Sixty years on, Asia's wounds remain
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Three elderly Taiwanese women yesterday demand an official apology from Japan for forcing them to work as sex slaves, or comfort women, during World War II. There are 30 survivors out of an estimated 2,000 Taiwanese women who were forced to work as sex slaves for Japanese troops, both in Taiwan and in other Asian countries.
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Cellphones can be bad for children, report says
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A young girl uses her mobile phone to talk to her parents yesterday. A recently released report warned that inappropriate use of mobile phones could create tension between parents and children and disrupt family relationships.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taiwan Quick Take
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PHOTO: YOU TAI-LANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Ma, Wang hold first post-election meeting
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KMT chairman-elect Ma Ying-jeou, right, meets with Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng at the Speaker's Lodge in Taipei yesterday. During their talk, Wang again turned down an offer to stay on as senior vice chairman of the KMT. Ma later told reporters that the job will remain open.
PHOTO: JIAN RONG-FENG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Decision on blame for water-supply woes won't be made until tomorrow
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Residents in Nanhua Township, Tainan County, surround a backhoe and trucks in a bid to prevent repair work to a broken water main from proceeding.
PHOTO: LIN MENG-TING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Blasts mar independence day
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Panic-stricken Kashmiri students weep after a bomb exploded outside the Bakshi Stadium, the venue of the main celebrations in Indian Kashmir's main city of Srinagar yesterday. Police said there was no loss of life. The stadium, which has been attacked on previous Independence Days by militants fighting Indian rule in divided Kashmir, had been tightly guarded in the run-up to the celebrations.
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Aceh's peace deal ends a 30-year war
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Indonesian Minister of Law and Human Rights Hamid Awaludin, left, the Free Aceh Movement's Malik Mahmud, right, and Finland's Martti Ahtisaari, center, shake hands after signing the peace agreement yesterday in Helsinki.
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Nobody at the controls of doomed plane
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A firefighter looks at the tail of a Cypriot Helios Airways aircraft near the coastal town of Grammatiko, about 40km north of Athens, on Sunday. The plane crashed into a hill on Sunday, killing all 121 people on board in what officials said was Greece's worst airline disaster. At least one of the pilots reportedly was unconscious when the plane went down, possibly from a lack of oxygen.
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The smoking gun goes missing
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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'Elvis is dead! Get over it!'
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A man waits in line at the front gate of Graceland during Elvis Week, in Memphis, Tennessee. Thousands of people from around the world have come to celebrate the life of Elvis Presley who died today, 28 years ago in 1977.
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Rap's Public Enemy landsfor MoS gig
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Chuck D, co-founder of Public Enemy, flew into Taiwan last night.
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Tracy crashes out and Bourdais wins in Denver
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Sebastien Bourdais of France in turn one on his way to victory at the Grand Prix of Denver, Sunday, in Denver, Colorado. Mexico's Mario Dominguez was second.
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Whales surface in Cobras series
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Shen Yu-jeh of the Whales pitches against the Cobras in Hsinchuang on Sunday during a Chinese Professional Baseball League game. Shen allowed only one hit in four innings of relief work as the Whales defeated the Cobras 10-1.
PHOTO: CHINATRUST WHALES
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Americans dominate World's
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The US 4x400m relay team celebrates after winning the gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, Sunday. From left, Andrew Rock, Darold Williamson, Jeremy Wariner and Derrick Brew. The Bahamas were second and Jamaica was third. Overall, the Americans won 25 medals during the competition, with 14 of them gold.
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Benjamin Limo of Kenya celebrates after winning the final of the men's 5000m in Helsinki, Finland on Sunday.
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England takes 2-1 lead as Ashes series heats up
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England batsman Andrew Strauss pulls legside against Australia on the fourth day of the third Ashes test match at Old Trafford in Manchester, England on Sunday.
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Tiger finally gets out of the woods
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