Opposition demands minister's head
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Minister of Economic Affairs Ho Mei-yueh, right, listens to a report on long-term flood control planning from Chen Shen-hsien, director of the Water Resources Agency, left, in Taoyuan yesterday.
PHOTO: HSIEH WU-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Japan's government falls on postal bill gamble
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, right, and Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki, left, bow to members of the lower house at a plenary session of the Diet in Tokyo yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Chiayi teen stops bank robbery
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Police precinct chief Li Wei-wen, right, congratulates a 13-year old junior-high student, surnamed Lee, left, for his bravery in foiling a bank robbery yesterday.
PHOTO: TSAI MIN-YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Justice minister blasts short jail terms for fines
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Gambling-arcade tycoon Chou Jen-sen, left, carries a bag with his possessions as he leaves prison yesterday, accompanied by some friends. His case helped trigger a revision of the law governing jail time in lieu of paying fines.
PHOTO: WANG YI-SUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Lu pushes economic ties with Latin America
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Vice President Annette Lu, center, accompanied by International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF) Secretary-General Chen Cheng-Chung, yesterday receives representatives from Taiwan's Central American allies.
PHOTO: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Horse-racing fest part of an ancient Tibetan tradition
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A Tibetan horseman holds on to his horse at high speed during a test of riding skills on Sunday in Tsara township, Tibet. Eleven horse riders, each representing one of the township's villages, participated in a fiercely contested race which showed that for some Tibetans, a horse is as natural a means of transport as a bicycle in other nations.
PHOTO: AFP
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Nagasaki mourns in the shadows
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A Japanese visitor photographs one of the remaining statues and edifice of the original Urakami Cathedral, in Nagasaki, Japan, yesterday. Completed in 1925, the Urakami Cathedral was the oldest and largest Christian church in the Orient, and Nagasaki was the oldest and most influential Christian community in Japan, having been founded by Francis Xavier in 1550. The Cathedral was destroyed by the atomic bombing of the city and rebuilt in 1959.
PHOTO: EPA
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Scientist released from jail for criticism of Chernobyl
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Belarussian scientist Yuri Bandazhevsky, a specialist in nuclear medicine, at his home in Minsk yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Mother of fallen soldier holding ranch vigil
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Cindy Sheehan of Gold Star Families for Peace, speaks on a mobile phone near her makeshift camp on the side of a road leading to the ranch of US President George W. Bush in Crawford, Texas, on Sunday. Her son Casey Sheehan was killed in Iraq.
PHOTO: AFP
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Will nanotechnology destroy us?
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Chunghwa's labor union goes on strike
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Labor union members of Taiwan's state-controlled Chunghwa Telecom Co hold signs to protest the government's plan to privatize the telecom operator, while in the background a company representative talks to the media about the controversial plan during a press conference in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Stewart feels right at home in Brickyard
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NASCAR's Tony Stewart speeds into the first turn during the Allstate 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Clemens still wins after all these years
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Roger Clemens of the Astros pitches against the Giants at SBC Park in San Francisco, California, Sunday. Houston defeated San Francisco 8-1.
PHOTO: AFP
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