Chai doubts sincerity of China visit offer
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Ko Chun-hsiung holds a press conference yesterday to deny allegations that he and other members of a KMT delegation were entertained by bargirls at a lounge bar in China.
PHOTO: LIAO CHEN-HUEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Typhoon Kaemi causes flooding in southeastern China
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A car lies overturned on a slippery road in Xiamen, Fujian Province, on Tuesday, as torrential rains from Typhoon Kaemi caused widespread flooding, with more bad weather expected this week.
PHOTO: AFP
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Congo opposition supporters riot in Kinshasa
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A man is beaten by a riot policeman on the outskirts of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Tuesday. Thousands of Congolese rioted on Tuesday, throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails at police and calling for a boycott of elections, saying they will not be free and fair. Congo holds its first democratic presidential elections in more than 40 years on Sunday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Israeli attacks kill eight in Gaza
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A Palestinian helps a militant severely wounded during an Israeli military incursion east of Gaza City yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Collapse of WTO talks bodes ill for the global economy
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McDonald's lovin' its European sales figures
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A McDonald's employee prepares an order for a customer at a McDonald's restaurant in Tokyo yesterday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Danica Patrick signs deal with Indy's Andretti team
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Danica Patrick talks about the Sept. 10 IndyCar race at Chicagoland Speedway during a promotional event in Chicago on Tuesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Deceit claims mar Laila Ali's African fight
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Boxing champion Laila Ali poses after announcing her plan to fight on Aug. 5 in Cape Town, South Africa, during a news conference in Beverly Hills, California, on June 23.
PHOTO: AP
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Lazio and Fiorentina reinstated
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The president of Juventus FC, Giovanni Cobolli Gigli, answers journalists' questions in the yard of the club's headquarters in Turin, Italy, late on Tuesday.
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Unheralded Goldstein sends Hewitt crashing out
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Ai Sugiyama of Japan returns a shot against Kveta Peschke of the Czech Republic during the Bank of the West Classic tennis tournament at Stanford University on Tuesday in Palo Alto, California.
PHOTO: AFP
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Paul Goldstein looks to return the ball to Lleyton Hewitt of Australia during their first-round match at the Countrywide Classic tennis tournament in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
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CBS to begin "egg-vertising" CBS開始打「蛋廣告」
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An inspector checks an egg in Singapore.
新加坡一位檢查員查看著一顆雞蛋。 (照片：歐新社)
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Classical DVD Reviews
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HANS WERNER HENZE
Memoirs of an Outsider
Director: Barry Gavin
ArtHaus Music 100 361
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DRESDEN CLASSICAL NIGHT
Theaterplatz, Dresden 1999
Tomowa-Sintow, La Scola, Shicoff, Sasson
JINGO JDV111089
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LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Director: Jonathan Miller
JINGO JDV311104
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SIMON BOCCANEGRA
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Director: Peter Stein
JINGO JDV311041
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'Taike' chic meets Hawaiian style on the beach
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Kenting loves Hawaii and there are plenty of accessories, shorts and shirts that prove it.
PHOTOS: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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The marijuana symbol on this tote bag is a common nod to counterculture.
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Ripped jeans and big sunglasses are de rigueur for the girls.
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Independent thinking
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Wang Jun-jieh's Microbiology Association: Condition Project II.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF TFAM
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Lin Chi-wei's Room of Noise.
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