Beijing fails to bar Wu from Games
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James Huang, Taiwan delegation spokesman and deputy secretary-general of the Presidential Office, yesterday shows first lady Wu Shu-jen's NPC card, the top-class official card issued for the Paralympic Games in Athens.
PHOTO: SUNG CHIH-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Corrupt politicians, tycoons choose exile over jail time
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Former Yunlin County commissioner Chang Jung-wei and his wife are shown in this file photo:
PHOTO: THE TAIPEI TIMES
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Former KMT lawmaker Ho Chih-hui is seen here in a file photo.
PHOTO: THE TAIPEI TIMES
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Poll shows high number of adults believe in ghosts
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A woman prays during Toucheng Township's ``Grabbing the Sacrifice'' ceremony, which was recently performed for the the first time in seven years. A recent poll indicated that roughly a third of working adults pray to ghosts.
PHOTO: YEH CHIH-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Police find vital link to terror suspects
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Australian Embassy security guards stand near a wreath with portraits of their colleagues killed in the Sept. 9 bomb explosion during prayers yesterday for the victims in Jakarta.
PHOTO: AP
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Maverick radical activist becomes HK lawmaker
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``Longhair'' Leung Kwok-hung raises his arms in victory after officials announced he had easily scored a win by racking up 60,925 votes in Hong Kong's legislative elections.
PHOTO: AP
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Sharon offers money to convince settlers to leave
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An Israeli girl marches with a torch during a demonstration by tens of thousands of right-wingers and settlers against Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan from Gaza Strip on Sunday in the center of Jerusalem. Sharon accused right-wing opponents of his Gaza pullout plan of trying to foment a civil war, as thousands of settlers and hardliners protested against the withdrawal Sunday.
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Secretive `spetznaz' forces become Russian heroes
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An Ossetian policeman with a sniffer dog searches a classroom in school No. 6 in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia on Monday.
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Beslan sparks Muslim indignation
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Tobacco growers want compensation
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Tobacco farmers protest outside the Ministry of Finance yesterday calling for the government to maintain the Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation's buyout of locally produced tobacco and amend its policy to gradually reduce government procurement of their crop.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Corporations tap China's talent pool
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Zhang Benyu, a research associate at the Microsoft lab in Beijing works on his computer in a company lounge, in this photo taken in June. Microsoft is not the only multinational company to use China as a base for research and development. In recent years hundreds of them have set up laboratories here and Chinese officials claim the number is growing by 200 a year.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Toronto film fest offers sex, love and hype
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Like last year, sex is a big theme at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Shown above is a scene from last year's hit The Cooler.
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Rappers raise church roofs
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Staff members of Aftershock, a Friday service that combines hip hop with conservative evangelical preaching, pray before the service at Tabernacle Church in Queens, New York.
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Church attendants get into the hip hop groove.
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Barrichello wins in Italy
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From left: Gabriele Delli Colli, Ferrari's track -ingeneer, second placed Michael Schumacher, the winner Rubens Barrichello and third placed Bar Honda's Jenson Button at the podium of F1 Grand Prix at Monza, Italy, Sunday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Yankees slug their way to win against Orioles
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Barry Bonds of the Giants hits his 699th career home run in the ninth inning against the Diamondbacks in Phoenix, Arizona, Sunday.
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Federer gets third Slam
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Roger Federer of Switzerland battles Lleyton Hewitt of Australia during their championship match at the US Open in New York, Sunday.
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Detroit changes course in Chicago
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Joe Odom, Brian Urlacher and Alex Brown of the Bears combine to tackle Kevin Jones of the Lions at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, Sunday. The Lions won 20-16.
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