Typhoon soaks Taiwan
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A couple watch a flood discharge at Shihmen Reservoir yesterday despite wind and rain brought on by Typhoon Ranamin.
PHOTO: TONY YAO, LIBERTY TIMES
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US forces surround Mehdi Army in Imam Ali shrine
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Pigeons fly past the Shiite Muslim Imam Ali shrine in Najaf on Wednesday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Help young people, group says
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The Taiwan Youth Rights and Welfare Advocacy Association put on a skit entitled ``What does the nation owe the young? Give basic rights to young people'' at a news conference yesterday to criticize the way government officials treat issues involving young people.
PHOTO: CHEN TSE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Diarrhea takes its toll on Bangladesh flood victims
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A Bangladeshi woman holds her dehydrated mother suffering from diarrhea in a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Six dead in Turkey train collision
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Rescuers carry an injured man after two passenger trains collided head on near the village of Tavsancil in Kocaeli province in northwestern Turkey on Wednesday, killing six people, and injuring some dozens, officials said. The accident comes just weeks after a newly inaugurated high-speed train from Istanbul to Ankara derailed, killing 38 people.
PHOTO: AP
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Iran says missile test aims to counter Israeli threat
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Iran's Shahab-3 missile, which has a range of about 1,296km, during a parade in Tehran. Iran successfully test-fired a new version of the missile on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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The best body
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ILLUSTRATION MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Stars come out to play at Taipei Music Festival
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PHOTO COURTESY OF MTV
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PHOTO COURTESY OF MTV
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PHOTO COURTESY OF MTV
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PHOTO COURTESY OF MTV
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PHOTO COURTESY OF MTV
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Tourists are wondering: Who let the ghosts out
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A scene from a previous year's Keelung Ghost Festival.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Pop Stop
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Ella a tomboy? Maybe. Boy? Definitely not.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Jacky Wu wants your vote.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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The Vinyl Word
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DJ Marcus Aurelius is stripped down and ready to play a few tunes at ``Lush on the Beach,'' in Yilan, tomorrow.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Stevie Wondaful, left, is embraced by Dave Cee, for being Stevie Wondaful.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Restaurant: Yi Fan Ting (¼ö¯P¤@µf«F)
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PHOTO: MAX WOODWORTH, TAIPEI TIMES
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Restaurant: Yogi House
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Yogi House in Tianmu proves macrobiotic meals can be healthy and tasty.
PHOTO COURTESY OF YOGI HOUSE INTERNATIONALN
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The `Summer Splash' is no more: Long live `The Last Party of the Summer'
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Machi can sing, dance and dunk.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES
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Foodies at the ready for cookery competition and inevitable feast
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The Taipei Chinese Culinary Exhibition offers great tastes as well as cooking spectacles.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF TCCE
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Taiwan art that's hard to find and easy to appreciate
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Butterflies Dancing Around Maple Leaves by Chen Wen-kuan.
PHOTO: ADAM ULFERS, TAIPEI TIMES
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Opposites attract, except in this movie
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PHOTO COURTESY OF FOX
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PHOTO COURTESY OF FOX
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PHOTO COURTESY OF FOX
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New York Yankees beat Texas Rangers
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Canadian starting pitcher Erik Bedard of the Baltimore Orioles throws a pitch during their game against the Anaheim Angels on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Few teams impress in qualifiers
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Shelbourne's Alan Moore, left, holds off Deportivo La Coruna's Mauro Da Silva during their Champions League third qualifying round first leg match at Lansdowne Road, Dublin on Wednesday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Olympics return to ancient birthplace
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A soldier stands guard behind the Olympic Games Logo at the Schinias rowing and canoeing center, outside Athens. The Athens Summer Olympic Games open today.
PHOTO: AFP
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A man on Wednesday walks past replicas of sculptures from the east pediment of the ancient Parthenon, decorating the Metro station of Acropolis in Athens. History runs deep in Greece, and as Athens rushed to expand its subway system in time for the Olympics, work has been repeatedly halted by the discovery of ruins and artifacts. Officials have managed to find a golden lining: Now some stations double as museums, with artifacts unearthed during construction displayed in glass cases where they were found.
PHOTO: AP
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Soccer kicks off the hunt for medals
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Greece's goalkeeper Georgios Amparis, left, safely blocks the ball during a men's Group A preliminaries soccer match between Greece and Korea at the Karaiskaki stadium in Thessalonika on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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