Taiwan, Alaska to further strengthen ties, Chen says
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President Chen Shui-bian sits next to Smokey the Bear, a local mascot, in the Portage Lake tourist information center during a transit stop in Alaska on his way to Miami on Tuesday.
PHOTO: CNA
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Taipei official quits, sues for slander
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Ho Hung-jung hugs his wife after announcing that he will resign from his post as chief of the Taipei City Bureau of Civil Affairs during a press conference yesterday.
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Ma backs `truth' committee
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Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou addresses the KMT's weekly Central Standing Committee meeting yesterday.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Koizumi basks as parliament begins postal reform
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, center, shares a light moment with Liberal Democratic Party politicians during a special legislative session in Tokyo yesterday.
PHOTO: EPA
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West Bank celebrates as Israelis pullout
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Members of the al-Aqsa brigade celebrate in the former Jewish settlement of Kadem near the West Bank City of Jenin, on Tuesday. Hundreds of Palestinians flooded into the evacuated West Bank settlement of Kadem, after the Israeli army pulled out , witnesses said. Israel evacuated Kadem and Ganem and three neighbouring settlements as part of its withdrawal plan.
PHOTO: EPA
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Nigerian militants threaten violent action after their leader is arrested
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This picture shows militia leader Dokubo Asari, center, in a village hideout in the Niger Delta. Separatist militants threatened to destroy oil wells and pipelines across the Delta unless their arrested leader is released.
PHOTO: AFP
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Florida Keys spared as Rita strengthens
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Thrillseekers are blown off a sea wall by waves whipped up by Hurricane Rita at the southernmost US point marker in Key West, Florida, on Tuesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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FBI files a goldmine for digging celebrity dirt
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Liberace, pictured here in 1985, was a keen gambler and had his own bookie, if you believe the FBI.
PHOTO: AP
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Robert Blake was prevented by the FBI from starring in a TV show named after the agency.
PHOTO: AP
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Small is the old big
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A cypress bonsai tree.
PHOTOS: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Bouganvilla.
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A Buddhist hand mandarin orange plant.
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Bonsai World owner Yen Zi-jing tends to a cypress bonsai.
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Avoiding the crowds at TFAM could lead to some exciting discoveries on 3rd floor
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Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF TFAM
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Tadao Ando, Rokko Housing, Hyogo, Japan.
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PC Game Reviews
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Catwalk star , Kate Moss gets marching orders
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Sports Briefs
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Gibbs gets Skins on track
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Santana Moss, left, of the Redskins pulls in a touchdown pass in front of Aaron Glenn of the Cowboys in Irving, Texas, Monday. Washington defeated Dallas 14-13.
PHOTO: AP
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White Sox boost lead in AL Central
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Puerto Rican Jorge Posada, right, of the Yankees hits a three-run home run on a pitch by John Maine of the Orioles at Yankee Stadium in New York on Tuesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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