Tsunami deaths rise above 75,000
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Villagers cover their faces while viewing bodies recovered from the ravaged town of Galle, Sri Lanka, yesterday.
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Taiwanese girl survives tsunami in coconut tree
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A TV-grab taken yesterday shows six-year-old Yeh Chia-ni recounting her experience of surviving a tsunami in Phuket, Thailand. Her mother is still missing.
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Cabinet prepares more aid
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Members of a Taiwanese rescue team check equipment before starting a search for bodies in the village of Ban Khuk Khak near the Khao Lak-Lam Ru National Park, Thailand yesterday. The joint German and Taiwanese rescue team headed to the worst-hit area of Khao Lak on Tuesday as Thailand's authorities said more than 700 bodies had been retrieved from the northern Phuket area following Sunday's tidal waves.
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Space agency offers free satellite images
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This handout photo from the National Space Program taken by the FORMOSAT-2 satellite yesterday shows the Thai coastline over Phuket where a massive tsunami hit on Dec. 26. The government yesterday pledged to offer free photos taken from its satellites over Southeast Asia to help with the relief effort.
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Soong should head new body: DPP
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Vice President Annette Lu, right, and DPP Secretary General Chang Chun-hsiung, left, shake hands with newly elected pan-green legislators at a function at the Presidential Office yesterday.
PHOTO: SOONG CHI-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Tidal waves and aftermath threaten Maldives' survival
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This illustration obtained on Tuesday from the US' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows, from left, the sequence of the tsunami caused by the massive earthquake west of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Dec. 26.
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Tragedy extends to the famous
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A Jan. 2, 1976 photo shows Lord Richard Attenborough with his wife Sheila and daughters Charlotte, left, and Jane, right. His 14-year-old granddaughter has died in the tsunami disaster and his daughter Jane and her mother-in-law are missing.
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Czech supermodel Petra Nemcova on Sept. 28 in New York City.
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Kiev Cabinet meeting blocked
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Opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko and his US-born wife, Kateryna, celebrate their victory during a massive rally in Kiev on Tuesday. Yushchenko won Ukraine's drawn-out and divisive presidential election, while pressure increased on his opponent, Kremlin favorite Viktor Yanukovych, to concede and abandon his vow to challenge the rerun election.
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DNA may be key in trial of Saddam
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People gather in Baghdad's squalid western Ghazaliya District yesterday at the scene of an explosion that occurred late on Tuesday night. Thirty people were killed when a house used by suspected insurgents was blown up during a police raid, in the latest calamity to befall Iraqi security forces with national elections barely one month away.
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China will shake West's strategy
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ILLUSTRATION MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Austronesian culture rises to the surface
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Weaving by Atayal artists.
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Jade was worked by Aboriginal cultures some 3,000 years ago.
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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A 3,000 year-old human face-shaped pottery doll.
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Bird-shaped pottery dolls.
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Sculptures at the Taiwan Austronesian Gallery.
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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A model of a Beinan-style funeral.
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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This pottery vase dates back 2,000 years.
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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At 20, LeBron James carries Cavaliers
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Cavaliers forward LeBron James, left, drives against Hawks forward Al Harrington in the fourth quarter in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday. Cleveland won the game 111-102.
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Cyclones blow through RedHawks
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Iowa State's Tyson Smith, front left, and Luke Clemens celebrate their win over Miami of Ohio after the Independence bowl at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana on Tuesday. Iowa defeated Miami of Ohio 17-13.
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