoping to create a more powerful rival to market leaders SABMiller and Anheuser-Busch, sources said on Monday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Going to pot
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A young man openly smokes hashish during a parade in Berlin to demand that cannabis be legalized in the country. But health authorities in Europe and the US are sounding the alarm about youths becoming increasingly addicted to ever-increasingly powerful strains of marijuana.
PHOTO: DPA
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A `forest-fire of brain damage'
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According to the US Drug Enforcement Administration, small methamphetamine laboratories, known as mom-and-pop labs, are now being found in every state in the eastern parts of the US, from upstate New York to Florida.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Evidence photos from a methamphetamine arrest by the Watagua County Sheriff Department in North Carolina.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Evidence photos from a methamphetamine arrest by the Watagua County Sheriff Department in North Carolina.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Crowds a big hazard throughout Tour
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Supporters waving the Texas state flag, center on top, and Basque flags, right and left, cheer US Postal Service team leader Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, riding ahead of Italian Ivan Basso, near the end of the 13th stage of the Tour de France between Lannemezan and Plateau de Beille, France, Saturday. Armstrong won the stage.
PHOTO: AP
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Rich Aurilia decides to become Padre
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Third baseman Justin Leone of the Mariners dives for a ground ball hit by Gabe Kapler of the Red Sox 19 in Seattle, Washington, Monday. Leone missed the catch and Kapler arrived safely at first base.
PHOTO: AP
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League leaders about to face off
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Lions starting pitcher Donald Lemon prepares to throw some heat during his last win, which was against the Whales on July 11. The Lions face the Elephants this week.
PHOTO: CPBL
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