Legislative session opens with mayhem
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DPP Legislator Wang Shu-hui, left, attacks KMT Legislator Kuo Su-chun, right, after Kuo tore up a copy of Premier Frank Hsieh's policy report that he was scheduled to deliver yesterday at the opening of a new sitting of the legislature.
PHOTO: CNA
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Japan wary of Chinese spy plane, ships
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In this photo released by the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force, a Chinese Navy ship cruises near a gas drilling platform floating in the East China Sea along a disputed sea border with China, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Disabled athletes off to Rio with spirit
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President Chen Shui-bian, center, gestures yesterday as first lady Wu Shu-jen, right, shakes hands with a disabled athlete representing Taiwan at the 2005 World Wheelchair and Amputee Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
PHOTO: CNA
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No-confidence vote petition drive starts
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A woman demonstrating against the special arms-procurement budget stands outside the legislature on the first day of the new legislative session yesterday, demanding that the government not ``use either a special budget or regular budget'' to purchase weapons. The legislature's Procedure Committee refused yesterday, for the 28th time, to place the special arms budget bill on the legislative agenda.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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DPP, TSU accept Chen's invitation
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Presidential Secretary-General Yu Shyi-kun, left, and Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) Chairman Shu Chin-chiang yesterday show President Chen Shui-bian's invitation to Shu to join him on a visit to diplomatic allies in Central America and the Caribbean.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Lightning sparks ammo dump blasts
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A scene of the crime officer walks past recovered test grenades found in the crater created by a series of explosions on Monday night inside Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City, southern Manila, yesterday. The explosions injured 107 people and triggered panic.
PHOTO: EPA
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HK Disney sued on opening day for poor crowd control
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Jubilant visitors enter the official grand opening ceremony for Hong Kong Disneyland on Monday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Joy, death as Palestinians swarm Gaza
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Palestinian and Egyptian relatives greet each other along the Gaza-Egypt border in Rafah, Philadelphi Corridor, in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Hospital yields cluster of corpses
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US President George W. Bush, with US Coast Guard Vice Admiral Thad Allen, left, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco, second left, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, right, and US General Russ Honore, second right, ducks to avoid low-hanging wires during a tour of flood-devastated neighborhoods on the back of a military truck in New Orleans on Monday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Roberts pledges to judge `without fear or favor'
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Judge John Roberts raises his right hand as he is sworn in on Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committe to testify on his confirmation to become chief justice of the US.
PHOTO: AP
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Japan's Koizumi is in the driver's seat on reform
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Fujitsu hopes to mass produce helper robot
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A new service robot, called ``enon,'` jointly developed by Japan's Fujitsu Frontech and Fujitsu Laboratories, communicates with an engineer before carrying a parcel during a press preview in Tokyo yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Doing Tokyo doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg
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PHOTOS: NY TIMES
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The sights and sounds of Tokyo needn't cost too much.
PHOTOS: NY TIMES
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Taiwan flounder against Nicaragua
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Catcher Cheng Chi-hung of Taiwan, right, is too late to prevent Nicaraguan Eduardo Romero from scoring during their Baseball World Cup match in Almere, the Netherlands, on Monday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Pitcher Huang Yi-che of Team Taiwan in action during the Baseball World Cup match against Nicaragua on Monday in Almere, the Netherlands.
PHOTO: EPA
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England celebrate Ashes coup
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England captain Michael Vaughan celebrates with his team after defeating Australia on the fifth day of the final Ashes Test at The Oval cricket ground in London on Monday.
PHOTOS: EPA
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Australia's Shane Warne, second right, is consoled by Justin Langer after he bowled his last over during the fifth Test at The Ovel cricket ground in London on Monday.
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