Access to highway may pollute water
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A white sedan yesterday approaches the Shihding checkpoint on the Taipei-Ilan highway.
PHOTO: CNA
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Legislative chaos spreads to Taipei council
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While attempting to throw an apple at the Bureau of Civil Affairs' Ho Hung-jung, DPP Taipei City Councilor Lo Tsung-sheng, center, is held by KMT Taipei City Councilor Chen Chia-ming, left, at the Taipei City Council.
PHOTO: CHANG CHIA-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Uzbeks held in post-riot purge
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Fifteen defendants charged by the state over the Andizhan massacre on May 13 sit in the supreme court of Uzbekistan in Tashkent yesterday. The fifteen stand accused of terrorism, possession of illegal weapons possession, murder of civilians, officials and members of the security forces, hostage-taking and freeing of hundreds of prisoners, Deputy Prosecutor General Anvar Nabiyev said.
PHOTO: AFP
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China starts drilling at disputed site
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This Japan Coast Guard handout picture shows a Chinese gas platform in the East China Sea near the Japan-China border yesterday. China has started production of gas and oil in a disputed energy field in the East China Sea.
PHOTO: AFP
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Jakarta adopts strict policies to keep bird flu in check
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Masked zoo workers take purple herons to quarantine at the Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta yesterday. The zoo was closed on Monday after several of its bird species contracted bird flu, highlighting Indonesia's continuing struggle to contain the virus which is endemic in chicken populations throughout the sprawling archipelago.
PHOTO: AP
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Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal dies
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Simon Wiesenthal is pictured in his office in Vienna, Austria, in this photograph from May 22, 1996.
PHOTO: AP
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Korean nuclear deal is just the beginning
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Premier says fuel prices will not be raised -- for now
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Drivers wait to fill up at a gas station in Taipei. Premier Frank Hsieh said yesterday that fuel prices will not be increased for the time being.
PHOTO: CHEN TSE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Check out an `earthly paradise'
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Cigar making is a traditional small industry.
PHOTOS: AGNECIES
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A Nicaraguan dressed in traditional costume.
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Bangladesh opens with confidence in Sri Lanka
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Bangladesh wicket-keeper Khaled Mashud, left, and captain Habibul Bashar, second left, succesfully appeal for a lbw decision against Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya, right, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Kotooshu keeps the lead at Autumn Grand Sumo
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Bulgarian Kotooshu, left, throws Iwakiyama onto the ring to win their bout in the Autumn Grand Sumo tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena on Monday. Kotooshu remains undefeated and in sole possession of the lead at the 15-day tournament. Kotooshu improved to 9-0 while Iwakiyama dropped to 4-5.
PHOTO: AP, KYODO NEWS
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Ronaldinho named player of the year
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Ronaldinho poses with his trophies after being voted player of the year by FIFPro, the international professional football players' union, in London on Monday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Actress and singer Minnie Driver arrives for the FIFPro awards in London on Monday.
PHOTO: AP
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