Delegation of Canadian MPs urged to support Taiwan
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President Chen Shui-bian, right, shakes hands with Canadian Liberal Member of Parliament Peter Adams at the Presidential Office yesterday.
PHOTO: CNA
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Crab inspection policy slammed
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Taiwan Solidarity Union Legislator Lai Shin-yuan holds up a hairy crab imported from China. Lai said that the lack of hygiene inspection for Chinese seafood entering the country is endangering the public's health.
PHOTO: CHEN CHIEH-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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MAC offers olive branches to Chinese visitors
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Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairman Joseph Wu holds a MAC pamphlet titled Taipei's Olive Branches, which highlights Taiwan's ``longstanding goodwill'' toward China at a press conference yesterday. This is the first time that a government publication has been issued in simplified Chinese characters.
PHOTO: CHU PEI-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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New head of labor council takes up post
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Council of Labor Affairs Chairman Lee Ying-yuan, center, visits Thai laborers' dormitories in Kaohsiung's Kangshan Township yesterday. He said he was satisfied with the meals provided for the workers, as well as the improvements that have been made to their living conditions.
PHOTO: WANG JUNG-HSIANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Afghans gather up the ballots
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Afghan workers with the UN-backed Joint Electoral Management Body use wheelbarrows to move ballot boxes at a warehouse in Kabul yesterday ahead of the start of counting today. A truck transporting ballot boxes from the landmark legislative polls was hit by a roadside bomb in the country's troubled east, police said.
PHOTO: AFP
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Is Iran's fuel program peaceful?
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Iranian women hold posters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as he arrived from New York, where he attended the UN General Assembly, at the Mehrabad airport, in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday. In a fiery speech to the UN General Assembly on Saturday, Ahmadinejad denied Iran had any intention of producing nuclear weapons. To prove that, he offered foreign countries and companies a role in Iran's nuclear fuel production program.
PHOTO: AP
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Doctors ready for first face transplant
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Matthew Teffteller stands outside his home in Walland, Tennessee, in July. Teffeteller, who has endured many operations to replace damaged skin on his face following a 2002 auto accident, decided not to become a candidate for a face transplant operation.
PHOTO: AP
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New Orleans isn't ready: officials
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Allen Marcelin, left, and his son Sundi come back out of their home upset after seeing the damage for the first time caused by the flood waters in New Orleans, Louisiana on Sunday, after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the area. This was the second time their home was caught in the flood waters caused by a hurricane.
PHOTO: EPA
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Wealthy nations slammed for world poverty
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez greets supporters after returning to Venezuela from the UN meeting in New York, outside Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Germany and UK on separate economic paths
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ILLUSTRAION: YU SHA
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Potato time
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PHOTO: EPA
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Study finds big storms are becoming more frequent
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An infrared satellite image shows the center of Hurricane Katrina, Monday, Aug. 29.
PHOTO: AP
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Spain, Lithuania, Russia, Slovenia in quarterfinals
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Tony Parker, right, of France, battles Lakovic Jaka of Slovenia during the European Championships in Belgrade, Sunday. Slovenia won 68-58.
PHOTO: AFP
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Panthers win in shootout
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San Jose Sharks' goalkeeper Evgeni Nabokov comes out on the ice during player introductions before the start of a preseason game against the Los Angeles Kings in San Jose, California on Sunday. San Jose defeated Los Angeles 5-4.
PHOTO: AP
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CPBL
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Bears starter Chris Wright delievers a pitch in Thursday's 9-0 shutout win of the Lions in Tainan. Wright has won four straight while lowering his ERA to 2.63.
PHOTO: LA NEW BEARS
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Busch's season may be wrecked
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Kurt Busch, left,spins out before hitting the wall during the second lap of the Sylvania 300 in Loudon, New Hampshire on Sunday. Ryan Newman went on to win the race.
PHOTO: AP
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Panthers take Patriots down a notch
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Panthers' Stephen Davis, top center, runs through Chad Brown, left, and Matt Chatham of the Patriots for his third touchdown of the game during the fourth quarter of Carolina's 27-17 win in Charlotte, North Carolina on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Raiders fans cheer during the game against the Chiefs' in Oakland on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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