Sex workers call for an end to policemen `fishing'
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A woman gets help to put ting on a mask as she prepares for a scooter parade through Taipei's Wanhua and Datung districts yesterday to back demands that sex work should be decriminalized and that the city government stop using policemen as bait to ``fish'' for prostitutes. About 500 prostitutes, academics and social workers dressed up in different costumes to participate in the parade.
PHOTO: CHENG HSUEH-YUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Surveys reach varied conclusions
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Five women from Southeast Asia and China married to Taiwanese men line up with their children to pose for a photograph yesterday. The five women were received awards from the Tainan Family Assistance Center for their good work in raising and educating their children.
PHOTO: WANG CHUN-CHUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Indian hostage beheaded by Afghan militants
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Manjula Narayan,center, is comforted by family members as her son Satyateja, front looks on at their home in Hyderabad, yesterday, after hearing the news that the body of her husband Surya Narayan has been found in Afghanistan.
PHOTO: AFP
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Thousands expected to protest Darfur `genocide'
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Protesters hold signs in front of the Sudanese Embassy in Washington on Friday. Five member of Congress were arrested and led away from the embassy on Friday after protesting the Sudanese government's alleged role in atrocities in the Darfur region. Thousands of protesters were expected to attend rallies across the US yesterday to protest the dire situation in Darfur.
PHOTO: EPA
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Raids leave more than 20
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Iraqi firefighters work on a US military Humvee in Tikrit, 130km north of Baghdad, on Sunday. A roadside bomb hit a US military convoy causing casualties, but the US command could not immediately confirm the details.
PHOTO: AP
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It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it
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Asia turns to fruit, dung in attempt to cut oil imports
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Farmers ride bullock carts loaded with sugar cane into the Simbhaoli Integrated Sugar Complex which houses an ethanol plant at Simbhaoli in Uttar Pradeshi, India, in this photo from March. All across Asia, governments are searching the plantations and farm fields for crops that can help them offset their dependence on imported oil. Palm oil and sugar cane are the dominant crops in the region, but everything from coconut oil to vegetable oil to cow dung is being tested for potential.
PHOTO: AP
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Slovak workers snub Kia's daily exercises
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Kia Motors' first automobile factory in Europe, in Zilina, northern Slovakia, is pictured last Monday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Polysilicon shortage clouds solar outlook
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The rooftop of Delta Electronics Inc's new plant in the Southern Taiwan Science Park is covered by solar cells that provide part of the plant's power needs. Delta Electronics, the world's largest provider of switching power supplies and a major source for power management solutions, has also installed 6,000 solar cells on the roof of its Taipei headquarters as part of the company's drive to save energy and protect the environment.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-CHIH, TAIPEI TIMES
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Dances from the heart
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PHOTOS: LIN JING-YUAN, CLOUD GATE 2
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Cloud Gate 2's Spring Gathering includes Pursuing the Dream, top, A Dignified Joke, above, and Gloaming, inset.
PHOTOS: LIN JING-YUAN, CLOUD GATE 2
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Stingrays 魟
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The newly discovered stingray in Thailand. 在泰國新發現的魟。
PHOTO : AP
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War victims find hope in soccer 戰爭受害者在足球找到希望
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Mohamed Fofana of the Sierra Leone amputee soccer team plays on a field in Freetown. 獅子山被截肢者足球隊隊員莫翰弗法納在自由誠戶外踢球。
PHOTO: AFP
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`Movistar' shines during Baltimore's port regatta
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A movistar crew member climbs down the mast after making a repair during the Baltimore in Port race on the Chesapeake Bay, Saturday. Movistar won the race.
PHOTO: AP
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Mario a Texan, Reggie a Saint
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Mario Williams, left, of North Carolina State, stands with Houston Texans owner Robert McNair after being selected by the Texans as the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft, Saturday, at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
PHOTO: AP
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Devils rest after sweeping Rangers
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Martin Brodeur celebrates the New Jersey Devils' 4-2 victory over the NY Rangers in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals at Madison Square Garden Saturday in New York.
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Dinos knock over Beer
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Dinos center Tseng Wen-ding slams home two of his 20 points in the game over Taiwan Beer's Lin Chih-jeh on Saturday. The Dinos defeated Taiwan Beer 81-79 in Game 1 of the championship round.
PHOTO COURTESY SBL
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Jason Kidd of the New Jersey Nets brings the ball down court against the Indiana Pacers in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday. New Jersey defeated Indiana 97-88.
PHOTO: AFP
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Cobras get past Bulls with `Ugly' home run
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Cobras slugger Hsieh Jia-shien got his league-leading sixth homer of the season in Saturday's game at Douliou. The Cobras defeated the Bulls 3-1.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MACOTO COBRAS
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Blues do it again
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Chelsea's Hernan Crespo kisses the English Premier League trophy after they defeated Manchester United 3-0 at Stamford Bridge in London, Saturday. It was the second consecutive league championship for the Blues.
PHOTO: AP
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Manchester United's Wayne Rooney lies on the pitch after falling heavily during a match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in London, Saturday.
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Postseason picture clears up in Super 14
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Crusaders hooker Corey Flynn, left, fends off Stormers prop JD Moller during a Super 14 match at Newlands in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday.
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