Police shoot girl dead in accident
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National Police Agency director-general Shieh Ing-dan, second right, tries to console the mother of Lin Jia-hua, a 14-year-old girl who was accidentally shot by a policeman during an incident in Tainan City yesterday.
PHOTO: WANG YU-TING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Lawmaker urges stricter nursing home regulations
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A woman points to a series of X-rays at a press conference called by Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Huang Wei-cher demanding stricter regulations in nursing homes.
PHOTO: CHEN TSE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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KMT prepares to leave its home of five decades
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The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)'s old party headquarters, which was demolished in April 1994, is shown in this file photo.
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'Our village is gone, everything was buried'
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Filipino Michael Labador grieves over the body of his only son who was killed in the massive landslide on Friday in Guinsaugon village in Leyte, southeast of Manila.
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Iran minister calls for UK troop withdrawal
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Iraqi children look at a British soldier pointing his machine-gun while conducting a security operation in the Iraqi southern city of Basra, on Thursday.
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Haiti's Preval meets with politicians
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Haitian President-elect Rene Preval shakes hands with a photographer in Peguy-Ville, a suburb of the capital, Port au Prince, on Friday.
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Is handwriting a dying art?
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Sharp drop in NIKKEI weighs down Asian markets
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A man talks on a cell phone outside a securities firm in downtown Tokyo on Friday. The NIKKEI 225 index shed 330.22 points, or 2.06 percent, to finish at 15,713.45 on Friday, despite better-than-expected economic growth figures amid signs of waning foreign-investor demand.
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Will Skype signal the end of eavesdropping?
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Jaan Tallinn, the core engine developer of Skype Technologies, far right, works with colleagues at the Skype offices in Tallinn, Estonia, on Dec. 6.
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Sun computer
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A man on a mission
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Taiwanese modern dance pioneer Lin Hwai-min, founder of Cloud Gate Dance Theater, is known for fusing traditional Chinese influences and modern dance.
PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES FILE
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Welcome to the Islamic States of America
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Prayers for the Assassin
By Robert Ferrigno
397 pages
Scribner
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Wilfred Thesiger traveled with baggage
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Wilfred Thesiger: The Life of the Great Explorer
By Alexander Maitland
528 pages
harperpress
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Rats: smelling in stereo
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Guillen eats humble pie
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Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, left, was badgered by the press on the opening day of Spring Training in Tucson, Arizona, Friday. During the off season Guillen made some comments in Sports Illustrated about Alex Rodriguez not being Dominican enough to play for their baseball team in the upcoming World Baseball Classic.
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Piazza goes coast to coast in trade
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San Diego Padres' Mike Piazza gets an early start by practicing in the batting cage at spring training for pitchers and catchers in Peoria, Arizona, Friday.
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OSU coach Eddie Sutton charged with DUI
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Oklahoma State head-coach designate Sean Sutton watches his team during the first half of an NCAA basketball game against Kansas in Stillwater, Oklahoma, Monday. Sean Sutton will handle the team for the remainder of the season following Monday's announcement that his father, head coach Eddie Sutton, will take medical leave following a traffic accident in which he was injured and cited for driving under the influence.
PHOTO: AP
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Bryant pressured to score
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Kobe Bryant, a member of the Western Conference NBA All-Stars, speaks to the media on Friday ahead of the 2006 NBA All-Star game in Houston, Texas.
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US upset by Sweden 3-2
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Resi Stiegler of the US reacts after finishing the second run of the women's combined slalom in Sestriere, Italy, Friday.
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Swedish goalie Kim Martin makes a save against the USA during the women's semifinal at the Palasport Olimpico Turin, Italy. Sweden defeated the USA 3-2.
PHOTO: AFP
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Sebastian Haupt of Germany in the first run of the men's skeleton event in Cesana Pariol, Italy, Friday.
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