Taiwan offers condolences and aid to disaster areas
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A Thai police officer checks the passport of a Western tourist while comparing it with pictures of unidentified dead victims pasted on the window of the morgue at Pathong hospital in Phuket yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Lee Teng-hui arrives in Nagoya
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Former president Lee Teng-hui waves to some 500 well-wishers upon his arrival at Nagoya International Airport in Nagoya, Japan, yesterday. Lee arrived for a week-long private visit.
PHOTO: AFP
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Lien, Soong meet during funeral
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Funeral aides prepare to drape the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) flag and the national flag over the coffin of former first lady Faina Chiang Fang-liang at Taipei Veterans General Hospital yesterday.
PHOTO: CNA
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Chiang Yu-po, left, grandson of former first lady Faina Chiang Fang-liang, places his grandmother's photograph next to one of her husband, Chiang Ching-kuo, after her cremation at the Nanjung Crematorium in Keelung yesterday.
PHOTO: CNA
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Sri Lanka's death toll climbs to 10,000
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Rows of houses were destroyed by surging waters at Moratuwa in Sri Lanka on Sunday. Waves up to 5m high swept most of the country's shoreline, causing death and destruction and rendering thousands homeless.
PHOTO: EPA
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First Israeli settlement agrees to move
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A general view of the southern Jewish settlement of Peat Sadeh on Sunday. Twenty families from the settlement have finalized agreements with the government to move and the community will be the first dismantled under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza disengagement plan, an Israeli government official said on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Peacekeepers in Congo step up military actions
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A South African UN peacekeeper chats with three Congolese children from Kirumba Town, some 20km north of Kanyabayonga, on Saturday. UN peacekeepers have established a buffer zone to stop clashes between rival army factions that have uprooted thousands and raised tensions with Rwanda.
PHOTO: AFP
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Italy tries to curb mafia violence
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Ciro Di Lauro, second on left, son of a Camorra (local mafia) godfather Paolo Di Lauro, is one of 53 Mafia suspects taken into police custody this month as part of a massive police swoop in a bid to staunch the bloodletting in a turf war which has killed more than 120 people.
PHOTO: AFP
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NGOs square off against famine in Somalia
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ILLUSTRATION MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Consumer group critiques banks
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A staffer of the Consumers' Foundation holds up a fake US$100 bill and a real one for comparison during a press conference over the failure of some local banks to provide conversion of US and other currencies to customers because of fear over potential financial losses from buying fake bills.
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Ambani brothers' feud grips India
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The vice chairman of India's Reliance Industries, Anil Ambani, follows the proceedings at the release of a Gujarati writer's book in Bombay earlier this month. Ambani is locked in a battle with his elder brother Mukesh for control of the Reliance empire.
PHOTO: AFP
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A five-star perspective on Taiwan's hotel scene
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The newly renovated Ziga Zaga bar and restaurant at the Hyatt.
PHOTO COURTESY OF GRAND HYATT
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Kids can submerge marriages
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Seven-month-old Merel Adriaanse is propelled into the arms of her mother, Frederieke Adriaanse. Children bring joy and troubles to couples.
PHOTO: AP
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Konica Minolta leaves Skandia back in its wake
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New Zealand super maxi Konica Minolta, skippered by Stewart Thwaites, leads the fleet on coast of Australia yesterday during the 60th Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
PHOTO: AFP
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Chelsea, Arsenal, Everton win
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Arjen Robben, left, of Chelsea, is fouled by Aston Villa's Nolberto Solano during their match at Stamford Bridge, London on Sunday. The Blues won the match 1-0.
PHOTO: EPA
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Peyton Manning sets record and wins
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Jerome Bettis of the Steelers carries the ball against the Ravens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Sunday. Pittsburgh won 20-7.
PHOTO: AFP
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Colts quarterback Peyton Manning spots receiver Brandon Stokley for his 49th touchdown of the season, breaking Dan Marino' long-standing record of 48, during the fourth quarter against the Chargers in Indianapolis, Indiana on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Reggie White of the Packers celebrating after a victory over the Buccaneers in the NFC divisional playoffs at Lambeau Field, in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Jan. 4, 1998. White, the NFL all-time sack leader, died at home on Sunday, just after his 43rd birthday.
PHOTO: AFP
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McInnis rescues Cavaliers from Hornets
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Celtics forward Ricky Davis, left, scores as Spurs forward Robert Horry looks on during the second quarter in San Antonio, Texas on Sunday. San Antonio won 107-90.
PHOTO: AP
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