Pan-blues block arms bill for 40th time
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Pan-blue legislators yesterday raise their arms to block the special arms procurement bill and a host of other major government bills at the legislature's Procedures Committee yesterday.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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WTO summit fuels protest fears
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Indonesian students perform a scene of poverty during a demonstration against the WTO in Jakarta yesterday. An international anti-globalization group alleged that the Hong Kong and Indonesian authorities tried to discourage its members from participating in protests planned for the upcoming WTO summit in Hong Kong.
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Kazakh polls flawed: observers
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Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev waves to supporters after his landslide victory in Sunday's presidential election. Kazakhstan's presidential election was free and fair, the country's top election official said on Monday after Western observers issued a damning report on the poll.
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UN climate talks seen as averting deadlines
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A NASA satellite image shows a minimum concentration of Arctic sea ice this year which occurred on Sept. 21,when the sea ice extent dropped to 5.3094969 million km2, the lowest extent yet recorded in the satellite record. According to UN and Canadian government experts, global warming is melting the Arctic ice so fast, a new sea route is opening up between the Atlantic and the Pacific -- and with it the risk of a territorial dispute between Canada and the US. Temperatures around the North Pole are rising twice as fast as in the rest of the planet. By 2050, they warn, ships will be able to sail around northern Canada for most of the summer.
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Judge dismisses conspiracy charge but money-laundering charge stands
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Demonstrator Amy Brenham, center, yells to voice her opinion outside a campaign fundraiser for US Representative Tom DeLay in Houston, Texas, on Monday.
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Tracking by tagging our children
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The Golden Triangle tourist trap
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PHOTOS: BEN HOPKINS, TAIPEI TIMES
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Robotic help
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PHOTO: EPA
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India-Sri Lanka Test ends in tame draw
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Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar, right, watches as Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Kumara Sangakkara, left, fails to catch the ball during the fourth day of the first Test match between India and Sri Lanka in Chennai yesterday.
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No need to panic, struggling South Africa's coach says
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Western Australian paceman Shawn Gillies, right, bowls next to batsman Justin Kemp in the West Australian Warriors versus South Africa match in Perth yesterday. First-class debutante Gillies made a mockery of South Africa's top order, bagging the wickets of both openers in his first over and then snaring a third just two overs later.
PHOTO: AFP
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Seahawks pummel Eagles in 42-0 win
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Michael Boulware of the Seattle Seahawks leaps into the endzone to score a touchdown in the second quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday at Lincoln Financial Field in PHiladelphia, Pennsylvania.
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