Mandarin gives envoys a new view
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Malawian Ambassador Thengo Maloya, middle, in white jacket, and his wife, left, greet the school children of Fu-guei Elementary School in Nantou County, which was reconstructed after the 921 earthquake.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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Chen makes annual democracy pilgrimage
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President Chen Shui-bian, center, and Huang Chih-chun, second right, the youngest son of former Democratic Progressive Party chairman Huang Hsin-chieh, pay their respects at Huang Hsin-chieh's tomb at a cemetery in Pali, Taipei County, yesterday.
PHOTO: WU CHIA-YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Lu urges Kaohsiung City to stand up for its rights
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Vice President Annette Lu tells reporters yesterday that she is visiting Kaohsiung to apologize to local residents on behalf of the government for the scandal surrounding the city's MRT construction project.
PHOTO: CHANG CHUNG-YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Shiploads of aid begin to arrive for Vanuatu's volcano evacuees
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People watch a boat ferry relief supplies to residents of the villages at Lolowai Harbor of Ambae island yesterday. The eruption eased slightly on Friday, and villagers who fled to temporary evacuation centers returned to their deserted gardens for food.
PHOTO: AP
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`Atypical' candidate favored
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A poster in Santiago on Friday shows the cover of a Chilean magazine with presidential candidates Tomas Hirsh, left, Michelle Bachelet, center, and Sebastian Pinera, right.
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History will exonerate me: Bush
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US Marines from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines Regiment, pay respect to two fallen colleagues that were killed recently during a memorial ceremony held at their headquarters, in the outskirts of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, yesterday. As of yesterday, at least 2,137 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003.
PHOTO: AFP
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Sir Thomas Hunter gets serious about philanthropy
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Sir Tom Hunter in London last month. Earlier this year, after touring Africa with former US president Bill Clinton, Hunter resolved to get serious about the philanthropic funding of a continent in turmoil. The result? A promise of US$100 million, ponied up for projects to wrest Africans from poverty.
PHOTO: NEW YORK TIMES
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The art of war in digital gaming is worrisome
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Xbox beats Sony rival to Japan stores
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Jun Moroto, 22, holds up his new Xbox 360 as Microsoft Corp vice president Peter Moore, right, congratulates him yesterday morning in Tokyo. Microsoft launched its new Xbox 360 video game console in Japan yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Revamped `Star Wars' game leaves old players grieving
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An Almond, Wisconsin resident, Carolyn Hocke, 46, searches the ``Star Wars Galaxies'' Forum Web site on Friday for comments on the new game that has many hard-core gamers upset.
PHOTO: NEW YORK TIMES
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Japanese rice farmers fear an end to government protection
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A Japanese farmer, Tadao Iwabuchi, right, shows his post-harvest rice field at Mitsuke city in Niigata prefecture, some 200km north of Tokyo, on Nov. 28, while his fellow farmers look on.
PHOTO: AFP
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Making a face
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PHOTO: EPA
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A guilty man insearch of redemption
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`A different story'
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George Michael has a new film out about his life, and is about to tie the knot with his longtime partner under new UK legislation offering gays many of the legal protections available to married couples.
PHOTO: AP
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Barbara Cartland found alive and well in the Combat Zone
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Long time no see
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For two blurry photographs reserchers have come up with an artist's impression of what they say may be a newly discovered mammal.
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PHOTOS: AGENCIES
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New Journalism has a lot to answer for
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Students, scouts consider draft
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Southern California's Reggie Bush, right, holds off UCLA defender Jarrad Page in the first quarter at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Dec. 3.
PHOTO: AP
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Anthony strikes gold for Nuggets
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Scottie Pippen, left, Phil Jackson, center, and Michael Jordan, all formerly of the Chicago Bulls, look on during a ceremony retiring Pippen's number-33 jersey at halftime during a game between the Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on Friday. The trio won four NBA championships while together in Chicago.
PHOTO: AFP
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Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony dunks the ball during the third quarter against the Heat in Miami on Friday. Anthony had 40 points as Denver defeated Miami 100-92.
PHOTO: AP
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Pro hoops action gets underway
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Dacin Tigers' Tien Lei will look to win his third league MVP in a row as the season got underway at the Taipei Physical Education College Gymnasium last night.
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Speedskaters try out new Olympic oval in Turin
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Anni Friesinger of Germany competes in the 1,500m World Cup speedskating event in Turin, Italy, on Friday. Friesinger finished first.
PHOTO: AFP
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US, Croatia face tough 1st round
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A composite picture showing students from Hamburg, Germany on Friday in groups of four painted with the national colors of the participating countries in the World Cup in their respective groups. From top to bottom, left to right, Group A: Germany, Costa Rica, Poland, Ecuador. Group B: England, Paraguay, Trinidad/Tobago, Sweden. Group C: Argentina, Ivory Coast, Serbia-Montenegro, Netherlands. Group D: Mexico, Iran, Angola, Portugal. Group E: Italy, Ghana, USA, Czech Republic. Group F: Brazil, Croatia, Australia, Japan. Group G: France, Switzerland, South Korea, Togo; Group H: Spain, Ukraine, Tunesia, Saudi Arabia.
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