Chen won't blame US for travel woes
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Paraguayan people from ``New Horizon,'' a housing project developed with Taiwanese funds, salute President Chen Shui-bian and Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte Frutos during the two leaders' visit to Coronel Oviedo on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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President Chen Shui-bian hugs Paraguayan counterpart Nicanor Duarte Frutos on Saturday in Asuncion after signing a bilateral agreement.
PHOTO: AFP
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Car bombs kill at least 30 in Iraq
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Iraqi soldiers secure the area around a newspaper printing plant in Baghdad following a car bomb attack on the site yesterday, one of three bomb attacks in the country that left at least 30 people dead.
PHOTO: AFP
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Tax not taxing for some foreigners
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Russian exchange student Fedor Susov, winner of the TNTA Chinese Speech Competition for foreigners, extols the joys of taxation in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: SHELLEY SHAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taiwan Quick Take: Germans support Taiwan
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PHOTO: CNA
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Lin Chi-ling to star in upcoming John Woo battle movie
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Film director John Woo, left, and model Lin Chih-ling, right, pose for a photograph at a press conference yesterday to promote the movie ``Song Song and Little Cat.''
PHOTO: HUANG PO-JUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Indonesians take to Jakarta streets for Palestinians
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Supporters of the conservative Justice and Welfare Party march during a rally in Jakarta yesterday. Thousands of Indonesian Muslims rallied in support of the Hamas-led Palestinian government, demanding an end to the West's economic boycott of the beleaguered regime.
PHOTO: AP
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Singapore's PAP wins by a landslide
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Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong waves to his supporters after winning the elections at a People's Action Party (PAP) assembly center yesterday. Lee's PAP was returned to power after winning a majority of the 84 seats in parliament.
PHOTO: EPA
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Israeli police evict West Bank settlers
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A Jewish settler struggles with Israeli riot police as she is arrested during the evacuation of settlers from a Palestinian building in the West Bank town of Hebron yesterday. Israeli police evacuated dozens of Jewish squatters who took over a Palestinian home in Hebron in an important first test for Israel's new government and its plans to uproot tens of thousands of settlers.
PHOTO: AP
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Gypsies look to black civil rights struggle as a model
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Silvia Batyi scrubs her carpet in the Jozsef Attila settlement, an impoverished Roma neighborhood in Miskolc, Hungary. Two hundred Gypsy families live in Miskolc in squalid houses without running water.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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The long reach of the Seventh Fleet
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Thailand vies for slice of animation industry
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Children take part in a training session for an animation program at a school in Bangkok on Saturday. Thailand wants to become an alternative outsourcing destination for Hollywood and European animation projects.
PHOTO: AFP
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Taiwan International Securities wins US help
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J. Carter Beese, Jr, senior adviser to Legacy Partners, makes a gesture during an exclusive interview with the Taipei Times last Thursday.
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Where grime gets 'grindie'
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Franz Ferdinand, shown performing in Hong Kong earlier this year, made the beat the centerpiece of indie, making it perfect fodder for remixers.
PHOTO: AP
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Cloud Gate 2 dancers sparkle in `Spring'
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Cloud Gate 2 rehearses with guest artist Sheu Fang-yi, center, a principal dancer with the prestigious Martha Graham Dance Theater.
PHOTO: WALLY SANTANA, AP
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Hold tight! 抓緊囉!
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A man rides a young horse at a rodeo in Montevideo, Uraguay.
在烏拉圭蒙特維多舉行的牛仔競賽中，一名男子駕馭著一匹幼馬。 (照片：法新社)
PHOTO : AFP
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New link in human evolution discovered
科學家發現人類進化的新連結
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A reconstruction of the famous "Lucy" fossil discovered in Tanzania in 1974. 一九七四年在坦尚尼亞發現的知名「露西」化石之重塑模型。 (照片：法新社)
PHOTO: AFP
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Super Four picture almost complete
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New Zealand's Crusaders Mose Tuiali'i, center, and teammate Wyatt Crockett, right, tackles South Africa's Bulls Akona Ndungane during a Super 14 match at Loftus Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa, Friday. Canterbury defeated the Bulls 35-17.
PHOTO: AP
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Dinos near to three-peat
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Yulon Dinos' Chou Shih-yuan, right, evades Ho Sho-cheng's defense to find the open man in Game 4 of the Super Basketball League championship series at the Taipei Physical Education Gymnasium Saturday. The Dinos cruised past Taiwan Beer 110-81 to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven game series.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SBL
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Leandro Barbosa of the Phoenix Suns shoots as Lamar Odom of the Los Angeles Lakers defends during the first quarter of Game 7 of the Western Conference quarterfinals at the US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona, Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Hurricanes blow past Deivils in second round
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Devils' goalie Martin Brodeur, right, tries to get his stick on the puck controlled by the Hurricanes winger Ray Whitney during the first period of their playoff game at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, Saturday. Carolina defeated New Jearsey 6-0.
PHOTO: EPA
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Elephants stop Bulls' run
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Sinon Bulls starter Clint Weibl pitches in Game 2 of a double header against the Brother Elephants in Tienmu Saturday. The Elephants defeated the Bulls 6-4.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SINON BULLS
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De La Hoya still has plenty of punch
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Ricardo Mayorga, right, of Nicaragua, takes a left from Oscar De La Hoya, of Los Angeles, during the second round of their WBC super-welterweight championship bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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