Bombings shake Kirkuk, Fallujah
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Iraqis view burned and damaged vehicles after a suicide car bomb attack in Kirkuk yesterday. A series of five bomb attacks left more than 20 people dead and nearly 80 wounded, police said.
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Ma attends gay rights event
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Participants in the seventh annual homosexual rights-awareness event shake pompoms in a ``rainbow wave'' dance in front of Taipei City Hall yesterday.
PHOTO: SUNG CHIH-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Analysis: In crowd estimate game, political pressures loom
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Two chirdren yesterday try to entertain themselves at the Million Voices Against Corruption demonstration at Taipei Railway Station by reding comic books and playing hand-held video games.
PHOTO: CHEN TSE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Police under fire over scuffling
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National Police Agency Director-General Hou Yu-ih, right, shakes hands with a policeman at the Railway Police Bureau at Taipei Railway Station during a visit yesterday to thank officers for their hard work during the anti-Chen protests.
PHOTO: CHEN TSE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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WWII horrors believed hidden in Tokyo neighborhood
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Toyo Ishii, a former military nurse, points at a map during an interview at her Tokyo home on July 29. Hers is the first eyewitness account of graves that could be linked to Japan's dreaded World War II germ and biological warfare outfit, Unit 731.
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Chinese flock to honor famous judge
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A visitor pays her respects to a statue of judge Bao Gong at Kaifeng court on Aug. 2. Nearly a millennium after the legendary judge's death, Bao has resurfaced as something of a folk hero among Chinese fed up with official corruption.
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World News Quick Take
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Sudanese president rejects deployment of UN troops
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A member of Sudan's Popular Defence Forces holds up a poster against UN resolution 1706 reading in Arabic, ``no for foreign intervention,'' during a rally in Khartoum on Saturday.
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Pope `deeply sorry' about anger
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Pakistani protesters chant slogans and burn an effigy of Pope Benedict during a protest in Karachi on Saturday.
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Text message leads to missing teen
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The trap door leading to a hand-dug bunker near Lugoff, South Carolina, is shown on Saturday. A text message sent by a missing 14-year-old girl to her mother's cellphone led police to the bunker.
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IMF overhaul receives the green light
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Filipino activists from the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) shout slogans during a protest outside the venue where the International People's Forum was taking place on the Indonesian island of Batam, yesterday, about an hour by boat from Singapore. Foreign activists rejected an offer by Singapore to admit 22 of their delegates to the IMF and World Bank meetings and stood firm on a decision to boycott the gathering.
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Toyota tops Ford, aims for GM
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Toyota cars move along an assembly line at the Toyota plant in Georgetown, Kentucky in April. Toyota Motor Corp, the world's No. 2 automaker, plans to boost overseas production 40 percent higher than last year's level by 2008.
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Pompey go top with away win
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In this sequence, starting from the left, Portsmouth's Lomana Lualua celebrates his goal against Charlton Athletic with a flip during their English Premier League soccer match at the Valley, London, on Saturday.
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Stade dampens Toulouse's enthusiasm
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Toulouse's Thierry Dusautoir, left, vies with Stade Francais' Dimitri Szarzewski during their French Top 14 rugby match in Toulouse, France, on Saturday.
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Benches empty as Lions best Elephants
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A brawl breaks out on the mound during Saturday's game between the President Lions and Brother Elephants after Lions pitcher Lin Yueh-ping hit Elephants second baseman Ping Sheng-hsien with a pitch in the top of the eighth inning. The Lions won 12-2.
PHOTO: HUANG CHIH-YUAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Michigan beats Notre Dame at home
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Notre Dame wide receiver Rhema McKnight, left, is tackled by Michigan cornerback Morgan Trent after picking up 13 yards in college football action in South Bend, Indiana, on Saturday.
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Barrera tops Juarez by a decision
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Marco Antonio Barrera of Mexico, right, hits Ricardo Juarez in the face with a right during their WBC super featherweight titie fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday.
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Team Taiwan loses out to South Korea
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Taiwan's Hsu Wei-sheng, left, and Lin Yi-hui surround a South Korean player during their match yesterday at the Asian University Men's Basketball Championship in Taipei. South Korea prevailed 96-85.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Sanya Richards breaks 22-year-old US record
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Sanya Richards reacts after winning the women's 400m race in the 10th IAAF World Cup of Athens on Saturday.
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Kuznetsova wins her third Bali title
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Svetlana Kuznetsova smiles as she hold her winner's trophy after defeating Marion Bartoli in the final of the Wismilak International 2006 tennis tournament in Bali, Indonesia, yesterday.
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Head held high 戴高帽
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An Indian Sikh wears a 425m-long turban in Amritsar, India.
印度阿穆瑞沙市,一名印度錫克教徒穿戴著四百二十五公尺長的圖班頭巾.
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Skinny models need not apply 骨感模特兒勿試！
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A model walks the catwalk in Madrid during Pasarela Cibeles on Sept. 7, 2005. 二ｏｏ五年九月七日，一名模特兒在馬德里「Pasarela Cibeles」時裝展上走台步。
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Marco Melandri wins in the rain
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Marco Melandri burns rubber as he celebrates winning the Moto GP at Phillip Island, Australia, yesterday.
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