Bilis expected to hit today, bringing heavy rainfall
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Taipei firefighters prepare flotation devices as Tropical Storm Bilis crept toward Taiwan yesterday.
PHOTO: CHANG CHIA-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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DPP wants Mayor Ma to explain Taipei land deals
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DPP Legislator Hsu Kuo-yung holds a sign that reads, ``No special treatment? Throw a fit!'' during a press conference yesterday. The sign refers to a recent squabble between Taipei City councilors and Taiwanese envoys at a Tokyo airport.
PHOTO: CHIEN JUNG-FONG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Somalian resistance outgunned
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An Islamic Court Militia member walks past a truck mounted with an anti-aircraft gun which was captured from the fighters of warlord Abdi Awale Qaybdiid in Mogadishu on Tuesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Police clash violently with protesters at DRC rally
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Congolese protester Samba Patou is carried to a hospital by other protesters after a demonstration in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Tuesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Novak publicly reveals Rove was his source
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Karl Rove, left, and Robert Novak are pictured together at a party marking the 40th anniversary of Novak's newspaper column at the Army Navy Club in Washington in June 2003. Novak said for the first time on Tuesday that he cooperated with the investigation into who leaked the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame.
PHOTO: AP
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Eco-warrior upsetting the establishment
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Asashoryu tied for lead at Nagoya tournament
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Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu, back, throws opponent Kotoshogiku to the ring to win their bout in the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya, central Japan, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP/KYODO NEWS
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LeBron finalizes contract extension
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The Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James goes to the basket against the San Antonio Spurs in the third quarter of NBA basketball action on Feb. 13 in Cleveland.
PHOTO: AP
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Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang breaks record over 110m
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China's Liu Xiang, right, crosses the finish line of the men's 110m hurdles race at the Athletissima athletics meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Tuesday. Liu won the race and set a new world record with a time of 12.88 seconds. At left is the US' Dominique Arnold, who placed second.
PHOTO: AP
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Cristal shows hip-hop no love, Jay-Z returns the feeling
Cristal酒商不愛嘻哈，歌手Jay-Z予以回敬
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Hip-hop artist Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter at an NBA game in Miami, Florida.
嘻哈創作歌手jAY-z在佛羅里達州邁阿密觀看一場NBA比賽。 (照片：美聯社)
PHOTO: AP
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‘Syd can't talk to you now’
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Syd Barrett, the troubled genius who co-founded Pink Floyd but spent his last years in reclusive anonymity, has died, a spokeswoman for the band said Tuesday. He was 60. Barrett was replaced in the band in the late 1960s by David Gilmour
PHOTO: AP
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Throw a dog a bone
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Two Labradors play in Pet's Dream Park's swimming pool.
PHOTO: WANG YI-SHUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Yao Ben-jun reads stories to students at Happy Dog𠏋 kindergarten. Yao says he can discern a dog𠏋 personality and temperament by looking at its name and owner𠏋 surname.
PHOTO COURTESY OF HAPPY DOG
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Pet hotels, such as Pet𠏋 Dream Park, offer additional amenities like grooming and doggie kindergartens to lure customers.
PHOTO: WANG YI-SHUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Arno Breker stirs up uneasy memories in Germany
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Decorator John Mueller sets up a 1939 Richard Wagner bronze sculpture of artist Arno Breker (1900-1991) in the exhibition hall of Foundation Castle Neuhardenberg in Neuhardenberg, Germany.
PHOTO: EPA
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Kuo Wei-kuo has seen the light
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Kuo Wei-kuo's Yellow Silk Robe, oil on canvas.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TFAM
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