Parties divided in reactions to Chen-Ma pow-wow
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The meeting between President Chen Shui-bian and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman Ma Ying-jeou is broadcast live on TV in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: CHEN TSE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Leprosy patients to sue government over policies
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Leprosy patients hold a press conference at the Legislative Yuan yesterday, threatening to sue the government over its policy of segregating them.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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China's garbage has dangerous allure for scavenging peasants
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Song Tiping, a peasant from rural Jiangsu Province, sits at a garbage dump in Shanghai on March 21. Song scavenges for items that he can sell for scrap.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Nepal's Maoists teach kids bomb-making skills
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Nepalese Maoist rebels rest at Musiriya, about 600km southwest of Kathmandu, on Sunday. The rebels, fighting a decade-old insurgency against the country's monarchy, now have influence in nearly every district of this country of 27 million people, and citizens increasingly are wondering how their life would change if the rebels took power.
PHOTO: AP
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Japanese support Ozawa to lead opposition party
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Veteran Japanese lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa, center, of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), speaks to reporters upon arrival at his office in Tokyo yesterday. Japanese voters believe Ozawa is the best candidate to head the DPJ as its support sags to a record low, polls showed.
PHOTO: AFP
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Kurds suspected in Istanbul bus blast
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Riot police walk in front of the charred remains of a bus attacked by men throwing gasoline bombs in Istanbul, Turkey, late on Sunday. The bus driver lost control while trying to escape, killing three people. Police suspect Kurdish militants were behind the attack.
PHOTO: AP
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Iran conducts second test of `hoot' torpedo
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This photo released yesterday shows a test firing of a Fajr-3 missile by Iran in the Persian Gulf on Saturday. The test came during war games that Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have been holding in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea since Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Thousands honor former pope a year after his death
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People pray beside a ``sea of candles'' at a holy mass celebrated in Pilsudski Square in Warsaw, Poland, to mark the first anniversary of Pope John Paul II's death on Sunday. According to police, 8,000 people gathered at the square.
PHOTO: EPA
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Can Italy survive Berlusconi?
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Nose flute 鼻音
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A man plays flutes with his nose and mouth in China.
中國一名男子同時用鼻子與嘴吧吹奏笛子。 (照片：美聯社)
PHOTO : AP
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Living in the online world 線上生活
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Contestants participate in a video game tournament in New York.
競賽者參加紐約的電玩大賽。 (照片：美聯社)
PHOTO: AP
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Health Briefs
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Indian men cover their heads with blankets as they wake up at a night shelter for poor and homeless people, in New Delhi. Doctors warn that survivors of a Japanese encephalitis outbreak are particularly at risk during bad weather.
PHOTO: AFP
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Billups revs up Pistons
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Pistons guard Chauncey Billups, right, drives against Suns guard Steve Nash in Auburn Hills, Michigan, on Sunday. Billups scored 35 points in their 109-102 win.
PHOTO: AP
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West Ham must settle for a draw
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West Ham United's Anton Ferdinand, right, and Yaniv Katan, left, tackle Charlton Athletic's Jay Boothroyd during their match at the Upton Park in London on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Oxford surprises Cambridge in classic
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Oxford University rowing team celebrate their win against Cambridge in the boat race on the Thames in London on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Federer downs Ljubicic
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Ivan Ljubicic, left, and Roger Federer hold their trophies after the men's singles final at the NASDAQ-100 Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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MLB season is underway
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Jets fly over US Cellular Field before the start of the opening day Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians in Chicago on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Whales stop Bears sweep
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Chinatrust Whales slugger Tseng Han-chou smashes a pitch over the left field wall for a two-run homer in Tianmu on Sunday. The Whales won 4-1.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CHINATRUST WHALES
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Stewart holds off Hendrick racers
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Helio Castroneves, bottom, trails Scott Dixon during a warm-up session for the IRL Honda Grand Prix of St.Petersburg on the streets of St.Petersburg, Florida, on Sunday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Tony Stewart, left, leads Jamie McMurray during the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series DirectTV 500 at the Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia, on Sunday.
PHOTO: AFP
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