Pan-blues, social groups join against arms budget
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Members of the National Alliance Against the NT$610.8 billion Special Arms Budget and the Democratic Action Alliance stage a protest and hunger strike in front of the Legislative Yuan yesterday to call on opposition lawmakers not to let the arms-procurement bill pass through committee.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Allawi gives military green light for Fallujah attack
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US Marines from the First Marine Regiment, take position on the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq, yesterday.
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Life not easy for foreign spouses
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A girl attends a class with her mother, who is taking part in one of the government's popular study programs for foreign spouses. Attendees at a seminar on the way Taiwanese treat foreign spouses said that cultural differences can slow down the learning process of children in interracial marriages.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES FILE PHOTO
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Survey backs sovereign and independent Taiwan
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Kuo Chien-chung, of the Taiwan Thinktank, left, Lai I-chung, the director of foreign policy studies at the thinktank, center, and Hsu Yung-ming, a researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences at Academia Sinica, present the results of a survey on reaction to US President George W. Bush's re-election.
PHOTO: WANG MIN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Families of dead soldiers urge pullout
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Pipe Major Scott Taylor, 34, from Glasgow, plays the bagpipes as he moves across the Jurf-Al-Sukhr Bridge from the west to the east side with a tank from Britain's 1st Battalion Black Watch, Sunday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Bush's victory: Political death for conservatives
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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NT dollar continues to rise against the greenback
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A foreign exchange trader records sales at the close of trading yesterday. The weak US dollar broke through the NT$33 mark early in the day, closing at NT$32.89 to US$1, with a trading volume of US$860 million.
PHOTO: CNA
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Microsoft plans one-time US$3 dividend
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A South Korean student looks at a package containing Microsoft's Window XP at an electronics shop in Seoul, South Korea yesterday. Microsoft plans to ask shareholders to approve a one-time US$3 dividend at its annual meeting today.
PHOTO: AP
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Video games: The big sell and the biggest sellers
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A screen shot from Halo 2, the new video game from Microsoft, exclusively for Xbox players. The blockbuster mentality of Hollywood has pervaded the video game industry.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Kirov Ballet makes a virtue of virtuosity
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Manchesters end in draw
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Manchester United's Louis Saha, center, is challenged by Stephen Jordan, left, and Steve McManaman of Manchester City at Old Trafford in Manchester, England on Sunday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Daniel van Buyten, above, of Hamburger SV struggles for the ball with Gerald Asamoah of Schalke 04 during their match in Hamburg, Germany on Sunday.
PHOTO: EPA
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AC Milan's Alessandro Nesta, right, vies with AS Roma's Vincenzo Montella at San Siro in Milan, Italy on Sunday. The teams played to a 1-1 draw.
PHOTO: AFP
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Pittsburgh does it again
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Darrell Jackson of the Seahawks makes a reception against Joselio Hanson of the 49ers in San Francisco, California on Sunday. Seattle won the game 42-27.
PHOTO: AFP
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Steeler swide receiver Hines Ward, top, hurdles over Eagle safety Brian Dawkins on a 16-yard touchdown run during the first quarter in Pittsburgh on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Paula Radcliffe redeems herself
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Hendrik Ramaala, left, and Paula Radcliffe celebrate victory after winning the men's and women's divisions, respectively, of the New York City Marathon, Sunday.
PHOTO: EPA
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