Man arrested over forged greenbacks
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Counterfeit US$100 bills are displayed at the Bureau of Investigation's Taipei office yesterday. The haul of finished and semi-finished bills, along with printing plates, was made in a recent raid on a counterfeiting factory.
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Thousands still missing as Bosnia unearths the past
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A forensic expert examines the remains of human bodies at a mass grave in the village of Kevljani near the northwestern Bosnian town of Banja Luka on Friday. So far some 415 bodies of Muslim inmates of the notorious Omarska and Keraterm detention camps have been exhumed from this grave.
PHOTO: AFP
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New men assume control in Yasser Arafat's absence
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Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's empty chair is seen, center, as Mahmoud Abbas, chairman of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), left, talks to Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia during a PLO meeting at Arafat's headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Trust emerging as the real loser
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A Haitian woman supporting US Democratic candidate Senator John Kerry wears a Kerry sticker on her headscarf as she participates in a march against President George W. Bush in the Little Haiti district of Miami on Sunday. Florida was a post-election battleground in 2000, with many people of color disenfranchised at several polling booths.
PHOTO: AFP
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`FEER' closure sign of changing market
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The last edition of the Far Eastern Economic Review is shown on the streets of Hong Kong on Thursday. Analysts say the closure of the magazine is indicative of readers' changing tastes.
PHOTO: AFP
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High quality and high stakes at the auction
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Joan Miro's Caress of the Stars (1938), is expected to sell for US$6 million to US$8 million at auction at Christie's this week.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Paul Gauguin's Maternite, estimated to cast as much as US$50 million, is among the works to be sold at auction at Sotheby's in New York this week.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Steelers end streak by the NE Patriots
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Tiki Barber of the Giants runs with the ball against the Vikings in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday. NY won 34-13.
PHOTO: AFP
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A Packers ``Cheesehead'' in the stands at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland on Sunday. Brett Favre trew for 289 yards as Green Bay defeated the Washington 28-14.
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Bolton moves up to fourth in standings
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Bolton's Kevin Davies, left, cscores against Newcastle United as Robbie Elliott and goalkeeper Shay Given, on ground, are left stranded in Bolton, England on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Benfica Lisbon's Tomislav Sokota, front, is challenged by Gil Vicente's Gregory Arnolin during their match in Barcelos, Portugal on Sunday. The match ended in a draw.
PHOTO: AP
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FC Hansa Rostock's Marcus Lantz, up, and FC Nuremberg's Tommy Svindal Larsen during their match on Sunday.
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US election is everyone's business
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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