EPA touts benefits of eco-friendly automobiles
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Environmental Protection Administration chief Chang Juu-en, left, accompanied by car dealers, yesterday inspects environmentally-friendly cars recommended by his agency.
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Australians urged to renounce force
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, center, takes an early morning power walk with advisors around the Victory Monument (in background) in Vientiane, Laos, yesterday.
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Storms leave at least 350 dead in Philippines
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A Filipino boy is treated by military doctors after he was saved from a mudslide in the province of Quezon, east of Manila, yesterday. At least 350 people were killed in flashfloods and landslides brought about by a tropical depression. Officials urged residents to brace for more devastation as another storm threatened to hit the eastern Philippines today.
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Ukrainian region plans to demand autonomy in poll
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Supporters of Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko hold a mass rally as Yushchenko, unseen, speaks on stage in the main square of Kiev, Monday. Ukraine's Supreme Court began discussing the validity of the presidential election results Monday, while an eastern province scheduled a referendum on autonomy and the opposition threatened to further paralyze the government through a blockade.
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Russians trek to see Dalai Lama
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The Dalai Lama drinks tea as he sits on a raised platform under an elaborately carved gold statue of Buddha at Khurul Monastery, near Elista, Russia, yesterday.
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Release of three Cuban dissidents hailed
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Cuban dissident Margarito Broche, right, is welcomed by fellow dissident Manuel Vazques Portal in Broche's home in Havana on Monday.
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Honest reporting does not exist
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Bush picks new commerce secretary
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US President George W. Bush and Carlos Gutierrez, chief executive officer of the Kellogg Co, left, leave the Roosevelt Room of the White House after Bush announced Gutierrez as his choice for Secretary of Commerce on Monday.
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Japan shows signs of slowdown
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A large tanker is loaded in Tokyo Harbor yesterday. According to the government, Japan's industrial production fell to the lowest level in seven months in October, weighed down by slower exports and global inventory adjustments in the information technology sector.
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Favre throws three touchdown passes
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Green Bay Packers receiver Donald Driver is mobbed by fans after he leaped into the seats after catching a touchdown pass against the St. Louis Rams on Monday.
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Arsenal, Man U ready for quarterfinal battle
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Arsenal's Patrick Viera, center, celebrates with Sol Campbell, left, and Fredrik Ljungberg after scoring against Liverpool on Sunday.
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Brazil clinches the first futsal semifinal berth
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Brazil's Euler, center, struggles for the ball with Argentina's Gimenez Marcelo, left, and Giustozzi Diego in Taipei on Monday.
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