Chen downplays China fruit market
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President Chen Shui-bian, left, tastes mango freeze while Tainan County Commissioner Su Huan-chih, right, prepares shaved ice with fresh mango at an event to promote the fruit in Tainan County.
PHOTO: LIN MENG-TING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Asserting Taiwan's rights in Germany
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When the Dalai Lama visited Berlin last month to award supporters of the Tibetan people, including former Czech President Vaclav Havel, left, Taiwan's representative to Germany Shieh Jhy-wey, right, sent the Buddhist spiritual leader the regards of the Taiwanese people.
PHOTO: CHIU YU-TZU, TAIPEI TIMES
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Ma, Wang take campaign on the road
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Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou, second right, raises his hand during a campaign rally in support of his bid for the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairmanship in Kaohsiung yesterday. Ma is joined on stage by KMT Legislator Lee Fu-hsing, left, who also had invited a Chiang Kai-shek and a Sun Yat-sen look-alike, second left and right, respectively.
PHOTO: CHANG CHUNG-YIH, TAIPEI TIMES
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Raging fire destroys Taichung factory
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Members of a chemical warfare unit move into position near a factory fire in Taichung, yesterday, in order to prevent the spread of chemical contaminants.
PHOTO: LIAO TUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Ceasefire fails to stop Batticaloa killings
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Tamil civilians mourn during the funeral of Tamil Tiger political chief E. Kausalyan and his colleagues, slain by gunfire in February in Thandiyady, about 205km east of Colombo, Sri Lanka. About 90 percent of the 425 fatalities reported across Sri Lanka since the government and the Tamil Tiger rebels signed a Norwegian-brokered ceasefire in 2002 have occurred in Eastern Sri Lanka, a resource-filled but poverty-ridden region which has become the latest killing field in Sri Lanka's mired civil war after the rebels split in March last year.
PHOTO: AP
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Relations between Poland and Russia as bad as ever
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A couple is silhouetted against the sky, right, as they look at a ship crossing the Troytsky drawbridge during White Nights in St. Petersburg, Russia, early yesterday. White Nights, where it never truly gets dark, last for about a month from the middle of June until the middle of July.
PHOTO: AP
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Attacks weaken Colombia's Uribe
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe talking to military officers at a helicopter in Puerto Asis, in the southern Putumayo province, a week ago.
PHOTO: AP
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Free exchange versus copyright
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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US mulls blocking China's Unocal bid
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A photo of an Orient 1-1 gas field exploration platform of China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) in the South China Sea. The Chinese state-run energy company last week announced a bid to purchase major US oil company Unocal for US$18.5 billion, beating a rival offer by US Chevron Corp.
PHOTO: EPA
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Venus wins the longest final
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Venus Williams, left, of the US, and compatriot Lindsay Davenport, hold their trophies following their women's singles final during the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club in Wimbledon, England on Saturday. Williams overcame Davenport 4-6, 7-6, 9-7 in the longest women's final in Wimbledon history.
PHOTO: EPA
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PHOTO: EPA
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Danica Patrick takes pole
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Danica Patrick, driver of the No. 16 Rahal Letterman Racing Argent Pioneer Panoz Honda, during practice for the IRL Indycar Series Argent Mortgage Indy 300 at the Kansas Raceway in Kansas City, Kansas on Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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England, Australia end tied for the NatWest title
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England captain Michael Vaughn, left, and Australia captain Ricky Ponting share the NatWest trophy after the final ended in a tie at Lords Cricket Ground in London.
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