New tax policy will `take from the rich'
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President Chen Shui-bian, center, and participants of the 2005 Youth National Affairs Conference pose for a photograph yesterday before the beginning of the conference at Yangmingshan's Sun Yat-sen Hall.
PHOTO: WANG YI-SOONG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Louisiana begins gruesome task of tallying the dead
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The city of New Orleans pictured at dawn, Saturday, as fires continue to burn and water still stands in many areas.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Police arrest man in acid attack
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Yang Yao-jui is suspected of attacking Liang Shun-chih with sulfuric acid on Friday.
PHOTO: HUANG MEI-CHU, TAIPEI TIMES
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UK crewmen celebrate POW rescue
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Former members of the British Royal Navy attend a commemoration ceremony yesterday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the evacuation of prisoners of war from Taiwan at Keelung's Wharf No.2.
PHOTO: SOONG CHIH-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Denys Carden, left, a former member of the British navy, shows a bandanna given to him by a prisoner of war (POW) in 1945 during a commemoration ceremony yesterday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the evacuation of Allied POWs from Taiwan at Keelung's Wharf No. 2.
PHOTO: SOONG CHIH-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Famous violin settles into new home
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Peter Shepperd Skaevard, a leading authority on Giovanni Battista Viotti's life and work, plays the ``Viotti ex Bruce'' Stradivarius violin at the Royal Academy of Music in London, following its acceptance by the Royal Academy in lieu of tax.
PHOTO: AFP
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Election time is here again
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Travel prospects good for the region, despite oil woes
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A Malaysia Airlines employee talks on a phone at the flight ticket reservation counter in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday. The unrelenting climb of global oil prices this year has badly hurt the bottom lines of airlines across the Asia Pacific, plunging some like Thai Airways, Malaysia Airlines and China Southern into losses, and forcing many to raise ticket prices through higher fuel surcharges.
PHOTO: AP
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Art student makes the ulimate product for consumers
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Some of the ``human being parts'' made by Thai art student Kittiwat Unarom at his studio in the Potharam district of Ratchaburi Province.
PHOTO: AP
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Kittiwat Unarom, 28, poses with one his ``human being parts'' made of bread, at his studio in Potharam,Thailand, on Friday. The art student, a son of the bakery owners, said he spent about six months to create his eatable works with the concept of ``do not believe in what you see'' for an exhibition, but he has been selling some of the pieces.
PHOTO: AP
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Planet Pop
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Johnny Depp is all smiles with Hollywood director Tim Burton yesterday in Tokyo, despite being called ``weird'' by his son.
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TCU upends Oklahoma
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Mike Hart of Michigan leaps over the goal line for a touchdown against Northern Illinois during the second quarter of their NCAA game at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Saturday. The fourth-ranked Wolverines (1-0) led just 14-10 early in the second quarter before scoring 19 straight points in the opener for both schools.
PHOTO: AFP
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Second seed Nadal overcome by Blake
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Tatiana Golovin of France hits a forehand return to Nathalie Dechy, also of France, during the third round during the US Open at the US Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, Saturday. Dechy defeated Golovin 7-5, 2-6, 6-2.
PHOTO: EPA
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James Blake of the US celebrates after upsetting Rafael Nadal of Spain 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 at the US Open Tennis Championship in Flushing Meadows, New York, Saturday.
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Small turns in major performance
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Cheng Chi-hung of Taiwan pitches against the Czech Republic during the World Cup in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Saturday. Taiwan defeated the Czech Republic 10-1.
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Yankees pitcher Aaron Small celebrates after pitching a full-game shutout against the Athletics at McAfee Coliseum in Oakland, California, Saturday. New York won 7-0.
PHOTO: EPA
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