NCC members say they'll stay in posts
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National Communications Commission (NCC) Chairman Su Yeong-ching, center, holds a press conference in Taipei with other members yesterday, announcing that the nine remaining members of the commission, including himself, intend to stay in office despite the Council of Grand Justices' ruling that the NCC was unconstitutional.
PHOTO: CHEN TSE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taiwan Quick Take: Building starts on CIB center
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PHOTO: SUNG CHIH-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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DPP legislators worried about faction fallout
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Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Chai Trong-rong, center, who is also convener of the Mainstream Alliance, is joined by DPP legislators Charles Chiang, left, and Hsu Jung-shu in taking down the alliance's office sign. The office will be shut down immediately in the wake of Saturday's DPP convention, which called for the elimination of factions within the party.
PHOTO: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Ma under fire over cable car project
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Lin Tzu-ling, left, secretary-general of the Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association, an environmental conservation organization, weeps in frustration yesterday as she recounts how she received death threats after exposing corruption behind the cable car system project in Taipei's Beitou district.
PHOTO: CHEN TSE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Beirutis defy bombing by going to pubs
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A blackboard advertising cocktails named after two different types of rockets used by Hezbollah, the Katyusha and Raad-3, hangs at the Club Social bar in Beirut on Saturday. Despite the violence, a small and tenacious coterie of clientele have clung to Beirut's famed nightlife, hoping for a moment of reprieve.
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Arroyo vows reform amid protests
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Protesters prepare to burn an efffigy of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during their rally along a highway toward the Lower House in Quezon city to protest her state-of-the-nation address yesterday.
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Cardinal threatens boycott of Congolese poll
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A congregation attends a service at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday. The Catholic church called for a boycott to next Sunday's elections.
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Newly crowned Miss Universe collapses
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Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza, Miss Puerto Rico 2006, reacts after winning the Miss Universe 2006 pageant on Sunday in Los Angeles.
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The gospel according to Gates
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Beijing to curb property investors
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Children play near old houses to be demolished to build new apartment complex yesterday in Shanghai. China has released proposed rules to limit foreign investment in real estate amid quickening efforts to cool off the surging economy.
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Family lacks ingredients to lead company's future
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Eddy Lee, chairman of sauce giant Lee Kum Kee, gestures in front of hundreds of towering green tanks for fermenting of soy beans at the Lee Kum Kee sauce factory in Xinhui, China, on June 5. Lee Kum Kee, a family firm which began making sauces more than 100 years ago, is being run by the fourth generation. The fifth wave, however, shows no interest in taking over.
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DuPont opens new Hsinchu lab
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David Miller, vice president and general manager at DuPont Electronic Technologies, center, samples a glutinous rice ball yesterday during a ceremony to mark the opening of the Semiconductor Materials Technical Center, DuPont's latest semiconductor facility in Hsinchu Science Park. The Mandarin pronunciation of rice balls (``tang-yuan'') contains a word that is homophonous with the word for contentment (``yuan'').
PHOTO: HUNG YU-FANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Asashoryu wins Nagoya tourney, loses to Hakuho
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Hakuho, above, pushes grand champion Asashoryu out of the ring to win their bout on the final day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo tournament in Nagoya, Japan, on Sunday.
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Wilson maintains focus to clinch first Champ Car win
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Tony Kanaan, driver of the No. 11 Andretti Green Racing Team 7-Eleven Dallara Honda, celebrates in the victory circle after winning the IRL IndyCar Series AJ Foyt 225 on Sunday at the Milwaukee Mile in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Blake survives face-off with friend Roddick
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David Ferrer of Spain celebrates after winning the final match of the Mercedes Cup ATP tennis tournament against Argentina's Jose Acasuso in Stuttgart, Germany, on Sunday. Ferrer won 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (3/7), 7-5, 6-4.
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Weaver wins again to defeat Royals 3-1
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The Florida Marlins' Dontrelle Willis pitches against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the third inning of their baseball game in Miami on Sunday.
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Los Angeles Angels shortstop Orlando Cabrera, right, looks to first base after forcing the Kansas City Royals' Doug Mientkiewicz out at second on a single by Matt Stairs during the eighth inning of their baseball game in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sunday. The Angels won 3-1.
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The Atlanta Braves' newly acquired closer Bob Wickman throws against the Philadelphia Phillies in the ninth inning on Sunday in Philadelphia. Wickman made his first appearance since Atlanta acquired him from Cleveland, pitching a perfect ninth in a non-save situation as Atlanta won 5-1.
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Woods sheds tears at Hoylake
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Tiger Woods of the US, right, reacts as he walks off the 18th green with his caddie Steve Williams after winning the British Open golf championship at the Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, England, on Sunday.
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Daredevil crashes out during bid to set world record
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Trigger Gumm hits the ground as he crashes his motorcycle while attempting a world record jump at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma, on Sunday. Gumm, who was taken to a Miami hospital, already holds the Guinness world record for a 83.25m jump on May 14 at the Queensland Raceway in Australia.
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Landis crowned as US' new Tour de France king
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Floyd Landis celebrates with his daughter on the podium of the 154.5km 20th and last stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race from Sceaux-Antony to the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday. Landis succeeded compatriot Lance Armstrong as the Tour de France champion.
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Cellphones making us late 手機讓人遲到
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A cell phone in the US state of Virginia.
美國維吉尼亞州一支手機。 (照片：歐新社)
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Spilling the beans 洩漏秘密
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Paul McCartney whispers a secret to a girl in the US.
保羅•麥卡尼在美國對一名小女孩低聲吐露秘密。 (照片：美聯社)
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