Immigrants, supporters rally in US
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Kirina Cisneros, 17, of Chino, California, holds her nephew Ricardo, 1, during a rally in Ontario, California, on Monday.
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Heavy rain causes chaos nationwide
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Li Ke-chi, the youngest of seven workers trapped while carrying out dredging work at the Shigang Dam in Taichung County yesterday, uses a rope to climb to safety before the arrival of a helicopter sent by the National Airborne Service Corps of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
PHOTO: CHANG HSUAN-CHE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taiwan Quick Take: Lee picks up another medal
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India hunts for killers in Kashmir
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A man mourns next to a funeral pyre for those killed by suspected Muslim militants at Thava in the Doda district of Jammu-Kashmir State, India, on Monday. At least 35 Hindus were killed on Monday in the state when the suspected militants called Hindus out of their homes in two villages, lined them up and gunned them down.
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Rescuers assemble special drill in bid to bore down to trapped Australian miners
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Two miners talk on cellphones outside a gold mine in Beaconsfield, Australia, yesterday, as a rescue continued to free two miners who have been trapped nearly 1km underground for a week.
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Chadian village attack leaves four dead
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Units of the Presidential Guard return to barracks after providing security at a campaign rally for Chadian President Idriss Deby in a N'Djamena stadium on Sunday ahead of the presidential elections today.
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Mexicans boycott US products
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Demonstrators try to convince a motorist not to cross the US-Mexico border during a protest in support of a boycott of US products in Tijuana, Mexico, on Monday.
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Puerto Rico shuts down because of political infighting
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Puerto Rican police clash with violent participants in a largely peaceful but angry march against the shutdown of many government departments, including Puerto Rico's 1,600 public schools and 120 government agencies, in San Juan's financial district on Monday.
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The utility of the death sentence
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World Business Quick Take
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PHOTO: EPA
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BenQ looking to become a global presence
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BenQ president Sheaffer Lee holds a BenQ-Siemens cellphone at BenQ's headquarters in Taipei in this March photo. The phone symbolizes the relationship between his company and Europe's Siemens, which paid BenQ to take over its ailing handset division last year. Designed in Germany and Taiwan and built in Europe, the limited-edition phone, Lee said, aims to blend the passion of the East with the rationality of the West.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Rapture at the end of the world
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A tourist inspects a moai in Rano Raraku, the main quarry of the moais statues of Easter Island.
PHOTOS: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Toursits watch the sunset from Orongo, Easter Island.
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The crater of the volcano Rano Raraku on Easter Island.
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A horseback rider near Hanga Roa, Easter Island.
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In Ahu Tongariki, a group of 15 giant figures stare toward the quarry where they were formed on Easter Island.
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Two tails 兩條尾巴
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Ahmad Mustafa looks at his two-tailed lizard in Malaysia.
阿瑪•穆斯塔法在馬來西亞觀賞他的雙尾蜥蜴。 (照片：美聯社)
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Old lady fined for walking slowly
老婦人因慢行被罰款
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A Los Angeles policeman directs traffic.
一名洛杉磯警察在指揮交通。 (照片：美聯社)
PHOTO: AP
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Oilers triumph over NHL's best team
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The Edmonton Oilers' Ales Hemsky scores the winning goal past Detroit Red Wings goalie Manny Legace in the third period to win 4-3 in the first round of NHL playoff hockey action at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, on Monday.
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Nowitzki, Howard lead Mavericks past Grizzlies
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Memphis Grizzlies forward Shane Battier, foreground, and Dallas Mavericks center Erick Dampier (25) watch a rebound bounce away in the first quarter of an NBA basketball playoff game in Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday. Grizzlies players Pau Gasol (16) of Spain, Lorenzen Wright (42) and Chucky Atkins (32) look on.
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Husband sought after shooting of Swiss skier and her brother
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Reporters on Monday mill about at the chalet where former Swiss skier Corinne Rey-Bellet had been killed in Les Crosets, Switzerland. The former Swiss skiing star was shot to death along with her brother Alain in their parents' home, police said on Monday. Their mothers was hospitalized with serious injuries from the attack late on Sunday.
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Bruised Arsenal cruises to 3-0 win over Sunderland
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Middlesbrough's Lee Cattermole, right, celebrates with keeper Bradley Jones after he saved the Ruud Van Nistelrooy penalty that Cattermole had provoked by touching the ball during their English Premiership soccer match against Manchester United at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, on Monday.
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Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann denies Sunderland's Kevin Kyle a goal during their English Premiership soccer match at The Stadium of Light, England, on Monday.
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