Pan-green camp stunts promote march
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Democratic Progressive Party Chairman Su Tseng-chang yesterday shows off the bike he will ride in today's mass march and rally against China's ``Anti-Secession'' Law. Su suggested that people taking part in the march dress casually.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Lu calls her visit abroad a success
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During the press conference detailing her visit to the nation's diplomatic allies in Central America, Vice President Annette Lu, right, yesterday tries on a cowboy hat she received as a gift from a friend in the US during her brief stopover in Texas.
PHOTO:LIAO CHENG-HUI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Philippine police `repent' in bid to keep their jobs
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Filipino Catholic penitent Ruben Enaje, left, reacts while being nailed to a cross for the 19th straight year on Good Friday, yesterday, in Cutud, San Fernando, in the Pampanga province in the northern Philippines. Devotees are known to subject themselves to punishment such as crucifixion and flagellation as penitence for sins during the Lenten Season.
PHOTO: EPA
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Interim Kyrgyzstan leader appointed
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Kyrgyzstan opposition supporters torch a vehicle outside the government building captured by the opposition in Bishkek, Thursday.
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UN sends peacekeepers to Sudan
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Children roam in el-Fatih displacement camp, 38km from the Sudanese capital Khartoum Monday. Only one-half of the camp's population has been allocated plots of land, but they are not allowed to rebuild their homes on them. The UN said the international community and humanitarian groups have been focusing on Darfur, forgetting hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons who are now living in appalling conditions.
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Car bomber kills Iraqi commandos
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A little Bedouin girl tugs at a young camel at their camp in Jabal Sieman in southern Iraq, close to the Kuwaiti border yesterday. Some 500 members of the Beni Sweilam tribe, nomadic Bedouins, live in this remote area, grazing their herds of sheep and camels and sending any products to local markets. The sheep are sold for their meat, milk and wool. The camels' wool and milk are sold, but not their flesh. The Beni Sweilam move camp when their grazing pastures can not sustain their animals. In living memory, the Bedouin tribes of the area used to cross the frontiers into Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, today they have to stay in Iraq due to the politics of the region.
PHOTO: AFP
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Solving the riddle of H5N1
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PHOTO: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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LG close to signing deals with local firms
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A model introduces a new 55-inch LCD TV at a press conference for LG Electronics' local branch yesterday. The TV will hit the shelves by the end of this year.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Huge crowd lines up on first day of Japan's Aichi Expo
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Visitors to the Aichi Expo 2005 crowd at a gate in Nagakute, central Japan, yesterday on the official opening of the six-month fair.
PHOTO: AP
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Sky divers free-fall into legal addiction
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A skydiving team practicing formations at the San Marcos Landing Zone, Fentress, Texas.
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Jones, Stupples lead at Mission Hills
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Pak Se-ri of South Korea on the second tee during the first round of the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California on Thursday. Rosie Jones and Karen Stupples share the lead at 3 under par.
PHOTO: AFP
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The old man returns to the Keys
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Tennis player Bryanne Stewart of Australia holds a 4.6m python from the Miami Metro Zoo for a photo opportunity on Thursday during the NASDAQ-100 Open at the Crandon Park Tennis Center in Key Biscayne, Florida.
PHOTO: AFP
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Japanese work to seduce spectators
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Japan's lingerie maker Triumph International Japan campaign girl Yu Misaki displays the ``Rakuten Eagles Bra'' at the company's Tokyo headquarters yesterday in support of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, the first expansion team in professional Japanese baseball in half a century. The limited, one-of-a-kind bra will be auctioned off at Rakuten's online shop.
PHOTO: AFP
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Lions roar to top of the standings
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Michael Garcia of the Lions prepares to throw some heat during Thursday's home opener against the Cobras in Tainan. The veteran closer from the US contributed two innings of scoreless relief work for his first win of the season.
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PHOTO: CPBL
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Illinois rips through UW-Milwaukee
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Arizona's Salim Stoudamire puts up the game-winning shot in the final seconds to beat Oklahoma State 79-78 in their Chicago Regional semifinal game during the NCAA tournament at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois on Thursday. Defending are Oklahoma State's Terrence Crawford, left, and Daniel Bobik.
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