Chen asks Soong to be his messenger
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President Chen Shui-bian, center, accompanied by Marshall Islands' President Kessai Note and his entire Cabinet, yesterday waves at the public after arriving in Majuro, the capital of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, for a two-day visit.
PHOTO: CNA
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N Korea tested missile, Japan says
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A South Korean police officer looks at North Korea's Scud-B missile, center, and other missiles at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul in this 2003 file photo.
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Body of famous Annette Lu impersonator found
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Vice President Annette Lu engages in a dialogue with Ni Min-jan, an entertainer famous for impersonating her, at an event at Taipei's Grand Hotel on December 22, 2003. Police yesterday found Ni's body in a mountainous area near Toucheng in Ilan County. They believe he committed suicide.
PHOTO: LO PEI-TEH, TAIPEI TIMES
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Nepalese protesters 10,000 strong
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Prakash Man Singh, center, a cabinet minister in the sacked Sher Bahadur Deuba government, is arrested by plain-clothed security officials in Katmandu, Nepal, last week. Singh had refused to appear before an anti-graft commission which many critics say has been illegally set up and is being used by the monarch to clamp down on his political rivals.
PHOTO: AP
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W Africans urge peace in Togo
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A Togolese family carrying their possessions walks towards the Ghana border on Saturday to flee the country amid violence since election results were announced last week.
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Bomb, shooting attacks leave seven people hurt
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An Egyptian investigator examines the area around the body of suspected terrorist Ehab Yassin, who according to reports, threw himself off a bridge and detonated himself among a crowd of tourists near the world-famous Egyptian Museum in downtown Cairo on Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Iraq bleeds as coordinated attacks continue
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An Iraqi woman hides her face as she mourns at the site of a car bomb explosion southeast of Baghdad, yesterday. Five Iraqi civilians were killed and 12 wounded in Baghdad when a car bomb exploded as a US military convoy drove by.
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Vietnam welcomes its second generation of returnees
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Banks caution consumers on cash-card abuse
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A electronic bulletin board mounted on the corner of Zhongxiao East Road and Keelung Road shows a cash-card commercial by Hwa Nan Commercial Bank. Starting this month, all the TV, movie commercials and print advertisements promoting cash-cards are required to have a warning saying that the product must be used carefully.
PHOTO: CHU PEI-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Brewers edge Reds as Griffey gets 502
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Twins center fielder Torii Hunter holds up his 2004 Gold Glove Award for the fans prior to a game against the LA Angels in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Friday. The award is Hunter's fourth straight. Minnesota won 4-2.
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Chelsea secures the title
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Chelsea's Frank Lampard celebrates after scoring against Bolton at The Reebok Stadium in Bolton, England on Saturday. He scored twice to help the Blues clinch the English Premier League title with the 2-0 win.
PHOTO: AFP
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Bayern Munich's Claudio Pizarro of Paraguay, front, challenges FC Kaiserslautern's Ingo Hertsch for the ball in their Bundesliga match at the Fritz-Walter Stadium in Kaiserslautern, Germany on Saturday. Bayern won the match 4-0 and the league title.
PHOTO: AP
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Strasbourg's players jubilate on the podium with their trophies after defeating Caen 2-1 in the French League Cup final at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France on Saturday. Defender Jean-Christophe Devaux scored with a stunning late free kick in the win.
PHOTO: AFP
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Canada, Russia begin with victories
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Slovakia's Zigmund Palffy, left, and Belarus goalkeeper Andrei Mezin in action during their opening Group A match at the Hockey World Championship in Vienna, Austria on Saturday. Slovakia defeated Belarus 2-1 on the opening day of the event.
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