Hsieh and Cabinet tender resignations
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Outgoing Premier Frank Hsieh, center, along with his Cabinet members, pose for a farewell photograph after their final meeting yesterday morning.
PHOTO: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Plastic bag rule to be scaled back
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A worker packs take-out orders at a small restaurant yesterday. Regulations requiring such establishments to charge for plastic bags will be scrapped in March, as they have caused an increase in the quantity of plastic used.
PHOTO: CHEN TSE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Huang vague on foreign affairs position
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President Chen Shui-bian, left, speaks with Presidential Office Deputy Secretary-General James Huang, right, as they participate in a year-end gathering held by the Presidential Office for reporters. Various sources are saying that Huang will be the new Minister of Foreign Affairs.
PHOTO: CNA
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Explosions, killings rock Assam
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Indian soldiers from the Border Security Force ride camels during a full dress rehearsal yesterday for the country's upcoming Republic Day parade in New Delhi. Rebels fighting for an independent homeland have stepped up their attacks in Assam in the run-up to the holiday celebrating India's transition to a republic on Jan. 26, 1950.
PHOTO: AFP
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Sympathy for al-Qaeda rises after airstrike
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Pakistani tribesmen listen to their leader, Maulana Mohammed Sadiq, during a rally on Sunday in Inayat Qala, Bajour, along the Afghan border, to condemn the Jan. 13 US airstrike, which killed 13 civilians and possibly several top al-Qaeda operatives.
PHOTO: AP
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US abortion activists take to the streets
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Ellia Garcia holds a sign as she walks with a group of anti-abortion demonstrators on Sunday in San Benito, Texas. The gathering marked the 33rd anniversary of `Roe v. Wade', the US Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
PHOTO: AP
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Row erupts over Russian gas pipeline blasts
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Demonstrators in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, hold up a caricature of a Hitler-like Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili accused Russia of cutting gas supplies to his country and triggering an energy crisis just as freezing weather hit the Caucasus state.
PHOTO: EPA
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The future of the printed page
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Penguin parade
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PHOTO: AFP
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Hingis, Mauresmo, Clijsters in quarters
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Switzerland's Martina Hingis in action during her fourth-round match against Australia's Samantha Stosur at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday.
PHOTO: AP
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Devils shut down the Reds as Celtic rules
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Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, right, goes up with Steven Gerrard of Liverpool during their match in Manchester, England, on Sunday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Bryant puts in 81 points on Raptors
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Matt Bonner, right, of the Raptors, can't stop Kobe Bryant of the Lakers from getting to the basket during the first half in Los Angeles on Sunday. LA beat Toronto 122-104.
PHOTO: AP
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Brewers get close, but bankers get cigar
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Chu Yong-hong, left, of the Bank of Taiwan, drives between a pair of Taiwan Beer defenders in SBL action at the Taipei Physical Education College Gymnasium on Sunday. The Bank of Taiwan defeated Taiwan Beer 108-103 in double overtime.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SBL
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Kostelic takes super-combi in Switzerland
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Janica Kostelic of Croatia on her way to winning a World Cup super-combined event in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Sunday.
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Campbell wins Hope Classic
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Chad Campbell watches his drive on the third hole during the final round of the Bob Hope Classic in Palm Desert, California, on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Seahawks cage Panthers
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Seahawks Shaun Alexander, center, rushes against the Panthers defense during the second quarter of the their NFC championship game in Seattle, Washington, on Sunday. Seattle defeated Carolina 34-14 to advance to Super Bowl XL.
PHOTO: AP
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