Beirut demands UN act after 54 killed
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Rescue workers carry an injured Lebabese man on a strethcer after an Israeli air strike on the village of Qana yesterday morning. At least 54 people were killed, including 37 children, and several others were wounded in the raid, officials said.
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Hezbollah supporters furious over the Israeli airstrike in Qana smash through glass with rocks as they storm their way into the main UN building in Beirut yesterday. Thousands of Hezbollah supporters, many burning US and UN flags, scaled fences and smashed bullet-proof glass as they stormed the ground floor of the building.
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Ma sees Taipei as beef noodle capital
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Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou eats beef noodles yesterday at one of Taipei's renowned beef noodle restaurants, while shooting a promotional ad for the upcoming 2006 Taipei International Beef Noodle Festival, which will run from Sept. 3 to Nov. 5.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-DE,TAIPEI TIMES
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Elephants go down under
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Manu Ludden, an Australian zoo official, feeds elephants at their quarters in a quarantine station in Saiyok district of Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand, on July 3.
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Seattle shootings suspect held pistol to teenaged girl's head
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Flowers sit at the main entrance to the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle in downtown Seattle on Saturday. A gunmen shot and killed one person and injured five others there on Friday. Naveed Afzal Haq, 30, was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of homicide and attempted homicide, police said.
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Congolese vote in landmark elections
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A Congolese voter checks the ballot before casting his vote at the Ecole de la Gare polling station in Kinshasa, Congo, yesterday. Voting began in Congo's first democratic election in more than four decades yesterday.
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Lebanese find burial difficult
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Simple plywood coffins containing bodies of Lebanese victims are lined up in a mass grave in the port city of Tyre, Lebanon, on Saturday.
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Taming North Korea
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Beijing bends local officials' ears
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A man walks past a billboard promoting skin care products in Beijing yesterday. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao on Thursday called for urgent steps to prevent economic overheating, as the government forecast more double-digit growth in the next quarter, adding to pressure for new measures to avert a financial crisis.
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At 60, aging Sony struggles to keep leadership spot
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A Sony staff member and guide strolls in front of the firm's liquid-crystal display ``Bravia''on display at a Sony showroom in Tokyo last Thursday. Sony is turning 60 this year, and some are wondering if it is over the hill. The company that gave the world the Walkman and once epitomized technological innovation is losing money, shuttering factories and desperately in need of more hit products.
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Water providers seek creative solutions at workshop
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A woman and her son fetch drinking water from a submerged hand pump at Dumral village, about 56km south of Ahmadabad, India, on Saturday. Torrential rain in the region has caused widespread flooding in recent days. UN data indicate almost 1.2 billion people have no sustainable water supply and twice that number have no access to a sanitation system.
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Rock for a reason
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Chthonic's Freddy Lim told audience members at Formoz to beware of pandas.
PHOTOS: CHEN YI-CHUAN AND HUANG PO-JUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Tizzy Bac
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Back Quarter
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Nanase Aikawa
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Bourdais takes Champ Car pole for San Jose Grand Prix
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Sebastien Bourdais of France gets a kiss from girlfriend Claire Ragot after winning the pole position for the San Jose Grand Prix in San Jose, California, on Saturday.
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Helio Castroneves claims fifth IRL pole of the season
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IndyCar driver Helio Castroneves prepares for his qualifying run at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, on Saturday.
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All Blacks' coaches laud McCaw
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New Zealand captain and man of the match Richie McCaw wins a lineout during the All Blacks 13-9 defeat of Australia at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, on Saturday.
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Pavin maintains pace at US Bank Championship
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Corey Pavin lines up a putt on the ninth hole during the third round of the US Bank Championship golf tournament at Brown Deer Park golf course in Milwaukee on Saturday.
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Rudy Lopez wins WBC featherweight title
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Challenger Rudy Lopez of Mexico gives the thumbs-up sign following his victory over former champion Takashi Koshimoto of Japan during the World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight title bout in Fukuoka, western Japan, yesterday. Lopez defeated Koshimoto in the seventh round to become the new WBC featherweight champion.
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Lions squeeze past Elephants
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American Joey Dawley, starting pitcher for the Brother Elephants, left, accepts a teammates' congratulations after pitching a winning game against the President Lions yesterday in a doubleheader.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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American Billy Sylvester, starting pitcher for the Sinon Bulls, lets rip a fastball against the Chinatrust Whales yesterday in Sinjhuang.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Pan Wei-luen, starting pitcher for the President Lions, throws a strike against Brother Elephants in a doubleheader yesterday.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUN, TAIPEI TIMESN
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Australian children to be weighed and measured
澳洲孩童體格大檢測
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Australian schoolchildren from the Gundagai primary school pose for pictures with Tony and Cherie Blair in Australia.
在澳洲，澳洲岡達蓋小學的學童與英國首相湯尼•布萊爾及其夫人雪莉合影。 (照片：歐新社)
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