Lien bids an emotional farewell to KMT
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Outgoing Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan, second right, gets a kiss from KMT Legislator Lin Yi-shih, right, during a farewell event yesterday. Taipei Mayor and Lien's successor Ma Ying-jeou, far left, claps his hands.
PHOTO: WANG YISUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Vice minister asked to step down
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Minister of Economic Affairs Ho Mei-yueh, left, speaks to Minister of Finance Lin Chuan, right, at a Cabinet meeting yesterday, during which Premier Frank Hsieh announced a list of officials that were to be disciplined as a result of the recent water supply problems in Taoyuan County.
PHOTO: LIAO CHEN-HUI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Military pre-empts Chinese-Russian joint exercises
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Soldiers from an elite marine brigade practice an amphibious landing in Linkou Township yesterday. The landing was part of a military exercise simulating a Chinese invasion aimed at seizing Taipei via Linkou.
PHOTO: CHIEN JUNG-FUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Central Asia takes center stage again in power games
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Sergay Pashevich, a former Soviet Army colonel who is also an academic with a doctorate in Chinese history, takes aim with his Kalashnikov rifle at his office in Almaty, Kazakhstan last month. Pashevich warns that a 21st century Great Game is in progress in Central Asia, with China and Russia on the one side and the US on the other.
PHOTO: AP
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Israel begins forced removal of settlers
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A settler prays on the beach in the Jewish settlement of Shirat Hayam in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday. Thousands of Israeli security forces burst through makeshift blockades and poured into four Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip early in the morning, beginning the removal of protesters who refused orders to leave the area ahead of a deadline.
PHOTO: AFP
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UK police blamed in shooting
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A picture grab made available on Tuesday by British ITN News, that obtained the secret photograph of Charles De Menezes, the Brazilian man police shot dead on the tube in London, mistaken for a suicide bomber.
PHOTO: EPA/ITV
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Talks must follow Gaza withdrawal
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Life inspires the art of A-Kan
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A-Kan believes art should originate from the feelings of human life. These examples of his art show his playful nature.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF JOKI
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Planet Pop
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Eminem throws in the towel, with plans for his latest tour canceled.
PHOTO: EPA
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CCTV a valuable spy in the fight against crime and terrorism
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A police officer performs his duty in the CCTV's dispatching center aimed at watching the streets for traffic and criminal information in the London district of Westminster.
PHOTO: EPA
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Backdropped by a British flag, closed-circuit surveillance cameras keep watch, in central London.
PHOTO: AP
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Curators take over MOCA
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF MOCA
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Hiraki Sawa, black-and-white stills of planes on a table, and bed, from his video Dwelling.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF MOCA
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Runa Islam's double projection on two screens.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF MOCA
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A black-and-white photo from Werner Herzog's film Ten Thousand Years Older.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF MOCA
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Vince Carter's visit highlights how far SBL has to go
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NBA All-Star Vince Carter of the New Jersey Nets discusses hoops at a press conference during his visit to Taipei last week.
PHOTO: PAUL HUANG
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Serena Williams struggles in Round 1
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Marat Safin signs autographs after his match with Jan Hernych during the Cinncinati Masters at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, Tuesday. Safin won 7-6, 6-4.
PHOTO: AFP
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Olivo, Loretta answer Padres' prayers
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Venezuelean starter Freddie Garcia of the White Sox pitches against the Twins at US Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois, Tuesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Luis Castillo, center, of the Marlins is tagged out at home plate by catcher Miguel Olivo, right, of the Padres during the first inning Tin Miami, Florida, Tuesday. Castillo was trying to score from third on a ground ball by Carlos Delgado.
PHOTO: AP
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