Chen to tighten cross-strait policies
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From left, Premier Frank Hsieh, Vice President Annette Lu, President Chen Shui-bian and Taipei Mayor Ma YIng-jeou attend the New Year flag-raising ceremony outside the Presidential Office yesterday. Ma attended the ceremony for the first time in his capacity as chairman of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT).
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-DE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Fires rage in southeast Australia
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Firefighters protect houses from a bushfire in Umina on the New South Wales Central Coast yesterday. Crews were battling six bushfires at Alison Point, Mount White and Woy Woy, with flames of up to 30m threatening scores of homes.
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Fall of `Pride of Korea' anguishes the nation
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A child stands in front of a portrait of Hwang Woo-suk and Snuppy, claimed to be the first successfully cloned dog, at a rally supporting Hwang in Seoul on Saturday.
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Syria targets official for treason trial
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Lebanese men watch former Syrian vice president Abdel-Halim Khaddam in an interview with the Dubai-based al-Arabiya television station on Saturday in Damascus.
PHOTO: AFP
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Zapatistas switch tactics
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Indigenous children play in the Zapatista community of Yibeljo, in Mexico's southernmost state of Chiapas, on Friday.
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UK green groups make farms go wild with nature sanctuaries
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The power of `those' resolutions
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Thomas Schelling, last year's Nobel Prize winner in Economics Science, listens to media questions during a press conference in Stockholm on Dec. 7.
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Delays hit the inauguration of CAFTA
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A villager collects radishes from a field in Santiago Sacatepequez, 45km west of Guatemala City, on Saturday. The Central American Free Trade Agreement was intended to take effect yesterday, but failed to do so.
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E-business booming for South Korea's Web giant
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Employees of South Korea's online media company, NHN, relax at a company-run coffee shop in its headquarters in Bundang, south of Seoul, on Thursday.
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Ancient Ainu sounds lull Taiwanese ears
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Over the past decade Oki has brought the sound of the tonkori to the mainstream Japanese scene music.
PHOTO: GAVIN PHIPPS, TAIPEI TIMES
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Crosby grabs OT win for Penguins
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Sidney Crosby, right, of the Penguins, celebrates his game-winning overtime goal against the New York Rangers with teammate Michel Ouellet in Pittsburgh on Saturday.
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Canadian juniors reach semifinals
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Team Russia's goaltender Anton Khudobin makes a save during the third period against the Czech Republic at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Kelowna, Canada, on Saturday. Russia defeated the Czech Republic 7-2.
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Dinos chalk up big-league score
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Chiou Chi-yi of the Yulon Dinos blows past YMY defender Hsieh Chih-wei at the Taipei Physical Education College Gymnasium on Saturday. Chiou ended with 10 points in his first start of the season as the Dinos defeated YMT 112-83.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SBL
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Chelsea eases past Birmingham City
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Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, right, has his shirt pulled by Bolton Wanderers defender Abdoulaye Faye near the goal during the first half at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, on Saturday. Second-place Manchester United outplayed Bolton 4-1.
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US wins mixed doubles match as Hopman Cup action heats up in Perth
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Taylor Dent, center, of the US, returns a volley as his partner Lisa Raymond, left, looks on. They are facing the Serbia-Montenegro team of Ana Ivanovic, second left, and Novak Djokovic at the Hopman Cup tournament in Perth, Australia, yesterday. The US won the match 7-6, 6-2 .
PHOTO: AFP
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TCU bests Iowa State in Houston
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Iowa State's R.J. Sumrall, front, catches a pass for a first down in front of TCU's Jeremy Modkins during the second quarter of the Houston Bowl in Texas on Saturday.
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