Filipino laborers protest violence
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A Filipino laborer with a cloth wrapped around his face yesterday holds up a banner on the streets in front of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office to protest neglect of the plight of Filipino workers for Formosa Plastics Group who were beaten up and sent home on Aug. 2 by the cultural office and the Philippine government.
PHOTO: CNA
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Taiwan Quick Take
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PHOTO: CNA
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MAC comments on Chinese visits
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Former president Lee Teng-hui, third left, accompanied by Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) Chairman Shu Chin-chiang, second left, and other TSU members, yesterday addresses the audience at a rally in Keelung City to drum up support for TSU candidate for Keelung City mayor Chen Chien-ming, third right. President Chen Shui-bian spoke at another rally in support of Chen Chien-ming the night before, and outlined two alternatives for China before a top Chinese official would be allowed to visit Taiwan.
PHOTO: YANG PEI-HUA, TAIPEI TIMES
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China taking bird flu seriously
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Chinese watch a chicken strut through the street outside a traditional Chinese-style courtyard home where several families live in close quarters in Shanghai, yesterday. Many Chinese, both in rural and urban areas, supplement their income by raising fowl and this proximity to live birds makes it harder for the government to fully monitor possible outbreaks of bird flu.
PHOTO: AP
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Can reporters still do their job in anarchic Iraq?
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Taichung's science park confounding the skeptics
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Workers outside a plant of ProMos Technologies Inc, a memory chip maker, in Taichung, at the central Taiwan Science Park construction site. Amid the rolling hills of central Taiwan, the massive US$31 billion investment is fast changing a landscape of sugar cane and sweet potato farms into lines of slick towers, and will house the latest in cutting edge technology.
PHOTO: AFP
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Another world
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PHOTO: EPA
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Halloween is growing up
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Sales of adults' Halloween costumes have grown rapidly over the previous years' celebrations.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICEN
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The worldwide annual rite of Halloween is as much an excuse for a party as it is for children to trick-or-treat these days.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Planet Pop
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Michael Caine is up to his old tricks.
PHOTO: AP
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Janet Jackson likes to choose when she bares it all for the media.
PHOTO: AP
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Cuba comes to town
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This birthday girl's voice still packs a mighty punch.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF DA DA ARTSN
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Gators put a big hurt on Bulldogs
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University of Florida linebacker Earl Rverett, right, tackles University of Georgia tailback Thomas Brown during the second quarter in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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USC's Steve Smith, right, makes a touchdown catch in the end zone as Washington State's Husain Abdullah defends during the first half in Los Angeles on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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An Oklahoma State fan cheers during play against Texas at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on Saturday. The longhorns defeated the Cowboys 47-28.
PHOTO: AFP
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Florida State running back Leon Washington, left, dives into the end zone early in the first quarter as Maryland's William Kershaw defends in Tallahassee, Florida, on Saturday. The 10th-ranked Seminoles defeated the Terrapins 35-27.
PHOTO: AP
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Middlesbrough stuns Red Devils
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Middlesbrough's Gaizka Mendieta scores against Manchester United during their English Premier League match at the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough, England, on Saturday. Middlesbrough upset Manchester United 4-1.
PHOTO: AP
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Bulls win error-filled game
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Bulls leadoff man Chang Jien-ming is tagged out at second base on an attempted steal by Cobras shortstop Kuo Ming-ren during Game 1 of the Taiwan Series at Douliou City Baseball Stadium in Douliou on Saturday. The Bulls won 2-1 in the 10th inning.
PHOTO: CPBL
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