Pan-blues win vote on probe bill
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Opposition lawmakers celebrate their victory as the Legislative Yuan rejects the Executive Yuan's request to reconsider the March 19 Shooting Truth Investigation Special Committee Statute last night, with 114 lawmakers voting to uphold the bill.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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At least 59 people die as rebel attacks rock Iraq
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An unidentified woman cries after identifying a pair of shoes lying at the site of a huge explosion outside a police station in Haifa Street in Baghdad as those of her son yesterday. At least 47 people were killed and 114 wounded as the blast ripped through scores of people gathered there hoping to apply to join the police force.
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Guard: DPP ran Chen's security
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Former chief guard General Chen Tsai-fu yesterday visits the Taiwan High Court to testify as a witness during a hearing regarding the March 19 assassination attempt.
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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MOFA says First Lady oppressed
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First lady Wu Shu-chen leads Taiwan's Paralympics delegation in a cheer yesterday at the Olympic Village in Athens.
PHOTO: SUNG CHIH-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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UK racers wear out their welcome on Spain's roads
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Powerful luxury cars involved in the British ``Cannonball Run'' sit confiscated in the custody of Catalonian regional police in Spain yesterday.
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Will freedom be enough?
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Liquor retailers expecting record sales before festival
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Consumers shop for gifts at a Tesco outlet in Taipei yesterday as the Mid-Autumn Festival draws near. The annual holiday falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, or Sept. 28 this year. Sept. 28 is also Teacher's Day this year.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Treasurer quits Arroyo government
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A woman gets all her savings back from a teller of the First Savings Bank in Manila, Philippines, while other depositors wait their turn yesterday. Operations of the the bank have been shut down since last week due to massive withdrawals, panicking more than 10,000 depositors trying to recover their savings. The shutdown occurred amid reports that the Philippines might face a fiscal crisis due to rising foreign debt.
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New York is saturated in style
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One of the nearly 179 shows causing neck strain during Fashion Week in New York.
PHOTOS: NY TIMES
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Kansas City Royals rout Yankees 17-8
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New York Mets pitcher Jae Seo makes the throw to first in the second inning of thesecond game of a doubleheader on Monday against the Atlanta Braves at New York's Shea Stadium.
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Australia humiliates US in `futile' game
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Australia's Ricky Ponting smashes the ball away during the first round of the ICC Champions Trophy match against the US. Australia won by 9 wickets.
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Green runs up, down and over Carolina Panthers
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Green Bay Packers' Ahman Green, front, dives in for a touchdown as Carolina Panthers' Mike Minter defends.
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Dean Kiely saves Charlton Athletic
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Flying Southampton goalkeeper Anti Niemi jumps over players to punch away the ball.
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