Legislators scuffle over draft NCC bill
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Legislators hold signs denouncing the pan-blues' National Communications Commission bill yesterday, at the legislature in Taipei. Legislators got into a scuffle yesterday over different versions of the proposal for a National Communications Commission to supervise the media.
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16,000 PLA soldiers take part in exercise in Inner Mongolia
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Chinese soldiers uncover a military vehicle in disguise during the exercise code-named ``North Sword 2005'' at the Zhurihe training base, a tactical drill base in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, yesterday.
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Prosecutors put the spotlight on Pung's dilemma
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At a press conference held on Sunday, well-known actor Pung Chia-chia displays all the drugs he has been taking for depression.
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Chen's counterparts hail his vision, friendliness
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From left, Prime Minister of Belize Said Musa, President Chen Shui-bian, Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos and Salvadorean President Tony Saca wave for photographers during the summit of Central American leaders in Managua on Monday.
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Malay prisoners treated `less than human': watchdog
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Riot police stand guard outside the Kemunting detention camp during an anti-internal security act protest in Taiping, Malaysia, on Saturday.
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Sharon survives Likud leadership vote
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Palestinian students from a Hamas-run school north of Gaza City stage a protest yesterday against a recent Israeli airstrike, which injured eight women, three children and several elderly people. Israel continued to launch more air strikes on the Gaza Strip despite a pledge by Hamas to halt rocket attacks. Sign reads, ``No to terrorism, yes to education.''
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Protestant hardliners reject IRA disarmament
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Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Ian Paisley, second right, accompanied by aides arrives for a meeting with General John de Chastelain of the International Decommissioning Body on Irish Republican Army (IRA), in east Belfast, Northern Ireland, yesterday. The DUP has refused to accept that the IRA has given up its entire arsenal of weapons.
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US military jury convicts England of detainee abuse
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US Army Private First Class Lynndie England, right, walks out of the courthouse on Monday with her attorney, Captain Jonathan Crisp, in Fort Hood, Texas. England was convicted by a military jury on six of seven counts.
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Rita's destruction shocks rescuers
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Coffins which spilled from a damaged mausoleum during Hurricane Rita lie in floodwaters on Monday, near Our Lady of the Sea Catholic Church in Cameron, Louisiana.
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Reinventing the IMF
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Slower economy hits real-estate outlook
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A panoramic view of Taipei's Neihu District shows how the area has become increasingly densely populated. Overall house and office rental has risen by nearly 10 percent over the past six months. A government report released yesterday indicated that the composite index for the nation's property market slid in the second quarter.
PHOTO: LU CHING-MIN, TAIPEI TIMES
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UBS to buy stake in BoC
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A customer walks out of a China Construction Bank (CCB) ATM branch yesterday in Beijing. Credit Suisse is reported to be eyeing a US$500 million stake in the bank, which is expected to launch its massive public share sale on Oct. 27 or 28 in Hong Kong.
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Few tourists, plenty of space and rain in Spain
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Brussels isn't so boring after all
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Brussels: ``Like Paris was 30 years ago.''
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Fuzzy friends
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NY Yankees rout Baltimore Orioles
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Atlanta Braves second-baseman Marcus Giles, left, tags out Colorado Rockies base-stealer Dustan Mohr, center, as umpire Sam Holbrock looks on in the second inning of their game at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday.
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Tottenham rebounds to beat Fulham
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Tottenham Hotspur's Jermain Defoe scores the opening goal against Fulham during their English Premiership soccer match at the White Hart Lane stadium in London on Monday.
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