I made up the bit about the love child: extortionist
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Teng Hsiang-mei, who claimed she had a child with former Straits Exchange Foundation chairman Koo Chen-fu, yesterday wipes away tears outside her residence in Taipei.
PHOTO: WU YUEH-HSIU, TAIPEI TIMES
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Cross-strait flight brings 14 injured tourists home
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Trans Asia Airways crew members help passengers who had been injured in China to disembark at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport yesterday.
PHOTO: YAO KAI-SHIOU, TAIPEI TIMES
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Officials call for restraint on Oct. 10
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Supporters of the anti-President Chen Shui-bian campaign yesterday continue their sit-in outside Taipei Railway Station. The protesters plan to ``lay siege'' to the Presidential Office on Oct. 10.
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Pan-greens, pan-blues fail to agree on the agenda for new legislative session
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Lee Ching-hua, right, is restrained by Democratic Progressive Party legislators after charging the podium yesterday while Premier Su Tseng-chang, left, was delivering a speech.
PHOTO: CHEN TSE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Rodeo cowboys feeling gas pinch
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Rodeo bull rider, Bret Summers, front, poses with fellow rodeo competitors, from left, Todd Goodley, Vinnie Ranucci, Casey Stuivenga and Tyler McDade at the Dearing Ranch in Deer Park, Washington, on Thursday. Due to high gas prices, Summers carpools with his friends to rodeo events.
PHOTO: AP
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Can spooks operate outside the Geneva Conventions?
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Power struggle tops economic concerns
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An usher holds up a sign yesterday urging participants of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Singapore to keep silent during the speeches. Wealthy nations must make Africa their top poverty-fighting priority, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said yesterday, urging wealthy countries to follow through on promised aid.
PHOTO: AP
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Persson tops Shon at World Badminton Championship
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Jie Yao of the Netherlands returns a shot to Yu Hirayama of Japan on the opening day of the World Badminton Championship in Madrid on Monday.
PHOTO: AP
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Mets blank the Marlins, win NL East
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New York Mets players celebrate with teammate David Wright, right, after clinching the National League East Division title with a win over the Florida Marlins on Monday in their baseball game at Shea Stadium in New York.
PHOTO: AP
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Widower Clarke ready for Cup action
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Darren Clarke, right, greets Chris DiMarco of the US Ryder Cup golf team as both teams take part in the first practice day for the Ryder Cup competition at the K Club in County Kildare, the Republic of Ireland, yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Michael Hussey dismisses speculation on captaincy
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Australian batsman Michael Hussey celebrates his century against the West Indies in their Tri-series match in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday.
PHOTO: AP
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Scobee boots Jacksonville to victory
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Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers is sacked by linebacker Pat Thomas of the Jacksonville Jaguars at the Alltel Stadium on Monday in Jacksonville, Florida.
PHOTO: AFP
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Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Josh Scobee pumps his fist after kicking his third field goal against the Pittsburgh Steelers in their NFL game on Monday in Jacksonville, Florida.
PHOTO: AP
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Black sheep 黑棉羊
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A black sheep rests in a field in Fresno in the US state of California. 一隻黑綿羊在美國加州夫勒斯諾市的田野上小歇片刻.
PHOTO: AP
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Exercise and weight loss -- what really works 運動瘦身怎樣才有效?
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American Kate Ziegler swims at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Victoria, Canada.美國選手齊格勒參加加拿大維多利亞市舉辦的泛太平洋游泳錦標賽
PHOTO: AFP
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Ethiopia: ancient rituals in ancient places
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A local bishop enters the monastery of Debra Damo in Axum, Ethiopia.
PHOTOS: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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A little girl crosses a stone bridge leading to the entrance of Emanuel Church in Lalibela, Ethiopia.
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A view of the Church of St. George in Lalibela, Ethiopia.
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Colorful frescoes on the ceiling of Debra Barhane Selassie Church in Gondar, Ethiopia.
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