Bombs in Egyptian resort town kill 83
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A hotel lies in ruins in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik after a bomb attack early yesterday.
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N Korea to get an aid, security offer
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The streets of Pyongyang are devoid of advertisements but filled with government propanda posters. The one on the right shows two US soldiers being stabbed by a bayonet.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Laos seals off capital for ASEAN security meeting
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Lao workers raise the flags of North Korea, left, South Korea, center, and Laos outside the main meeting hall for the 38th ASEAN meeting in Vientiane, Laos, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Sinn Fein leaders leave IRA posts
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Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams, center, gets caught between protesters and police in riot gear as they remove Nationalist protestors from the Crumlin Road in the Ardoyne district of North Belfast on July 12.
PHOTO: AP
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Explosives link made to July 7 attacks
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People on the London underground during evening rush hour on Friday. A suspected suicide bomber was shot dead by London police at the Stockwell station at around 10am that morning. Stockwell station was evacuated and a 200m area was cordoned off around it. This comes a day after four bombs failed to detonate at three tube stations and on board a London bus.
PHOTO: AFP
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Internet opens up new opportunities for writers
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China says rate change won't help US
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A woman counts Chinese banknotes in a savings office in Hai'an in China's Jiangsu Province on Friday, a day after China's revaluation of its currency.
PHOTO: EPA
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'Let us live our lives here in peace'
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Leprosy has left most of the cured patients with irreversible physical disabilties.
PHOTOS: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Happy Life Sanatorium has been a home to former lepers for 75 years, but not for much longer.
PHOTOS: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMESN
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Happy Life Sanatorium's symbol.
PHOTOS: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Huilung Hospital is set to become the final destination for the elderly former lepers.
PHOTOS: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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'Shockwave' will unsettle you with the truth of nuclear devastation
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Shockwave: The Countdown to Hiroshima
By Stephen Walker
352 pages
John Murray
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A-kiang's opera set for CD
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A-kiang, right, and award-winning environmental recording artist Matthew Lien have often collaborated together.
PHOTO COURTESY OF A-KIANG
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It could be worse
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Savage Pastimes: A Cultural History of Violent Entertainment
By Harold Schechter
192 pages
St. Martin's
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Sports Briefs
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Armstrong plays it safe
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The pack rides in the countryside during Stage 19 of the 92nd Tour de France between Issoire and Le-Puy-en-Velay on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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PHOTO: AFP
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Extreme events excite the totally bored
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Sandro Dias does a board grab high above a king-sized ``vert ramp'' during a warm-up session on Saturday at Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall in Taipei. He was gearing up for the Totally Board extreme sports competition.
PHOTO: SANDRA LIN
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A snowboarder performs a stunt during the Nokia Totally Board extreme sports competition in the landmark Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, yesterday. A total of 38 professional skiers, snowboarders and skateboarders from 16 countries joined the competition as 300 tonnes of artificial snow was brought in for the event.
PHOTO: AFP
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Creamer shoots to head up pack by seven strokes
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Ai Miyazato of Japan tees off at the 9th hole during the Evian Masters in Evian, France on Saturday. Miyazato dropped further behing the leader with a 75.
PHOTO: AP
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Gou dives for gold on 3m board
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Guo Jing-jing of China during the final round of the women's 3m springboard event at the World Swimming and Diving Championships in Montreal on Friday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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