Marchers rally for defense of Taiwan
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Thousands of protesters hold up and flags and banners and shout slogans as they march in a parade yesterday in Taipei to voice their objection to the opposition parties' boycott of the arms-procurement package and show their resolution to resist an invasion by China.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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A defiant Iran calls UN resolution `illegal'
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A picture of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei peers at three missiles on a tank exhibited in the Baharestan square in Tehran yesterday.
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Taichung accused of neglecting site
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The culturally important Huilai prehistoric site was discovered in May and is reported to be one of the best preserved sites found in Taichung in the last 70 years. Due to a lack of security and funds, the site has fallen into its present state and requires the government's immediate attention, according to one activist.
PHOTO: LIAO YAO-TUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taiwan may have lost softball game, but gained friend
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Democratic Progressive Party Chairman Su Tseng-chang watches as Presidential Office Deputy Secretary-General James Huang prepares to throw the ball during a friendly soft ball game between members of the Taiwanese delegation touring Central America and a local team from the Dominican Republic in Santo Domingo on Saturday evening.
PHOTO: CNA
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KMT goes south to boost local candidates
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou, left, campaigns yesterday for Kaohsiung County commissioner candidate Lin Yi-shih, right.
PHOTO: SU FU-NAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Japan's mob reorganizes for the future
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An old man strolls in front of a large sign that reads ``Get Rid Of Gang Syndicates'' at a park in Kobe, western Japan, last week. Tucked away behind a high wall and a row of trees on a quiet street corner, the headquarters of Japan's largest crime syndicate could almost pass for just another residence in a ritzy neighborhood.
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HK inches toward democracy
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Hong Kong legislator ``Long Hair'' Leung Kwok-hung, center, wears a T-shirt featuring tanks at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989 and the words ``People will not forget,'' while touring a high-tech park in Shenzhen yesterday with other Hong Kong legislators. The legislators were invited by Beijing on a two-day tour to three mainland cities.
PHOTO: AP
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Thaksin vows justice after killings
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A Muslim student fills in a test at an exam hall at a religious school, known as a ``pondok,'' where children study basic topics as well as religion, in Thailand's restive southern Yala Province on Saturday. Some Thai lawmakers believe that these religious schools are training camps for militants and should be closed, but others believe they are an important way to ease tensions in the region, which were raised last week after two marines were taken hostage and killed, prompting the prime minister to vow a tough response.
PHOTO: AFP
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Israel launches Gaza offensive
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Palestinians schoolgirls walk past the collapsed roof of the destroyed Akram School after it was hit in an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, early yesterday. An Israeli aircraft fired at a school in a crowded Gaza City neighborhood, wounding at least 15 people, Palestinian medical officials said.
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Rita evacuees urged not to go home
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Rose Machado, left, walks in waist-high floodwater as her neighbors' trailer burns in Lafitte, Louisiana, after Hurricane Rita passed through the area on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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Japan's economy wakes up
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Wake up and smell the Taiwan coffee festival
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Coffee aficionados enjoy a cuppa at an outdoor cafe in Gukeng Township's Huashan Rest Area, which now has scores of coffee shops and a weekend surge of visitors to sample the delicious bean-based bevvie.
PHOTO: CHUANG YU-FENG, TAIPEI TIMES
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The refreshing sight of ruby-red, maturing coffee beans in Yunlin's Gukeng Township attracts many visitors to the region.
PHOTO: LIAO SHU-LING, TAIPEI TIMESN
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Refineries mostly escape hurricane's wrath
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Workers at Valero's Port Arthur, Texas, refinery inspect an oil spill after it was flooded by Hurricane Rita on Saturday.
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Japan wraps up 6-month, trouble-free World Expo
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Participants in the closing ceremony of the Aichi Expo yesterday wave to the crowd in Nagakute near Nagoya, Japan. The Aichi Expo was the first world expo in the 21st century and Japan's first in 35 years.
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Walking through art
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PHOTO: AP
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Plant Pop
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A chip off the old block: Damian Marley.
PHOTO: AFP
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Lemar has found his Mobos.
PHOTO: AP
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Hip hop to the top
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Kevin Lyles, the executive vice president of the Warner Music Group and former head of DefJam Records, with Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child.
PHOTO: NY TIMES
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Irish crush the Huskies
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Notre Dame's Rashon Powers-Neal, center, leaps into the end zone against Washington during the third quarter in Seattle, Washington on Saturday. Notre Dame won 36-17.
PHOTO: AP
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Asashoryu wins sixth Cup after playoff with Kotooshu
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Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu, right, pushes out Bulgarian Kotooshu in a playoff after the two finished even in the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo, yesterday. Asashoryu won the bout to secure his sixth Emperor's Cup.
PHOTO: AFP
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US draws even with the Internationals
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Lu Wei-chih of Taiwan drives on the back nine during the last day of the Taiwan Masters in Tamsui, yesterday. Lu won the US$400,000 tournament.
PHOTO: AP
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Capirossi takes race as Rossi wins championship
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MotoGP winner Loris Capirossi, center, of Italy, driving for Ducati-Marlboro team, stands with Valentino Rossi, left, (second place) also of Italy, and driver for the Gauloises-Yamaha team, and Carlos Checa (third place) of Spain, driving for the Ducati-Marlboro team, after the Malaysian Grand Prix near Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
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