Vote-buying punishments raised
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Pan-blue legislators in the Procedure Committee yesterday again veto the special arms procurement bill. The committee also refused to allow the nominations for the Control Yuan to be added to the legislative agenda for deliberation.
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Merkel becomes Germany's first female chancellor
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Angela Merkel laughs as she is elected German chancellor in the parliament in Berlin yesterday by a vote of 397 to 202 with 12 abstentions.
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KMT lobs corruption countercharges at DPP
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Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Su Tseng-chang, center, and the DPP's candidate for Taipei County Commissioner, Luo Wen-chia, right, pray at Sinjhuang's Tsu-yu Temple yesterday.
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Pakistan boosts quake compensation
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A Pakistani family searches belongings in the rubble of their house destroyed by the Oct. 8 tremor on Monday, in Balakot, Pakistan. Reconstruction work will begin in Pakistan's part of Kashmir next week, an official said, just days after donors pledged US$5.8 billion to rebuild the quake-shattered region.
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Kenya nixes constitution: officials
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Opposition supporters run as they chase away riot police on Monday from a polling station in Kibera in Nairobi.
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Cheney denies stifling dissent on Iraq
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A picture released on Sunday shows US marines standing ready to advance during fighting in the Iraqi town of Al Qaim, in al-Anbar Province in western Iraq.
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Western nations give Russia time to persuade Iran
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Escorted by his bodyguards, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, arrives to welcome his Iraqi counterpart, Jalal Talabani, unseen, in Tehran, Iran, on Monday.
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Israel's political earthquake
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Competition for iPod flash chips hotting up
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A South Korean worker operates his mobile phone next to a Samsung mobile phone advertisement in downtown Seoul yesterday. Samsung Electronics Co and Hynix Semiconductor Inc confirmed that they have entered into long-term agreements with Apple to supply NAND flash memory chips used in Apple's iPod Nano.
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North Vietnam charms the visitor
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A trip to the Perfumed Pagoda.
PHOTOS: BRADLEY WINTERTON
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Hanoi
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Hanoi's Metropole Hotel
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Water transport
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Halong Bay.
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Sapa.
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Giants to clash in knockout rounds
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Britain's heir to the throne Prince Charles takes a sip of tea from a Liverpool Football Club cup while on a visit to the changing room of the club's Anfield ground in Liverpool last Friday. Liverpool, the title-holder, only have to draw against Real Betis today to seal their place in the final round of the UEFA Champions League, with a game to spare.
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Oilers slide over Sharks; Fischer collapses on bench
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Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock, left, looks to the visitors bench to inform them to clear the ice as medical personnel work on Jiri Fischer, of the Czech Republic, who collapsed on the bench after having a seizure during the first period against the Nashville Predators in Detroit on Monday.
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