Tanks pull out of the center of Bangkok
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A boy points a toy gun while sitting on a motorbike at a main thoroughfare in Bangkok yesterday.
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Student hitches his way around nation to prove it's friendly
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Yu Tzu-wei, a third year student in the department of mechanical engineering at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology in Taipei, hitches a ride on Shida Rd in Taipei on Friday. Yu set out on a journey around the country last month without taking a single dollar and finished the tour in nine days.
PHOTO: LIU LI-JEN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taipei Catholic Church celebrates 10th annual immigrant labor day in style
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Foreign workers participate in a masquerade parade near the Church of St Christopher in Taipei yesterday to mark the 10th Immigrant Workers Day initiated by the Catholic Church.
PHOTO: CNA
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Taiwan Quick Take: Matsu returns to 228 park
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PHOTO: TSAI TSUNG-HSUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Angry anti-Chen protesters threaten to overstay permit
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A man only identifying himself as a Hakka dresses in red and green clothes yesterday to express his wish that Taiwan not be torn apart by a ``war'' between red (anti-Chen Shui-bian protesters) and green (Chen supporters).
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Police seize, release black-clad protesters
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A group of young people led by Wang Lan, former head of the Bamboo Union's Phoenix Corps, gather outside Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall yesterday before leaving for Kaohsiung to join a protest against President Chen Shui-bian.
PHOTO: CHEN TSE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Sri Lankans flee town for second time in two months
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Members of the Women for Peace and Democracy group protest against war in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Thursday to mark International Day for Peace. The women urged the government to return to negotiations with the rebels in the northern and eastern parts of the country.
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Embattled Blair set for last Labour conference
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is greeted by supporters as he arrives at a reception in a Manchester hotel on the eve of the Labour Party conference yesterday. Members of the governing Labour Party, led by Blair, headed to Manchester for their first annual conference in the city in nearly 90 years.
PHOTO: AFP
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Mortar attacks and car bombs rattle Iraq
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An Iraqi inspects the site where a car bomb exploded in Baghdad yesterday. A civilian was killed and 14 wounded, including four policemen, when a car bomb targeting a police patrol blew up in central Baghdad's Karrada district.
PHOTO: AFP
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Wary US beefs up facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
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A cell awaits inmates at the brand new Camp 6 maximum security jail at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba, last Tuesday.
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Time for the UN to put its money where its mouth is
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Reliance has high hopes for refinery
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This undated handout photograph from Reliance Industries shows an oil refinery at Jamnagar, some 300km west of Ahmedabad, India. Reliance is pinning its hopes on the refinery to catapult it and the country to industrial giant status.
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Around the world on biodiesel
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The captain and crew of the biodiesel speedboat Earthrace welcome visitors aboard at a pier in Monterey, California last month. The crew hopes to raise awareness about the fuel by circumnavigating the globe.
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Taipower hosts seminar on greenhouse gas emissions
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A man and a group of children yesterday look at a globe at an exhibition in Warner Village, Taipei, organized by the Environmental Protection Administration. The exhibition aims to educate the public about carbon dioxide emissions and how people can help cut emissions by making changes in their daily lives. Taiwan Power Co is sponsoring a seminar today and tomorrow on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
PHOTO: CNA
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Cat Power lands on her feet
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Cat Power, AKA Chan Marshall, during a concert at New York's Town Hall in June. Famous for erratic onstage behavior and aborted concerts, Marshall has played 47 concerts since her release from psychiatric treatment in January.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Australia claims women's title
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Australia team members celebrate with Brazilian samba dancers after beating Russia and winning the final of the FIBA Women's World Basketball Championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Saturday. The final score was 91-74.
PHOTO: EPA
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The Australia women's basketball team celebrates after defeating Russia to win the FIBA World Championship for Women Brazil at the Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Australia basketball team member Lauren Jackson weeps after the victory over Russia at the Ibirapuera Gymnasiun in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Stade Francais stay on top
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Stade Francais flanker Remy Martin is tackled by a Bourgoin player during a French top 14 rugby union match at the Jean Bouin stadium in Paris on Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Capirossi triumphs in Japan MotoGP
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Italy's Loris Capirossi, right, and his wife Ingrid celebrate with supporters after winning the MotoGP of Japan at the Motegi circuit, north of Tokyo, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Mauresmo win takes her into Beijing final
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France's Amelie Mauresmo serves to Serbia's Jelena Jankovic during their semi-final match at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing on Saturday.
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Chelsea triumph in local derby to go top of league
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Frank Lampard, right, celebrates with team mate Michael Essien after scoring for a second time in the Premiership match against Fulham at Craven Cottage Stadium in London on Saturday.
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La New Bears wrap up season
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La New Bears players spray each other with champagne after they wrapped up the second-half of the season title in Luodong on Saturday.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Players and spectators celebrate after the La New Bears beat the Macoto Cobras 7-1 in Luodong on Saturday.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Casey makes Cup history with winning hole-in-one
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Europe's Paul Casey, center, is embraced by his partner Jocelyn Hefner as they watch a replay of his hole-in-one on the 14th tee after the foursomes match against Stewart Cink and Zach Johnson of the US, on the second day of the 2006 Ryder Cup at the K Club golf course in Straffan, Ireland, on Saturday.
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Zach Johnson of the US reacts after missing a putt during the foursomes match against Europe's Paul Casey and David Howell on the second day of the 2006 Ryder Cup at the K Club golf course in Straffan, Ireland, on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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Hewitt meltdown dooms Australia
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Australia's Lleyton Hewitt reacts during the Davis Cup semi-final tennis match against Argentina's Jose Acasuso at the Parque Roca stadium in Buenos Aires on Saturday.
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Arthur Abraham overcomes broken jaw to retain title
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IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham of Germany spits blood after his match against Edison ``Pantera'' Miranda of Colombia, at the Rittal-Arena in Wetzlar, Germany, on Saturday.
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IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham points to his bleeding mouth after his match against Edison ``Pantera'' Miranda at the Rittal-Arena in Wetzlar, Germany, on Saturday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Big bird 大鳥
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An Andean condor is let go after doctors helped heal it near Santiago, Chile. 在智利聖地牙哥附近,一隻安地斯禿鷹在接受醫生治療後展翅高飛.
PHOTO: AP
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Study says drinking pays 飲酒收益高?
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Two men make social contacts at a bar in the US city of Boston. 兩名男子在美國波士頓市一家酒吧與人交際.
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