MRT chief offers his resignation
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Crews work amid debris from several demolished buildings above the Kaohsiung MRT's Orange Line yesterday.
PHOTO: CHANG CHUNG-YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Construction workers arrange sandbags at the construction site to reinforce its foundations yesterday.
PHOTO: HUANG HSIU-CHIH, TAIPEI TIMES
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New scooter showing off its potential
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This newly designed electric scooter, which gets double the mileage on a fully charged battery compared to other battery-powered scooters, was unveiled at a press conference yesterday.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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New Cabinet is appointed in Singapore
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Singapore's outgoing Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong arrives at the National Stadium to join in the celebrations of his country's 39th National Day in Singapore, Monday. Goh was appointed senior minister and central bank chairman by prime minister-designate Lee Hsien Loong yesterday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Upkeep of Japan's nuclear power plants called into question after fatal incident
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Steam rises out of the No. 3 reactor of the Mihama nuclear plant in northern Japan, Monday. A leak of high-pressure steam killed four workers on Monday but authorities said no radiation escaped in the accident.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Two die as explosions rock Turkey
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Turkish officals search for evidence after a bomb attack in Istanbul's Sultanahmet district yesterday. Two bombs exploded at hotels in tourist areas of the city, killing two people.
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EU says Darfur slaughter is not genocide
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A displaced Sudanese child from Darfur is treated at a clinic in the Mornie refugee camp on Monday. Sudan has about three weeks left to show it is serious about disarming Arab militias in Darfur, where the UN says conflict has triggered the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
PHOTO: EPA
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Dane says British captives ill-treated
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British troops patrol the streets of the town of Basra, southern Iraq, yesterday. Danish Colonel Henrik Flach yesterday accused British forces in Iraq of systematically violating the Geneva Conventions in their treatment of Iraqi prisoners.
PHOTO: AP
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Germany opens Sept 11 suspect's retrial
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Mounir El Motassadeq, 30, of Morocco, arrives at the Higher Regional Court in Hamburg, Germany yesterday for a retrial related to the 9/11 attacks.
PHOTO: EPA
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Oil is power
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Hear one note and you know it's love
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Under the Rome balcony of Francesca Bonanni, Ettore Spina, accompanied by his accordionist, Cosimo Villari, serenaded the bride-to-be on behalf of her fiance, Enrico Zaffari, center, in July. Spina is one of the professional serenaders Romans are increasingly hiring to do their courting.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Ettore Spina sings to Enrico Zaffari and his fiancee Francesca Bonanni on the eve of their wedding. Spina uses a microphone to amplify his velvet voice and drown out the street noise.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Rovers settling in for hibernation
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The rover Opportunity casts a shadow on the surface of the red planet in this July 26 photo.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Blue Jays end five-game losing streak
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Oakland Athletics second baseman Mark McLemore forces out Minnesota Twins Jacque Jones and throws to first to complete a double play during the fourth inning of their American League game at the Metrodome in Minneapolis.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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What went wrong with the Olympic mascots?
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Olympic mascots wait for shoppers in an Athens shop.
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