Chen says sorry to top academic
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President Chen Shui-bian, center, chats with Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng, left, yesterday during the Academia Sinica's 27th Biennial Convocation of Academicians. The event marked the first time Academia Sinica President Lee Yuan-tseh, right, has met Chen since criticizing him over a recent string of corruption scandals.
PHOTO: CHEN TSE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Young hails bilateral ties
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American Institute in Taiwan Director Stephen Young and Minister of Foreign Affairs James Huang raise their glasses in a toast during a party celebrating the US' Independence Day at the Grand Hyatt Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: CHAO-SHIH-HSUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Twenty rebels killed in Afghan ambush
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US soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division who had been in a joking mood listen to Captain Jared Wilson talk about the gravity of their mission on June 15. The soldiers were on a mission in support of Operation Mountain Thrust, an offensive to root out Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan.
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AU extends Darfur troop deployment
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez kisses an unidentified woman during the African Union summit on Sunday in Banjul, Gambia.
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Congress gets ready to legislate Guantanamo plan B
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French defendant Khaled Ben Mustapha, left, and his lawyer Jean Chevais arrive at a Paris courthouse yesterday for Ben Mustapha's trial on charges that he was recruited to fight for al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. Ben Mustapha and his five co-defendants were repatriated from the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay in July 2004 and March last year.
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The climate cannot trump health
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Manattak, Phoenix leave Taipei sides in the dust
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Manattak wins the Summer Cup soccer tournament in Taipei yesterday with a fierce penalty kick against Tainan Phoenix.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Casper wins stage, Hincapie grabs the yellow jersey
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Breakaway riders negotiate a curve during the 184.5km first stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race from Strasbourg to Strasbourg on Sunday.
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World Cup: Just four coaches left standing
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A combo of pictures taken during the World Cup shows Brazilian head coach of the Portugal team Luiz Felipe Scolari, left, and France head coach Raymond Domenech. France and Portugal will meet in the World Cup semi-final in Munich tomorrow.
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A combo of pictures taken during the World Cup shows Italy head coach Marcello Lippi, top, and Germany head coach Juergen Klinsmann. Germany will play against Italy in a semi-final in Dortmund today.
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World Cup: Italy face test in `fortress' Dortmund
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Italy defender Gianluca Zambrotta, right, jokes with teammate Gennaro Gattuso during a training session on Saturday in Duisburg.
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Germany midfielder Tim Borowski arrives at a press conference at the ICC center in Berlin on Sunday.
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World Cup: Semi-final evokes `classic' memories
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Italy forward Marco Tardelli, left, and West Germany defender Paul Breitner run after the ball during the World Cup final between Italy and West Germany on 11 July, 1982, in Madrid. Italy beat West Germany 3-1 in a classic encounter, with Tardelli scoring one goal, to earn Italy its third World Cup after victories in 1934 and 1938.
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Wind power 風力
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Wind turbines spin on fields in Tymien, Poland.
波蘭Tymien的風力發電機在田野中運轉。 (照片：歐新社)
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Jogging to an early grave
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Before embarking on a fitness program it is advisable to be examined by a physician, particularly if you have a family history of heart disease.
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Not so awfuloffal
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Spanish chef Nuria Girones cooks tripe at the Ca l𥕜sidre restaurant in Barcelona
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Cellphone games join the fight against HIV/AIDS
手機電玩加入打擊HIV/愛滋病行列
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The chief technology officer of ZMQ Software Systems, Hilmi Quraishi, works on his laptop computer which displays his company HIV/AIDS-prevention cellphone video games.
ZMQ軟體公司的技術長希米•夸萊希操作著顯示其公司防範愛滋病手機電玩的筆記型電腦。 (照片：法新社)
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