Snipers target Shiite pilgrims in Iraq
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Tens of thousands of Iraqi Shiites Muslims march to the shrine of Imam Moussa Kadhim in Baghdad yesterday. Snipers firing from rooftops and a cemetery killed at least 17 people and injured 253 in a series of attacks on the Shiite pilgrims, officials said.
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Feature: Baseball star offers hope for Taiwan
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Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Tang Bi-a, a big fan of New York Yankees pitcher Wang Chien-ming, displays her collection of Wang-related baseball products in this photo taken earlier this month. Tang said that she is organizing a 100-strong group to travel to the US to root for Wang.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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`Kill Shih' plot a pro-China strategem
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KMT Taipei City Councilor Lin Yi-hua yesterday uses a piece of pork to test the sharpness of the blades on new barricades procured by the police.
PHOTO: SUNG CHIH-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Chinese activists rally behind lawyer
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Gao Zhisheng, an activist Beijing lawyer, is pictured here during an interview at a tea house in Beijing on Feb. 24.
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UK police caught in debate over Muslim victimization
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Some 100 demonstraters from the UK Islamic political party Hizbut-Tahrir protest US and British foreign policy and the treatment of Muslims outside the US Embassy in central London on Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Dozens get ready to contest French presidential race
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French Socialist leader Segolene Royal smiles to her followers in Dijon on Saturday.
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Democrats alter presidential primary
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Democratic National Committee Rules and Bylaws co-chairmen, Alexis Herman, right, and James Roosevelt Jr., preside over a meeting of the committee in Chicago on Friday.
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`Atlantis' to inject new life to international space station
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The space shuttle Atlantis ends an almost seven-hour journey from the vehicle assembly building to launch pad 39b at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Aug. 2. Launch date is set for this Sunday.
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Is the party finished?
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Infosys chair resigns on birthday
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N.R. Narayana Murthy, left, chairman of India's second-largest software exporter Infosys Technologies, talks with Nandan M. Nilekani, the firm's CEO and managing director, in this photo taken on July 31.
PHOTO: EPA
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Small Path Hotel calms urban stress
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Sean Lu and Kili Cheng are quite content running Small Path Hotel.
PHOTO: KUO FANG-CHI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Park, EPA want to open private beach to the public
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Shih Chin-fang, director of the Kenting National Park Headquarters.
PHOTO: KUO FANG-CHI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Kenting resorts going upscale
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Coral reproduce by by ejecting large quantities of eggs and sperm into the surrounding water at night.
PHOTO: KUO FANG-CHI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Kenting Coast Hotel is one of the more stylish independent hotels in Kenting.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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A guest looks at the Small Path hotel in Kenting.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SMALL PATH
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Singing the red-state blues
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Darrell Scott, a songwriter and member of Music Row Democrats, at a recording session in Nashville, Tennessee earlier this month. Democrats in the country music industry are frustrated with their genre's reputation for being conservative.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Russia's women dominate in UK
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The Russian ladies 4x100m relay team makes the final batton change during the international athletics meeting at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Saturday.
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Top All Blacks to skip early rounds of Super 14 in 2007
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The All Blacks pose with the Tri Nations and Bledisloe Cup after their 34-27 win over the Wallabies in the rugby Test at Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand, on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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US swimmers break two world records
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Michael Phelps of the US starts the men's 200m backstroke at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships on Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Aaron Peirsol of the US begins his record breaking men's 200m backstoke on Saturday at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Victoria, Canada. Peirsol won the race in one minute, 54.44 seconds beating the record of 1:54.66 he set at the world championships last year in Montreal.
PHOTO: AP
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Cullen Jones of the US leaps from the starting blocks as he swims his 100m in the men's 4 x 100m freestyle relay final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships on Saturday. The US set a world record 3:12.46 in the race.
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Argentina, Germany, Angola impress
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Argentina's Walter Herrmann, left, tries to drive past Lebanon's Fadi El Khatib during first half action in their Group A preliminary round match on the second day of the World Basketball Championship in Sendai, Japan, yesterday.
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Lions complete double shutout against Cobras
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Macoto Cobras shortstop Kuo Ming-jen, left, tries to seize the ball after a defensive error while President Lions runner Chen Lien-hung, right, steals second base during the first inning in a match in Tainan on Saturday night.
PHOTO: HUANG CHIH-YUAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Asashoryu Akinori crowned Taiwan's sumo champion
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Asashoryu Akinori, winner of the grand final, shows his appreciation for the support of fans at the Taipei Arena yesterday.
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Silky and strong 細柔強韌
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A spider sits on its web in a field in Dobrogea, Romania.
羅馬尼亞多布羅加台地野外，一隻蜘蛛在自己的絲網上棲息。 (照片：法新社)
PHOTO: AFP
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Florida: where gators and people live side by side 佛羅里達：人鱷共處
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Twenty-year-old Jimmy Riffle kisses Crusty the alligator during an educational show at Native Village in Hollywood in the US state of Florida.
二十歲的吉米•萊夫在美國佛州好萊塢民俗村教育展上親吻鱷魚「酷弟」。 (照片：美聯社)
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