Press-corps members suffer Caribbean credit scam
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Presidential Office spokesperson Chen Wen-tsung, right, starts a press conference yesterday outside the Presidential Office over the credit-card fraud incident.
PHOTO: LIAO CHEN-HUEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Luo defends party reform at campaign event
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DPP Chairman Su Tseng-chang, second right, and DPP candidate for Taipei County commissioner Luo Wen-jia, left, raise their fists at the opening of Luo's campaign headquarters in Banciao yesterday.
PHOTO: HO YU-HUA, TAIPEI TIMES
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Chinese immigrants keep US well fed
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This file photo was taken at one of the many employment agencies in Chinatown, New York, where Chinese immigrants come to get jobs across the US. The main hub for staffing the vast network of Chinese restaurants across the whole country is based in the city.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Iraq insurgency suffering internal woes
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An Iraqi policeman guards Iraqis pasting posters advertising the Oct. 15 referendum in the southern Iraqi city of Basra yesterday. Iraqi authorities began handing out millions of copies of a draft constitution in the run-up to next week's hotly contested referendum on the post-Saddam Hussein charter. ?
PHOTO: AFP
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GM peruses new gadgets at secret show
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People examine new technology in the Hitachi booth at the TechWorld 2005 show at the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Cloned beef already primed and ready to eat
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Cloned cows Peggy Sue, right, and Anna Belle are shown on a farm operated by ViaGen outside of Austin, Texas, on Tuesday. Austin-based ViaGen is seeking to create juicier steaks and cheaper milk by cloning prized meat producers and prodigious milkers for profit.
PHOTO: AP
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ViaGen chief scientific officer Irina Polejaeva is shown near the company's cloning equipment in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Suicide is not painless
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Jirayut Roddon won the man of her dreams by changing gender
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PHOTOS: AFP
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Jirayut Roddon recalls her past while sitting in a photo studio where she's found success as a hair stylist, in Bangkok.
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Laotians enjoy good food if not prosperity
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By Natacha Du
Pont De Bie
342 pages
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
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The end of humanity is nigh
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THE SINGULARITY IS NEAR
By Ray Kurzweil
652 pages
VIKING
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Hurricanes edge past Penguis in OT
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Goalie Andrew Raycroft of the Boston Bruins watches a deflection by Mike Grier of the Buffalo Sabres go into the net during the second period at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York, on Friday. Buffalo defeated Bostons 4-1.
PHOTO: AFP
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Longhorns likely to gorge Sooners
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Vince Young of the Texas Longhorns runs for a touchdown against the Missouri Tigers in their NCAA Division I-A contest at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri, on Oct. 1. Texas defeated Missouri 51-20. The Longhorns face the Oklahoma Sooners today.
PHOTO: AFP
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Top drivers to lead from the rear
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Renault's Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso of Spain in action during the third practice session at the Japanese F1 track in Suzuka, Japan, on Saturday. The Grand Prix of Japan will take place in Suzuka today.
PHOTO: EPA
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Chicago victorious in battle of the Sox
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Paul Konerko of the White Sox watches his two-run homer during the sixth inning against Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield in Game 3 of their American League division series in Boston on Friday. Chicago defeated Boston 5-3 to sweep the AL division series 3-0.
PHOTO: AP
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