Indonesian volcano threatens to erupt
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Lava spills from Mount Merapi in central Java, Indonesia, yesterday. Volcanologists raised the alert status yesterday, prompting a mandatory evacuation of around 30,000 villagers living in the area.
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Protesters against high tuition clash with police
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A man clenches his fist during a demonstration organized by non-governmental organizations outside the Ministry of Education yesterday. Demonstrators protested against high tuition fees, calling it the ``commercialization of education.''
PHOTO: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Su defends decision to suspend Kong
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Premier Su Tseng-chang smiles and raises his fist as he leads a group of officials in a walking contest organized by the Cabinet yesterday.
PHOTO: WANG YI-SUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Ma rebuts charges of mayoral election profiteering
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Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei City Councilor Hsu Chia-ching points to a table showing a dramatic increase in Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou's private assets during a press conference at the DPP's headquarters yesterday. Hsu alleged that Ma has made a fortune from government subsidies in connection to his victories in the Taipei mayoral elections of 1998 and 2002.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Iranian nuclear ambitions overshadow D-8 summit
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Indonesian navy commandos guard the Nusa Dua beach, as a tourist enjoys a massage, on Friday ahead of the Fifth Summit of the Developing Eight which opened yesterday. The summit focused on commercial and economic cooperation among member states, including in the areas of science, industry and investment.
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Truce monitor believes Sri Lanka is at war
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Workers move a trolley carrying the body of a sailor to the police morgue in Colombo, yesterday, two days after a Tamil Tiger suicide attack on a navy gunboat killed its crew, dealing a blow to efforts to preserve a four-year ceasefire agreement.
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Rich countries ignoring Congo crisis, Oxfam says
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Red Cross workers unload a boat last Tuesday in Kilumbe in the Democratic Republic of Congo's northern Katanga Province. The aid was destined for returning families who were displaced during fighting between Mai Mai rebels and the Congolese Army.
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Bush favoring tighter border action
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Supporters of the Minutemen Project hold placards and flags during a rally against the guest worker program on Friday on Capitol Hill in Washington. The group arrived in Washington after a 10-day drive across the US to demand tougher border controls. PHOTO: AFP
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The top 10 modern fairy tales
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Oil prices drop as lower demand seen
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Traders work the pit on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange on Friday in New York City. Oil prices have yet to be affected after a gasoline pipeline explosion killed up to 200 people in Nigeria on Friday.
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China's exports rise sharply, widening trade surplus
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The late Mao Zedong's face is seen on a pack of bills of Chinese yuan, in this file photo.
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Game firms cash in as console wars reach a climax
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A model, right, dressed as a character from Namco Bandai's electronic game Hellgate London, poses with a visitor to the company's booth at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Friday.
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Shigeru Miyamoto, left, legendary video game designer for Nintendo who created Mario and the Legend of Zelda, plays tennis with Steven Spielberg on Nintendo's new game console called the Wii, using the controller as the racket to physically hit the virtual ball, at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles on Friday.
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GM prepares to give Hummer the final salute
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A 2006 Hummer H1 Alpha is shown on a dealership lot in Troy, Michigan, on Friday. The 2006 model will be the last for the Hummer H1, General Motors Corp announced on Friday. Based on the US military's Humvee, the 12,000 H1s sold since 1992 have made the Hummer name.
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Toilet conference to be held in Malaysia
馬來西亞將舉辦廁所會議
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A bathroom in Ohio that was voted America's best public restroom in an online survey.
在一項網路票舉活動中，俄亥俄州的一間廁所獲選全美最佳公廁。 (照片：美聯社)
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The antidote to architectural anarchy
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Mark Lintott in his Taipei office.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MARC GERRITSEN
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Islam holds the mirror of spirituality to capitalism
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Meetings with Remarkable Muslims
Edited Barnaby Rogerson and Rose Baring
312 pages
Eland
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Today's war on terror has rewritten the spying game's rules
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The Faithful Spy
By Alex Berenson
334 pages
Random House
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The future of cloning is fluffy
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Forest protection imperils Pygmies
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There's reason to question whether poor, illiterate Pygmies, products of years of government discrimination, will be able to adapt to life without access to their traditional hunting grounds.
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Bears power past Elephants in series
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Lin Chih-sheng of the Bears is congratulated by his teammates after hitting a home run against the Elephants in Kaohsiung, Friday. The Bears won 11-2.
PHOTO: CHANG CHUNG-YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Wade down but not out
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Phoenix Suns' Shawn Marion, right, goes for a layup against Los Angeles Clippers' Elton Brand during the foruth quarter of Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinal series in Los Angeles, Friday. Marion scored a game-high 32 points as the Suns won 94-91 to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.
PHOTO: AP
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Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade battles New Jersey Nets' Jason Collins, right, during the first quarter of their second-round playoff game in East Rutherford, New Jersey, Friday.
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Oilers tie up Sharks in Game 4
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San Jose Sharks' Kyle McLearen, right, gets tripped up by Edmonton Oilers goalie Dwayne Roloson during first period of their Western Conference semifinal in Edmonton, Canada, Friday. Edmonton defeated San Jose 6-3 to tie the best-of-seven series 2-2.
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Wang shuts out Oakland
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New York Yankees' Wang Chien-ming delivers a pitch to an Oakland Athletics batter during the first inning at Yankee Stadium in New York, Friday. Wang pitched eight innings and New York defeated Oakland 2-0.
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