National Assembly approves reforms
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National Assembly delegates yesterday put up banners and raise their hands victoriously after ratifying the constitutional amendments.
PHOTO: CHANG CHIA-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Wang officially in the KMT election
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Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng, right, his wife, second left, and daughter, left, yesterday hold a form with Wang's signature on it at the Chinese Nationalist Party's (KMT) headquarters in Taipei, demonstrating that he has formally signed up for the party's chairmanship elections.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Laos deports pro-Hmong activists
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Ed and Georgie Szendrey of Oroville, California, stand with a copy of a Time magazine article about the Hmong ethnic hilltribe in Laos, in this August 2003 photo taken in Bangkok, Thailand.
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New terror hoax angers Jakarta
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Australian Federal Police take a decontamination shower at the Indonesian embassy in Canberra yesterday during the second security alert in a week.
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Islamists frying Iranians brains to stay in power
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An Iranian woman checks her satellite dish on the roof of her apartment in Tehran, yesterday. With presidential elections just over a week away, Iran's technological guardians appear to be waging a war against enemies in the airwaves -- opposition-run television channels. Since Iran's Islamic revolution 26 years ago, the regime has been fighting off what it calls ``Westoxication.''
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The problem with Europe
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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President Chain Store eases rules for franchisees
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Staff from the President Group re-stock shelves at an RT-Mart hypermarket after stock was targeted in a blackmail scam. The blackmailer, who said he had poisoned beverages produced by President Group, has since been apprehended. President Chain Store, which operates 7-Eleven stores in Taiwan and is part of the President Group, is targeting middle-aged franchisees in a bid to expand.
PHOTO: CHOU MIN-HONG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Apple switches to Intel chips
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Apple Computer Inc CEO Steve Jobs announces it will discontinue using microprocessor chips made by IBM in favor of Intel chips at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday.
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Kidding around on holiday
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Cheong Se-young, 7, with his father Cheong Dae-Yeol and mother Lee Shin-young, in the US' Canyonlands National Park.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Canadian Dave Rodney sprints across the top of the Mesa Arch as his wife Jennifer takes his picture in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
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Thor Hushovd wins first stage at Dauphine Libere
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The US' Georges Hincapie, center, and Norway's Thor Hushovd, right, listen to an accordion player before the first stage of the 57th Dauphine Libere cycling race, between Aix-Les-Bains and Givors on Monday. Hushovd won the stage ahead of South Africa's Robert Hunter, although Hincapie retained the leader's jersey.
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Pakistan leaves Windies in trouble in second Test
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Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, right, hooks West Indies fast bowler Tino Best, left, during his century on the fourth day of the second and final test at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica.
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Poised Pistons beat Heat, take Eastern Conference
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Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade, center, loses control of the ball between Detroit Pistons forward Rasheed Wallace, left, and center Ben Wallace, right, during the second half of Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals in the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida, on Monday. The Pistons defeated the Heat 88-82.
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Cardinals turn tables on Red Sox in rematch
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The St. Louis Cardinals' Mark Grudzielanek completes a double-play over a sliding Mark Bellhorn of the Boston Red Sox during the sixth inning of the game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, on Monday.
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