Kidnapping ring busted by police
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Police take 16 kidnapping suspects out of a Taipei County police department, yesterday, after they were interrogated. Police said the group is a part of a growing number of cross-strait criminal gangs operating in Taiwan.
PHOTO: WANG YI-SOONG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Tens of thousands of Christians gather to pray for peace
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Thousands of Christians gather on Ketagelan Boulevard in front of the President Office yesterday in an event called ``The Global Day of Prayer'' to pray for the fate of the nation and the Taiwanese people.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Chen-Hu talks possible: Feinstein
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US Senator Diane Feinstein speaks to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in this file photo from January in Washington.
PHOTO: AFP
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German runs across Australia for tsunami relief effort
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German ultra-marathon runner Achim Heukemes holds up the Australian and German flags in front of the Sydney Harbor Bridge yesterday, after completing his record-breaking run across Australia.
PHOTO: EPA
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Ethiopian voters test nation's democracy
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People line up to cast their votes outside a polling station in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia yesterday during the third democratic elections in Ethiopia's 3,000-year history.
PHOTO: AP
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Uzbek massacre highlights US' double standard
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Local residents pray in front of the bodies of the victims from the clashes between government forces and local protesters prior to a funeral ceremony at the central square in the Uzbek town of Andizhan, Saturday. Eastern Uzbekistan's battered city of Andizhan fell quiet as some 200 people gathered to pray for the dozens killed in two days of unrest and bury 14 of the dead.
PHOTO: AFP
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Rice makes surprise visit to Iraq
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Iraqi police secure the area close the site of a car explosion, yesterday, in the northeastern city of Baquba, 60km from Baghdad. A suicide bomber struck near the courthouse in downtown Baquba, blowing himself up and killing at least four Iraqis, including a policeman, and injuring 17.
PHOTO: AFP
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Go nuclear to save the UK
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ILLUSTRATION: YUSHA
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Malaysia considers the revaluation of the ringgit
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A money changer works inside his cubicle while an electronic board displays exchange rates in Kuala Lumpur this week. Malaysia's seven-year ringgit peg to the dollar is coming under increasing pressure for a review amid fears of rising inflation and speculation that the yuan will be revalued, economists said.
PHOTO: AFP
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Tax won't help Philippines: experts
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Filipino protesters grill dead fish representing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) and other government officials during a demonstration outside the Senate building in Manila in February. After the protests, the legislature nixed a plan to raise taxes on consumer goods -- which activists said would only hurt the poor -- and instead passed a bill that raises taxes on corporations by 2 percent, while giving Arroyo the power to raise taxes on consumers, if she deems that necessary.
PHOTO: EPA
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Toyota, GM to ally on fuel-cell vehicles
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The new General Motors Holden hydrogen powered car called the ``Hy-wire'' on display in Sydney last year. The Hy-wires' fuel-cell propulsion system is housed entirely in an 11-inch thick skateboard-like chassis.
PHOTO: EPA
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Claws out over hybrid felines
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Savannahs, like this one in Greenwich Village, are illegal in several US states. Darjeerling out for a stroll in New York.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Canada defeats Russia to reach final
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Team Canada' Sheldon Souray, left, scores on Team Russia's Maxim Sokolov during semifinal action at the World Championship in Innsbruck, Austria on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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Dinos edge toward sweep over Tigers
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Chen Hsin-an, left, of the Dinos, dunks over Chang Chih-fong of the Tigers During Game 2 of their SBL championship series at the Taipei Physical Education College Gymnasium on Saturday. The Dinos won 87-75 to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series.
PHOTO: SBL
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