Pan-blues rally round the flag
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Secretary-General Lin Fong-cheng, right, and other politicians from the KMT, People First Party and New Party attend a flag-rising ceremony held in front of the Chung Shan Hall in Taipei City yesterday.
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Top 10 International Stories: 5. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat dies
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Palestinian police struggle with the crowd to load Yasser Arafat's coffin onto the top of a vehicle during the leader's chaotic funeral in Ramallah, West Bank on Nov. 12.
PHOTO: AP
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Top 10 International Stories: 4. Iraq war continueswith unending chaos
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US soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment patrols an empty avenue, in Mosul, 370km north of Iraq's capital Baghdad, Dec. 30.
PHOTO: AP
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Top 10 International Stories: 2. George W. Bush is victorious in election
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President Bush speaks to reporters at his first news conference following his re-election at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building Nov. 4 in Washington.
PHOTO: AP
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Top 10 International Stories: 6. Oil prices climb to record high levels
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This file picture shows an oil well outside Nefteyugansk, western Siberia. Oil prices hit record highs last year.
PHOTO: AFP
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Top 10 International Stories: 8. European Union adds 10 more members
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Turks enjoy a sunny winter day by the Bosporus in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Dec. 14. EU leaders decided to start membership talks with mainly Muslim Turkey, after engaging in a historic expansion in May.
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Top 10 International Stories: 9. Olympics return to their native Greece
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A firework display illuminates the Olympic Stadium as the Closing Ceremonies of the 2004 Athens Olympics gets underway in Athens, Aug. 29.
PHOTO: EPA
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Sudan peace deal ends a 21-year war
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Sudanese people gathering in the streets in Khartoum, Sudan,on Friday to celebrate the signing of the permanent ceasefire agreement between the Sudanese government and the southern SPLA rebels, paving the way for a comprehensive peace agreement to end Africas longest-running war. The mood in Karthoum was jubilant.
PHOTO: EPA
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Wall Street forecast to extend rally
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Traders talk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday. As of mid-morning, activity looked light on the trading floor for the year's last trading day. Stocks edged higher in light New Year's Eve trading on Friday as Wall Street prepared to end the year with solid gains.
PHOTO: AP
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Thousands march in HK to protest political meddling
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Thousands of protesters march in downtown Hong Kong yesterday, accusing opposition politicians of damaging the territory's image as a global financial center after the government was forced to shelve the listing of its planned property trust on the stock exchange.
PHOTO: AP
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Court bars Bush from imposing China textile limits
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A child waits near a row of clothes on display at a shop in Beijing yesterday. Countries around the world are bracing for a surge of cheap imports from China, which benefits from cheap, union-free labor and rising productivity.
PHOTO: AP
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Vodka king enjoys giving money away
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Sidney Frank, known as the ``Two Billion Dollar Man'' seen here at at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, California, in December, is chairman and chief executive of the Sidney Frank Importing Company, Frank earned the moniker in June when he sold his vodka brand, Grey Goose, to Bacardi.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Bingeing, purging, starving in the dark
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The story of Angel Island and its women is revealed
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Asian American Women
Edited by Vo Sciachitano, Armitage, Hartm Weathermon
University of Nebraska Press
369 pages [US, paperback]
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Taiwan's heading for the Grammys
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Xiao Qing-yang shows off his Grammy-nominated album cover for The Wandering Accordion released on Wind Records.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF SHOUT STUDIO
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Top 10 Local Album Releases for 2004
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The Daymakers
PHOTOS: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Chang Fei
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A gallery of the good, the bad and the ugly
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The Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art in Kinmen.
PHOTO: SUSAN KENDZULAK
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A scene from the Taipei Biennal at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum.
PHOTO: SUSAN KENDZULAK
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Aboriginal rights are not served by this exhibition
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A visitor to the Rights of Aboriginal People exhibition is not interested in the books displayed in glass cases. And who can blame him?
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Panthers, Saints battle for playoff slot
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Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger passes the ball against the Giants at Giants Stadium on Dec. 18. Pittsburgh (14-1) faces Buffalo (9-6) today.
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Carter may spark rivalry
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Jason Kidd, right, and Vince Carter of the Nets during their game against the Pacers at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Thursday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Louisville and Boise State run up score in Memphis
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Quarterback Stefan LeFors of the Louisville Cardinals rushes for a touchdown against the Boise State Broncos during the third quarter of the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee on Friday. Louisville defeated Boise State 44-40.
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Cornerback Domonique Dunbar, right, and members of the Louisville Cardinals hold up their trophy after beating the Boise State Broncos in the Liberty Bowl, Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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