Legislature fails to pass recall motion
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Pan-blue camp legislators display banners that read ``Shame on Chen's supporters'' yesterday before trying to pass a motion to recall President Chen Shui-bian.
PHOTO: AP
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A pan-blue supporter dressed as a wolf holds up a placard that reads, ``If a wolf like Chen Shui-bian does not step down, we will continue to seek his ouster,'' outside the legislature yesterday before the recall vote.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-DE, TAIPEI TIMES
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President `respects' recall vote result
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Pan-blue supporters rally near the legislature on Jinan Road yesterday, holding placards that read ``Recall.'' The first-ever bid to recall the president was put to a vote in a special session of the legislature yesterday and failed to pass.
PHOTOS: CHAO SHIH-HSUN AND LIU HSIN-DE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Pan-green protesters in Taipei hold up white roses to celebrate the presidential recall motion's failure to pass yesterday.
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PFP shifts focus to toppling the Cabinet
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People First Party Chairman James Soong, center, tells supporters at a rally outside the legislature yesterday that the party has completed a signature drive to topple the Cabinet.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-DE, TAIPEI TIMES
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India's `living voodoo doll' fights for survival
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A Slender Loris walks on a branch at a shelter run by People for Animals on the outskirts of Bangalore, India, earlier this month. The primate is increasingly appearing in urban India as human encroachment shrinks its natural habitat.
PHOTO: AFP
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Legislature chooses Triet as new president
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Nguyen Minh Triet, left, kisses a member of the Communist Party after he was chosen as President of Vietnam at the National Assembly in Hanoi yesterday. The 63-year-old Triet was promoted after years of service as the Communist Party leader for Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's largest city.
PHOTO: EPA
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Mauritanians optimistic after vote on term limits
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A woman holds a poster with the image of Mauritania Junta leader Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, after election results were announced at Nouakchott, Mauritania, on Monday.
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Europe's leisure trap keeps the best out of work
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Nissan's Ghosn says this will be a year of two halves
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Nissan Motor CEO Carlos Ghosn smiles as a shareholder takes pictures with her mobile phone after Nissan's shareholders meeting at Yokohama, Tokyo, yesterday.
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It was this big
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The one that didn't get away.
PHOTO: MENG CHING-TSE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Shrimping makes a great family outing at the Tianyue Shrimp Farm.
PHOTO: MARC LANGER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Ladybug 瓢蟲
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A ladybug takes flight in New York in the US.
美國紐約一隻瓢蟲展翅起飛。 (照片：美聯社)
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Traditional goes trendy
傳統服飾的時尚新風貌
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Women in the United Arab Emirates wear the traditional abaya. 阿拉伯聯合大公國婦女身穿傳統的阿巴雅。 (照片：法新社)
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Rain ruins opening day at Wimbledon
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Tennis fans seek shelter from the rain under their umbrellas at the Wimbledon tennis championships in Wimbledon, south London, on Monday.
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World Cup: Bad refereeing narrows FIFA's choices for final
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The United States' Landon Donovan, left, argues with referee Markus Merk after Merk awarded a penalty kick to Ghana during their Group E match in Nuremberg last Thursday.
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World Cup: Ukraine advance after Swiss shootout disaster
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Ukraine's players celebrate after winning the penalty shootout in their match against Switzerland in Cologne, Germany, on Monday.
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A dejected Marco Streller, right, consoles teammate Daniel Gygax after Switzerland's defeat to Ukraine in a penalty shootout in Cologne, Germany, on Monday.
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