Diplomacy requires engagement
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Marshall Islands President Kessai Note, white shirt beside President Chen Shui-bian, tells Chen how to sail a catamaran.
PHOTO: JIMMY CHUANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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President Chen Shui-bian, third right, and Marshall Islands President Kessai Note, pray before embarking on a sailing trip during Chen's diplomacy visit to the South Pacific earlier this month.
PHOTO: JIMMY CHUANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taiwanese support WHO bid in Geneva
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Doctors and nurses from Sin Lau Hospital hold a baaner appealing for support for Taiwan's bid to join the WHO on a sidewalk next to Lake Geneva in Switzerland.
PHOTO: MELODY CHEN, TAIPEI TIMES
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`Newsweek' apologizes for Koran report
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This file photo dated May 8 shows Pakistani men reading the ``Newsweek'' at a book shop in Islamabad. ``Newsweek,'' whose story of alleged desecration of a Koran sparked protests in Muslim countries, said on Sunday that its report might have been wrong.
PHOTO: AFP
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Fears of sectarian struggle grow
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Iraqis carry the coffin of an Iraqi Sunni, who was executed, at he general morgue in Baghdad yesterday. The bodies of 46 Iraqis killed execution-style were discovered in different parts of the country yesterday, the bulk coming from Shiite Muslim neighbourhoods in and around Sadr City in northern Baghdad.
PHOTO: AFP
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Huge fraud case involiving China's economy set for US trial
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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England goes gaga for Sudoku
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The logic game Sudoku has become wildly popular in British newspapers and looks ready to spread around the world soon.
PHOTO: AFP
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Last 'Star Wars' carries message for Bush
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Director George Lucas and an actor posing as Darth Vader wave to fans at the premiere of the new Star Wars film in Cannes, Sunday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Baggies remain up in Premier League
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West Bromwich Albion fan and comedian Frank Skinner celebrates after the Baggies battled Portsmouth at The Hawthorns in West Bromwich, England on Sunday. West Brom created English Premier League history by becoming the first side to avoid relegation having been in last place at the the halfway stage. The Baggies defeated Portsmouth 2-0.
PHOTO: AP
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Cardinals win two of three in NYC
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Starter Matt Morris of the Cardinals pitches against the Mets at Shea Stadium in New York on Sunday. St. Louis defeated New York 4-2, winning the series 2-1.
PHOTO: AFP
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Dinos sweep to second title
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The Dinos celebrate after defeating the Tigers 92-84 on Sunday to clinch Taiwan's Super Basketball League championship after sweeping the best-of-five-game series 3-0 for the second consecutive year.
PHOTO: SBL
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Czech Republic rules ice
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Canadian Scott Hannan, right, fights for the puck with Czech Josef Vasicek during the World Championship final in Vienna, Austria. The Czech Republic won 3-0.
PHOTO: AFP
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