Su stakes his job on Taipei County
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Voters in Ilan wave Taiwan-shaped placards yesterday to show their support for the Democratic Progressive Party's Ilan County commissioner candidate, Chen Ding-nan, on the eve of the local elections.
PHOTO: CHANG CHIA-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Democratic Progressive Party Chairman Su Tseng-chang, left, yesterday shakes hands with Luo Wen-chia -- the party's candidate in Taipei County -- after Su announced that he would quit politics forever if Luo was involved in vote-buying.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-DE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Laos salutes 30 years of communism
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Lao soldiers stand to attention as they listen to Laos' People's Revolutionary Party Chairman Khamtay Siphandone during the official celebrations yesterday in Vientiane to mark the 30th anniversary of the communist regime.
PHOTO: AFP
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More cities avoid Songhua water
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A worker from the Environment Protection Bureau collects water samples from the icy Songhua River at Dalianhe in northeast Heilongjiang Province yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Voters clash with police over barred polling stations
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Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood voters pray outside a polling station in Mansoura, 160km north of Cairo, on Thursday as anti-riot police block the road during the final round of Egypt's violence-marred parliamentary vote.
PHOTO: AP
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Countries mark World AIDS Day
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Awa Sarr, aged 13, and Aissatou Ndiaye, 14, make a list of the ways HIV can be transmitted during a school lesson on preventing AIDS in the town of Fatick, Senegal, on Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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Mexican agents charged
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Head of Mexico's anti-organized crime unit, Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, speaks to reporters during a news conference in Mexico City on Thursday.
PHOTO: AP
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US troops will leave soon: congressman
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A US soldier from 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, looks at a flare of illuminating shot fired by his comrades during a curfew enforcement operation at the predominantly Sunni Al-Dura neighborhood, a restive area southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, early yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Making Miss World a political tool
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Show features bargains galore
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Two 'Q Girls' yesterday display the latest laptops from BenQ to celebrate the computer maker's fourth anniversary and promote the annual IT Month trade show, which opens today and runs through Dec. 11. The event is organized by the Taiepi Comupter Association and is being held at Taipei World Trade Center.
PHOTO: CHEN YUNG-CHI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Airbus, Boeing duke it out amid buying spree
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Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak al-Nahyan, wearing sunglasses, center, the UAE Minister of Education and President of Higher Colleges of Technology and Scientific Research, visits the Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, last month.
PHOTO: AP
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Weight lifting
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All revved up and nowhere to go?
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Longtan race track is under threat of closure, but a new motorcycling venue is on the cards.
PHOTOS: GAVIN PHIPPS, TAIPEI TIMES
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NY Rangers on winning streak
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Mario Lemieux, right, of the Penguins (7-13-6), battles Dominic Moore of the Rangers (10-3-2) during the second period at Madison Square Garden in New York, Thursday. New York defeated Pittsburgh 2-1 for their sixth consecutive victory. It was the fouth straight loss for the Penguins.
PHOTO: AP
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Bucharest shuts down CSKA Moscow
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PAOK Salonika's Marcin Miciel, left, tries to get past Rapid Bucharest's Lonut Rada during their UEFA Cup match at Giulesti Stadium in Bucharest on Thursday. Rapid Bucharest defeated the Greek club 1-0.
PHOTO: AP
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Yuri Zhirkov, top, of CSKA Moscow, works against Dinamo Bucharest's Lanis Zicu in their UEFA Cup match in Bucharest on Thursday. Dinamo beat CSKA 1-0.
PHOTO: AFP
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Madden needs new partner
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Colts quarterback Peyton Manning drops back to pass during the first quarter against the Steelers in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Nov. 28, during one of the last remaining Monday Night Football broadcasts on ABC in the US.
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Local pro hoops action begins
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Lu Cheng-rue of the Dinos scores in Thursday's preseason opener against the YMY.
PHOTO: SBL
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Taipei hosts an unusual competition
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A member of the Chinese-Taipei Women's Curling Team practices at the Taipei Arena on Thursday ahead of the Pacific Curling Championship to be held in Taipei this weekend.
PHOTO: SEAN SCANLAN
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Reichelt makes strong recovery
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Hannes Reichelt of Austria hits a gate during the World Cup men's super-G on the Birds of Prey course in Beaver Creek, Colorado, on Thursday. Reichelt ended the day first. Erik Guay of Canada was second and Matthias Lanzinger of Austria was third.
PHOTO: AFP
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