Women's groups, lawmakers call for a `Daughter's Day'
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Members of the Garden of Hope Foundation hold a press conference outside the Ximending MRT station to call for a new kind of Daughters' Day yesterday.
PHOTO: LUO PEI-TEH, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taiwanese mangoes will do well in Japan: official
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Tainan County Commissioner Su Huan-chih eats Taiwanese mangoes at a press conference yesterday to promote the export of the fruit.
PHOTO: SHAO HSIN-JIE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Fishermen demand tough stance
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Representatives of fishermen from Suao and Taitung, accompanied by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Lin Chien-jung, second right, protest in front of Japan's de facto embassy to Taiwan, the Taipei office of Japan's Interchange Association, and present a petition letter to call on the Japanese government to stop invading Taiwan's traditional fishing grounds.
PHOTO: CHIEN JUNG-FENG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Arroyo defiant amid calls to step down
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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo walks past journalists during a meeting with local officials who visited Arroyo to show their support at the Malacanang palace in Manila, Philippines, yesterday. Opposition and left-wing groups said they will press ahead with protests calling for Arroyo's resignation over electoral fraud allegations, undeterred by the refusal of influential Roman Catholic bishops to join them.
PHOTO: AP
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Iraqi soldiers killed; ambushes, bombs kill 60
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The father, third from left, and other family members of Hadi Hasan, cry over his body at a morgue in Baghdad, Iraq yesterday. Hasan, an employee of the Ministry of Electricity, was shot and killed Sunday in Baghdad's Dora district. A note was found next to Hasan's body claiming responsibility by the ``Islamic Army.''
PHOTO: AP
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In Thailand, teachers must go heavily armed to breakfast
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Cobras dominate series with Whales
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Wilton Veras of the Dominican Republic got both game-winning hits in the Cobras' victories over the Whales last week.
PHOTO: MACOTO COBRAS
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`Little Genius' survives all-Taiwan final round
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Wu Chia-ching, 16, of Taiwan overcame compatriot Kuo Po-cheng, 27, to win the 2005 World Pool Championship final in Kaohsiung on Sunday.
PHOTO: MATCHROOM SPORTS
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Montoya gets his first McLaren win
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Juan Pablo Montoya of Columbia, racing for McLaren Mercedes, just after winning the British Grand Prix at the Silverstone track in Silverston, England, Sunday. Spain's Fernando Alonso, driving for Renault, finished second and Finland's Kimi Raikkonen, driving for McLaren, was third. Germany's Michael Schumacher, racing for Ferrari, ended the Formula One event in sixth place.
PHOTO: EPA
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