Chen calls for cross-strait talks based on democracy
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President Chen Shui-bian and Marshall Islands President Kessai Note yesterday wave to the press on a traditional catamaran.
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Chen takes Note on board Taiwanese frigate
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President Chen Shui-bian, right, and Marshall Islands President Kessai Note, center, co-host a naval presidential salute onboard one of Taiwan's Lafayette-class frigates yesterday.
PHOTO: CNA
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Iraq's militants `bearing down'
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A video frame of kidnapped 63-year-old Australian engineer Douglas Wood pleading for his life at an unknown location in Iraq.
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Shootout in West Bank casts doubt on Mideast truce
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Palestinians weep over the body of Shafiq Abdel Hamad, a member of the Islamic Jihad group, at Sida village, near the West Bank city of Tulkarm yesterday. An Israel soldier was killed and another wounded in a gun battle with wanted Palestinians near Tulkarm. Palestinian residents of the village said troops entered before dawn and imposed a curfew during their search for suspects.
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Teens rescued at sea after six days
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Tony Driscoll strokes his son Troy Driscoll's hair as the teen rests in the emergency room of Dosher Memorial Hospital, in Southport,North Carolina, on Saturday after being rescued six days after he and friend Josh Long were lost at sea.
PHOTO: AP/THE POST AND COURIER
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Indian nation preserves a haven amid conflict
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Julio Mesa, second from left, the leader of the Indigenous Guards, patrols the town of Tacueyo, Colombia with other residents last Thursday.
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No to Chirac, Yes to Europe
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Bank employees take to streets
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Over 8,000 staff from 16 state-owned and private banks protest yesterday before the Legislative and Executive Yuans, led by the National Federation of Bank Employees, demanding greater job security in the face of increasing bank mergers.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Racers see action in Fulung
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The Ancient Mariners, who went on to take first in the Combined-Age-100+ category and fifth place overall, prepare for a Tyrolean traverse.
PHOTO: CHRIS PECHSTEDT, TAIPEI TIMES
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A competitor practices abseiling before the Asia Miles Action Asia Challenge on Sunday in Fulung, Taipei County.
PHOTO: CHRIS PECHSTEDT, TAIPEI TIMES
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Daniel Brown, right, and Pedro Ribeiro, of the first-place-finishing team, Protrek, climb a net up to the Fulung Bridge in the last leg of Sunday's race.
PHOTO: CHRIS PECHSTEDT, TAIPEI TIMES
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Racers make a Tyrolean traverse across roiling sea waters.
PHOTO: CHRIS PECHSTEDT, TAIPEI TIMES
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A competitor in the Asia Miles Action Asia Challenge rappels down a cliff midway through the race.
PHOTO: CHRIS PECHSTEDT, TAIPEI TIMES
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US welcomes Slovenia with barrage of goals
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US player Mark Parrish, right, Slovenian goalkeeper Robert Kristan, behind, and Dejan Varl in action during their World Championship in Innsbruck, Austria on Sunday.
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Red Devils nip at Gunners' heels
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Charlton Athletic's Talal El Karkouri, right, challenges Manchester United's Wayne Rooney at The Valley in London on Sunday. Manchester United won the match 4-0.
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