President promises arms budget boost
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President Chen Shui-bian, center, Vice President Annette Lu, second right, and Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng, right, and Premier Frank Hsieh, obscured by Chen's arm, wave from the deck of a Kidd-class destroyer during its commissioning ceremony in Keelung yesterday.
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Sydney beaches quiet after warnings
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Mounted police ride along Cronulla Beach in Sydney, Australia, yesterday. Normally full beaches across the city are almost deserted because of fears of violent outbreaks similar to last Sunday's.
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Nepal's insurgency grinds on against the monarchy
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A Nepalese Maoist guerrilla woman holds a rifle while watching an armed exercise in Bhojpur, eastern Nepal, early last month. Nepal's Maoist rebels announced a three-month long unilateral ceasefire on Sept. 3. They have been fighting since 1996 to overthrow the monarchy and establish a communist republic in the Himalayan kingdom.
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Afghan anxiety growing
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Afghans look at the wreckage of a car at the site where it blew up the day before in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday. The explosion killed the driver and caused minor damage to a nearby military vehicle, police and military officials said. The blast was apparently a suicide attack.
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Sunni leader welcomes an alliance
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An Iraqi walks past torn election billboards in central Baghdad yesterday, two days after more than two-thirds of voters turned out in the country's landmark election.
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A former luxury hotel transforms the lives of homeless people
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ILLUSTRATION: TANIA CHOU
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Nanotechnology may pose an invisible threat to health
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This undated photograph shows a vial of single-walled carbon nanotubes, an engineered material. As nanotechnology research explodes, the much smaller field that investigates the technology's possible risks is also growing. The primary worry about the potential health and safety risks of nanotechnology is simply that far too little is known about the behavior of the tiny nanoscale materials.
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Real inventor of iconic Walkman walks own path
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Andreas Pavel is pictured at his home in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in March. It was during social gatherings at the house in the late 1960s that Pavel mused about a device which would allow him to take his music with him wherever he went.
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A careful throw
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The face of things to come
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Before and after surgery to reduce a chin.
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Bernard Devauchelle, the surgeon who performed the first partial face transplant, poses with a resin model of a human skull in his office in Amiens, France.
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Kathleen Cregan died of a cardiac arrest after a face lift.
PHOTOS: AGENCIES
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A man who knows how to age like a good wine
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Dr. Andrew Weil, the alternative health guru, and his ranch, bordering the Saguaro National Park, some 20km south of Tucson.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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'Grass for his pillow' sticks to its guns and swords
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Grass for His Pillowtales of the Otori IV Book Two
By Lian Hearn
305 pages
Picador
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Chimps aren't copycats
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Yoyo uses a stick to retrieve candy inside a black box after seeing a human do so. But seeing the same prize inside a clear box, Umugezi, below, figured out the fastest way to the candy. Both animals are from the Ngamba Island Chumpanzee Sanctuary in Uganda.
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Writing in Chinese is a learning curve for German expatriate
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A Guide to My Foreign Soul in Taiwan
By Cay Marchal
Aquarius Books
NT$280
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Ocean racing separates men from the blue bloods
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Neal McDonald, skipper of Ericsson Racing Team, steers into Cape Town, South Africa, on Dec. 3, concluding the crew's first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race.
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Biron keeps on winning
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Mario Lemieux, top right, of the Penguins, can't get a first-period shot past goalie Martin Biron, bottom, as teammate Jay McKee flies through the goal crease in Pittsburgh on Friday. Buffalo defeated Pittsburgh 4-3. It was Biron's 12th consecutive victory.
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Brady always hot in cold
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Carnell Williams of the Buccaneers during the third quarter of Tampa Bay's 20-10 win over the Panthers in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sunday. Williams finished the day with 112 yards and two touchdowns. The Bucs go on the road to face the Patriots today.
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Quarterback Tom Brady of the Patriots runs for a touchdown against the Bills at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, last Sunday. New England defeated Buffalo 35-7. The Buccaneers travel to New England to face the Patriots today.
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Skier hopes to play in NFL after competing in Games
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World Cup champion Jeremy Bloom of the US jumps during a freestyle moguls competition in Tignes, France, on Wednesday. Bloom hopes to be chosen by a pro football team in the next NFL draft. Bloom has been a wide receiver for the University of Colorado.
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Conditions benefit Grugger
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Hans Grugger of Austria on his way to winning the World Cup super-G event in Val Gardena, Italy on Friday. Erik Guay of Canada finished second, 0.31 seconds behind.
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Wade and Sahq bury 76ers
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Dwyane Wade, center, of the Heat, goes up against Philadelphia 76ers Chris Webber, right, of the 76ers as his teammate, Samuel Dalembert, looks on during the first half in Philadelphia on Friday. Miami defeated Philadelphia 112-105.
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Brew-crew runs up score
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Bank of Taiwan point guard Chien Ming-fu led all scorers with 22 points in a losing cause at the Taipei Physical Education College Gymnasium yesterday. Taiwan Beer defeated Bank of Taiwan 86-74. The beermen play the Antelopes today.
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