Air strikes on Baqubah as Fallujah militants fight on
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An Iraqi woman takes another look toward the devastated city of Fallujah yesterday as she leaves with other civilians. Smoke mushroomed from the city as planes blasted suspected rebel hideouts and US-led forces hunted insurgents in the south.
PHOTO: AFP
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Protesters slam road repair ban
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Aborigines from central Taiwan protest outside the Legislative Yuan yesterday demanding that the government repair mountain roads used for transporting produce after the roads were destroyed by flooding caused by Tropical Storm Mindulle.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Lee Teng-hui boosts TSU campaign
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Former President Lee Teng-hui, left, speaks in support of pan-green camp legislative candidates Wang Sing-nan, Tang Pi-o, Chien Lin Hui-chun and Lai Ching-te, from second left to right, at a rally in Tainan Saturday.
PHOTO: HONG RUEI-CHIN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Chang explains draft constitution's birth
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Chang Cheng-shuh, making a point about the draft ``Constitution of the Republic of Taiwan.''
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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China evicts families in Beijing
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An injured woman is led away, bleeding from a head wound, after scuffles with police when residents of homes due to be demolished were yesterday forcefully evicted in Beijing. At least 100 police officers began evicting families from a neighborhood in east Beijing despite a new law to protect private property in China.
PHOTO: AFP
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Australia plans world's largest golf course
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This handout photo taken on Nov. 12 shows the white sand dunes of Nullarbor National Park that will soon be the backdrop to the world's largest golf course. Authorities have unveiled plans to build one hole at each of the 18 towns and petrol stations dotted along the Eyre Highway, to be collectively known as Nullarbor Links. Motorists will stop at each petrol station, play a hole, then drive some 100km to the next teeing-off point.
PHOTO: AFP
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`Beheading rooms' found
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A US Marine of the 3/5 Lima company carries ammunition found during searches along a main street in Fallujah on Sunday. Marine units have found torture chambers and bomb-making factories in their sweep through the city.
PHOTO: AFP
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Abbas survives assassination bid
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Bodyguards take away Mahmoud Abbas after gunfire erupted at the tent set up for mourners to gather in memory of the late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat in Gaza City on Sunday. Two people were killed and six injured in the attack.
PHOTO: AP
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Insurrection will not end in Fallujah
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Powerchip aims higher
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Frank Huang, right, chairman of Powerchip Semiconductor Corp, one of Taiwan's major semiconductor manufacturers, and company president Brian Shieh, center, cut a cake to celebrate the company's 10th anniversary yesterday.
PHOTO: CNA
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Fat is the new thin?
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Anja Kroencke and Ralph Pucci among her curvier mannequins. Block after block of storefronts that sell clothes at wholesale prices display mannequins and pant forms with ever more curves. Leading mannequin makers say pop culture, the jeans craze and the steady expansion of US body shapes are prompting them to take slow steps in the direction of more realistic proportions, particularly around the hips.
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Bigger is better for some shoppers.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Serena Williams rises to occasion
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Serena Williams after winning a point against Amelie Mauresmo in the semifinals of the WTA Tour Championship at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Sinon Bulls go all the way
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The Sinon Bulls celebrate their Chinese Professional Baseball League championship after their 8-6 win over the President Lions in Game 7 of the 2004 Taiwan Series in Tainan on Sunday night.
PHOTO: CPBL
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Steelers continue to win
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Wide receiver David Terrell of the Bears stretches for a first down while tackled by Samari Rolle of the Titans at The Coliseum in Nashville, Tennessee on Sunday. Chicago (4-5) and now on a three-game winning streak, defeated the Tennessee 19-17 in overtime.
PHOTO: AFP
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