Fingerprinting for ID cards halted
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Judicial Yuan president Weng Yueh-sheng, left, and other members of the Council of Grand Justices leave a meeting yesterday in which they passed an interim order to suspend the collection of fingerprint data for new national ID cards.
PHOTO: LIAO CHEN-HUI, TAIPEI TIMES
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MOFA trying to get Japan to hold more fishing talks
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Gary Lin, director-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of East Asia and Pacific Affairs, talks yesterday about the dispute with Japan over fishing grounds.
PHOTO: CNA
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Bilingual comics tell nation's history
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Audience members enjoy a traditional puppet show during a press conference in Taipei to promote the release of a 10-book set of bilingual comics on Taiwan's history.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Kidnapped aid worker is freed
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Italian Ambassador to Afghanistan Ettore Francesco Sequi, right, accompanies released Italian hostage Clementina Cantoni, center, in Kabul yesterday. Cantoni, a CARE relief worker, was freed by her captors Thursday, more than three weeks after being taken hostage in Afghanistan.
PHOTO: EPA
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Bolivian interim president promises reform program
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Bolivian indigenous leaders from Potosi celebrate yesterday after Bolivia's Supreme Court President Eduardo Rodriguez was sworn in following the Senate and House leaders' rejection of the post.
PHOTO: AP
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Haiti's transition on track: envoys
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A Haitian boy stops at a checkpoint manned by Brazilian peacekeepers at the entrance to the Cite de Soleil neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday.
PHOTO: EPA
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G7 to press China on yuan peg
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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If convicted, Jackson will face tough new digs
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A supporter of Michael Jackson stands outside the California courthouse where his trial is being held.
PHOTO: EPA
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Face to face with the man who met Tutankhamun
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Archaeologist and Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawass peers at Tutankhamun before putting the mummy into a CT scan.
PHOTO COURTESY OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL
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PHOTO COURTESY OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL
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PHOTO COURTESY OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL
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Sport Briefs
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Don't kill the bike messenger
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New York Bike Association members, from top left, Massamba Niang, Tadeusz Marszalek, Kevin Bolger, Carlos Ramirez, Hugo Giron and Alfred Bobe Jr., in Manhattan earlier this month. Officials from Puma recently selected nine messenger-service riders to compete in team track competitions against other teams composed of bike messengers.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Annika Sorenstam stalks leaders
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Annika Sorenstam of Sweden during the first round of the McDonald's LPGA Championship at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre De Grace, Maryland on Thursday. Sorenstam shot a 68 to lie a stroke behind co-leaders Natalie Gulbis, Laura Davies and Laura Diaz
PHOTO: AP
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Eaton takes Padres past Cleveland
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San Diego Padres starter Adam Eaton, going for his ninth win of the season, pitches in the first inning against the Cleveland Indians in San Diego, California on Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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Manu Ginobili rules the lane in Game 1
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Manu Ginobli, second from right, of the Spurs and Ben Wallace, left, of the Pistons battle for a rebound as Robert Horry, left, and Richard Hamilton watch in Game 1 of the NBA Finals at SBC Center in San Antonio, Texas on Thursday. San Antonio defeated Detroit 84-69 to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven game championship series.
PHOTO: AFP
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