Cartoon protests continue to rage across Asia
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Muslim men tear a Danish flag after prayers outside Jama Masjid, the most important mosque in India, in New Delhi yesterday.
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Hau tops early poll in Taipei mayoral race
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Former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator Shen Fu-hsiung, far right, attends the reopening ceremony of Taipei's Guanghua Market yesterday. Shen is planning to run for Taipei mayor.
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Deaths add to sectarian strains
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A Pakistani paramilitary soldier takes position yesterday near a suspected suicide blast site in the northwestern town of Hangu. Rival Muslims traded gun and rocket fire in northwest Pakistan for a second day, leaving at least two more people dead. Officials said Shiite and Sunni activists launched mortar rounds at each other in villages near the area.
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Pro-king candidates dominate Nepal poll
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Protesters chant anti-king slogans as they march through a street in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Thursday.
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Newly discovered tomb likely for court members
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In this image made available by the Egyptian Antiquities Authority on Thursday, archaeologists work at a shaft leading to a new tomb discovered in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, outside Luxor, on Wednesday.
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Nigerian bird flu cases fuel fears
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Policemen prepare to kill 168 ostriches allegedly infected with the avian flu on Thursday at the Sambawa farms in Jaji district of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The H5N1 bird flu strain spread to three more poultry farms in Nigeria on Thursday, a day after the first avian cases in Africa were reported, sparking fears of a pan-continental epidemic.
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World News Quick Take
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A gray whale looks up at tourists in the Laguna San Ignacio off Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Wednesday. The number of gray whales making the yearly migration from the icy North Pacific to breed in Mexico's warm lagoons has dropped this year, scientists say, possibly because of changing weather patterns.
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Why China scares the US
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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A new friend
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A little love for Carey, but big cheers for U2
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Bono and the group U2 accept the award for best rock album for How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb at the 48th Grammy Awards, in Los Angeles.
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Rapper Kanye West poses with the three awards he won.
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Missy Elliott blows a bubble as she poses with the award she won for the best short form music video Lose Control.
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John Legend poses with his three Grammys.
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Gretzky cultivates dangerous liaisons
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Senators goalie Dominik Hasek makes a save against Patrik Stefan of the Thrashers during the second period in Ottawa on Thursday. Atlanta defeated Ottawa 2-1.
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Wayne Gretzky, right, and his wife Janet Gretzky watch the US Open tennis tournament in Flushing Meadows, New York, in September 2003.
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Tony Parker receives All-Star embrace
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Ohio State forward Terence Dials, right, dunks over Michigan guard Hayes Grooms during the second half of a Big Ten conference game in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Thursday. Dials ended the night with 9 points as the Buckeyes defeated the Wolverines 94-85.
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Luke Donald ties course record on Spyglass Hill
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Luke Donald after sinking a birdie putt on the 9th hole to finish 10 under, tying a course record held by Phil Mickelson, at Spyglass Hill golf course during the Pebble Beach National Pro Am in Monterey, California, on Thursday.
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Taiwan and Pakistan end day in tie
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Chen Ti of Taiwan returns Aqeel Khan of Pakistan during Davis Cup action in Taipei yesterday. Khan defeated Chen 6-2, 6-3, 6-4.
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Ma Chih-hung in test run at Turin
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Georg Hackl from Germany slides down the luge track during an Olympic practice session in Cesana Pariol, Italy, on Thursday. Hackl, 39, is a three-time gold medalist.
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Ma Chih-hung of Taiwan launches himself down the luge track on Thursday during an official training run in Cesana Pairol ahead of the Turin Olympics. The luge competition begins today and runs until Wednesday.
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Downhill is a rough ride
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Michael Walchhofer from Austria catches some air during a downhill training run in Sestriere Borgata, Italy, on Thursday. The Turin Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing competitions are scheduled to begin tomorrow.
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