National Assembly has first meeting
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Around 300 delegates of the National Assembly yesterday take an oath before the assembly convenes.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Kabul bomb wounds seven
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British soldiers inspect a car that was hit by a roadside bomb in Kabul yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Hariri's son sweeps Lebanese elections
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Saad, right, and Nazek Hariri, left, the son and the widow of slain former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri, celebrate after Saad's list won nine of the 19 seats up for grabs in Beirut parliamentary elections on Sunday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Two suicide bombers kill 29 Iraqis
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Orphan girls wearing their white hats for fun enjoy making cutouts and coloring in the Al-Ulwiyah orphanage in central Baghdad this week, for children over the age of six. Only the youngest children are available for adoption, which means that even toddlers may remain in care well into adulthood.
PHOTO: AFP
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CNN changed news - for better and worse
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Inter-Korean cooperation makes fashionable progress
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South Korean actress Kim Tae-hee, center, participates in a fashion show held by South Korean apparel maker Shinwon Co in the inter-Korean industrial park in Kaesong, just north of the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone that divides the Korean Peninsula, last Thursday. Shinwon is one of the 15 South Korean firms which started operations seven months ago in a demonstration complex of the 66 million square meter industrial zone, which is still under construction.
PHOTO: AFP
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Sometimes gaming goes mad
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Members of the video-game team War Machine compete via the Internet against another team as they play Guild Wars this month at the Electronic Entertainment Exposition in Los Angeles. The members of War Machine are top Guild Wars players and are from Korea.
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Nine lives aren't enough
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Two-year-old Mango, left, a domestic short-hair cat, is the clone donor for nine-month-old Peaches, who was cloned at Genetic Savings and Clone in the US. The cloning and sale of pets has its critics, who call it wasteful and inhumane.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Little Nicky was one of the first clone pets and was sold by Genetic Savings and Clone last year for US$50,000.
PHOTO: AP
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Sharapova rips through Vives during Round 4
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Maria Sharapova of Russia jubilates after defeating Nuria Llagostera Vives of Spain in the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris, yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium returns the ball to Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia during during the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris, yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Bulls sweep series with Whales
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Bulls starter Lenin Picota pitches against the Whales in Taichung on Friday. The Panamanian earned his fifth win after allowing only five hits in seven innings of work.
PHOTO: SINON BULLS
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Dan Wheldon wins for Andretti family
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Jimmie Johnson leads Joe Nemechek during the NASCAR Nextel Cup Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina on Sunday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Driver Dan Wheldon of England celebrates with the traditional jug of milk after winning the Indianapolis 500 in Indianapolis, Indiana on Sunday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Fernando Alonso of Renault celebrates after winning the European Grand Prix in Nuerburg, Germany on Sunday. Nick Heidfeld in a Williams-BMW finished second.
PHOTO: EPA
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Pistons fight referees only to lose to Heat
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Dwyane Wade of the Heat dunks over Antonio McDyess, right, of the Pistons, during the second half in their Eastern Conference finals game at the Palace of Auburn Hills, in Auburn Hills, Michigan on Sunday. The Heat beat the Pistons 113-104 to take a 2-1 lead in their best of seven series. Wade was the high scorer for the Heat with 36 points.
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