CKS airport declared no-camera zone
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While covering the arrival of Korean celebrity Lee Young-ah yesterday, photojournalists at CKS International Airport wear masks, representing the curbing of press freedoms, to protest the government's revoking of their airport press passes.
PHOTO: YAO KAI-SHIOU, TAIPEI TIMES
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Irving receives three-year jail sentence
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British historian David Irving appears in court in Vienna on Monday. Irving, 67, was sentenced to three years in prison for Holocaust denial.
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Iranian foreign minister calls for end to protests
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Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks during a press conference in Tehran yesterday.
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Promises make little headway in breaking Doha deadlock
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Retailers refund health levy on old cigarettes
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A consumer signs off on a refund of NT$5 that convenience stores have agreed to give customers on packs of cigarettes after selling older inventory with the new, higher health levy. The procedure is necessary as cash registry systems issued receipts based on the higher levy.
PHOTO: CHANG CHIA-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Aviation firms vie for Asian orders
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Philippine delegates view an air show display with sunshades at the Asian Aerospace 2006 exhibition in Singapore yesterday.
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Jamaica beckons with roots, rock and reggae
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A boy and a girl carry a can of paint down a road in a violence-prone slum of Spanish Town, Jamaica.
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PNG spells adventure
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From the stilt settlements surrounding Port Moresby, to the virgin forests of the country's interior, Papua New Guinea is fascinating place.
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Italians make up after icy incident
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Italy's Barabara Fusar Poli and Maurizio Margaglio look at each other after they fell on the ice at the end of their performance in the ice dancing event in Turin, Italy, on Sunday.
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Canadian women's team relish hockey domination
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The Canadian national ice hockey team pose with the gold after they defeated Sweden at the Palasport Olimpico in Turin.
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Italy's soccer fans hardly aware of Turin Olympics
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People watch a soccer game on a television screen in the lounge of a hotel in the Sestriere ski resort, Italy, on Sunday. Last week, Italians celebrated their first gold medal of the games, the luge triumph of veteran Armin Zoeggeler. But the news wasn't as big as the matchup between first-place Juventus and second-place Internazionale.
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Myskina made to fight in Dubai
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Maria Sharapova of Russia, left, and Lindsay Davenport of the US play tennis on a specially made tennis court at the Dubai Ski complex, ahead of the Duty Open in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Monday.
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Anastasia Myskina of Russia hits a forehand during the first round of her match against Zheng Jie of China at the Dubai Open in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Monday.
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Germany takes lead on medals table
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Gregory Baxter of Canada jumps during the long hill team ski jumping trial round in Pragelato, Italy, on Monday.
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Michaela Dorfmeister of Austria looks through the gold medals she won in the women's downhill and super-G events in San Sicario Fraiteve, Italy, on Monday.
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Japanese fans cheer their team on during the long hill team ski jumping final round in Pragelato, Italy, on Monday. Austria won the gold medal, Finland took the silver and Norway the bronze.
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Austrian ski coach hospitalized after bizarre flight
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The damaged car of banned Austrian coach Walter Mayer sits on a towing truck at the crash site in Paternion, Carinthia, in southwestern Austria, on Sunday. Mayer, the coach at the center of an IOC doping investigation into the country's biathlon and cross-country teams, crashed his car into a police barrier on Sunday evening after leading authorities on a bizarre chase. Mayer was not injured in the accident, in which he also struck a police car at an impromptu roadblock set up in the town of Paternion in the southwestern province of Carinthia, about 25km from the border with Italy, police said.
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