Hsu urges DPP to file recall bid
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Huang Kuang-kuo, center, holds up a sign calling for President Chen Shui-bian to step down at a press conference outside Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall yesterday. Huang is joined by DAA convener Chang Ya-chung, left, and former Democratic Progressive Party chairman Hsu Hsin-liang, right.
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Journalists freed in Gaza after nine-day ordeal
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Freed journalists Steve Centanni, left, of the US Fox News television network, and freelance cameraman Olaf Wiig, stand with Wiig's wife Anita McNaught as they speak to the press at the Beach Hotel following their release in Gaza City yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Ma lodges complaint over flag grab
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Taipei Municipal Xisong Senior High School student Li Ya-wen, second left, is wrapped in a Republic of China flag as she stands on the stage before receiving her gold medal in the B-class Taekwondo contest at the 2006 International Children's Games in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TAIPEI CITY GOVERNMENT
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Police step up security after Web threat
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Police defy the rain yesterday afternoon to oversee a preparatory exercise for personnel that will be responsible for maintaining order and discipline during the upcoming sit in demonstration outside the Presidential Office. Police forces went on heightened alert on Saturday night through to yesterday at noon after messages were posted online that threatened to bomb Taipei Railway Station, the Presidential Office and the presidential residence. No bombs or dangerous materials were found after security sweeps of the locations.
PHOTO: CNA
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Riots spread in Pakistan after forces kill rebel chief
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A picture from Jan. 24 shows rebel Baluch tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, center, walking with two bodyguards in the Dera Bugti area of Baluchistan Province, Pakistan. Pakistani security forces killed Bugti on Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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A young man adds fuel to a fire in the middle of a street during a demonstration in Karachi yesterday against the killing of tribal rebel chieftain Nawab Akbar Bugti. Pakistan was on high alert after security forces on Saturday killed a prominent tribal rebel leader in gas-rich Baluchistan Province, in a major operation that left scores more dead.
PHOTO: AFP
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Critics call for S African health minister's resignation
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South African Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang addresses the Johannesburg Press Club on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Two bombs kill 13 in Baghdad
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An Iraqi soldier secures the area where a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a van in a busy part of Baghdad yesterday. The bomb detonated outside the Palestine Hotel killed at least nine people and injured more than a dozen others, police said.
PHOTO: EPA
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Anti-fast-food campaign sparks its own backlash
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Creative, Apple deal stuns investors
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Rick How, sales executive at the Sim Lim IT store in Singapore, displays two popular brands of MP3 player, Creative, left, and iPod, in May last year. Apple and Creative stunned investors on Wednesday when they announced a settlement in which the US-based firm will pay Singapore's Creative US$100 million to end a dispute over patented technology.
PHOTO: AFP
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Feature: Top-quality produce the key to 85°C's success
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A customer looks at the range of cakes available in a Taipei 85oC store last week.
PHOTO: LIAO JHEN-HUI, TAIPEI TIMES
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All Blacks bully 'Boks at home
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New Zealand flyhalf and man of the match Daniel Carter evades the Springbok defense during the Tri-Nations rugby game against South Africa at Loftus Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa, on Saturday.
PHOTO: EPA
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New Zealand's Luke Mc Alister hands off South Africa's Brian Habana during the Tri-Nations rugby match at Loftus Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa, on Saturday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Brazil to face France in World League volleyball final
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Russian Sergey Tetyukhin smashes as Brazilian players try to block his shot during their semi-final volleyball match in Moscow on Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Felipe Massa wins Turkish Grand Prix
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Kimi Raikkonen of McLaren-Mercedes looks disappointed after he was forced to retire from theTurkish Grand Prix near Istanbul yesterday.
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Grid girls parade at the paddock of the Istanbul Park circuit near Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday prior to the Formula One Turkish Grand Prix.
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Rampant Red Bulls rout Real Salt Lake
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New York Red Bulls' Todd Dunivant, top right, celebrates scoring a goal with John Wolyniec and Amado Guevara, left, as Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Jay Nolly, bottom right, and Willis Forko, left rear, react on Saturday night at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
PHOTO: AP
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New York Red Bulls Marvell Wynne, left, takes a shot as Real Salt Lake's Willis Forko, right, chases back on Saturday night at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
PHOTO: AP
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US cruise into the quarter-finals
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Yang leads the Bulls past President Lions in style
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Chinatrust Whales shortstop Cheng Chang-ming successfully snares a pop fly in a game against the Macoto Cobras in Hsinchu on Saturday.
PHOTO: WANG CHUN-FENG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Davenport suffers injury
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Justine Henin-Hardenne, right, consoles Lindsay Davenport after Davenport retired because of injury from their match in New Haven, Connecticut, on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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Using your head 動動腦
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Two players jump to head the ball during a soccer match in Italy.
義大利一場足球賽中，兩位球員跳起來用頭頂球。 (照片：美聯社)
PHOTO: AP
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Orangutans get hooked up 紅毛猩猩送作堆
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Two orangutans hug inside a cage in Bangkok.
兩隻紅毛猩猩在曼谷一處籠裡相互擁抱。 (照片：法新社)
PHOTO: AFP
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