Crash driver's actions queried
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Prosecutor Shih Kwong-che walks past the bus which plunged into a valley in Hsinyi, Nantou County, on Monday. The crash left six people dead and 15 injured.
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Temple slams Dragonair over snubbing of goddess
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A devotee from Yunlin County's Chaotian Temple places a statue of Matsu in an overhead compartment before a Dragonair flight from Hong Kong to Taiwan after he was told he could not keep the idol on his lap.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF CHAOTIAN TEMPLE
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Lawmakers wrestle over access to speaker podium
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Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Lee Chen-nan, left, and Chinese National Party (KMT) Legislator Chen Chao-rung, right, yesterday scuffle in the legislature after Lee asked Chen not to occupy the podium during his speaking time.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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War with Taliban cannot be won: Frist
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US Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist awards a Purple Heart medal to Captain Jacqueline King during his visit to Qalat, the provincial capital of Zabul Province, on Monday.
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Thaksin calls it quits, assigns acting head
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Thai Rak Thai Party deputy leader Pongthep Thepkarnchana shows the handwritten resignation letter by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra at a press conference yesterday.
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Hamas, Fatah fighting escalates
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Palestinian security officers ride on their vehicles during the funerals for Ashraf Abu Dalal and Ramadan Ramadan in the Nusseirat Refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Monday. Dalal, Ramadan and eight other Palestinians were killed in factional fighting in the Gaza Strip on Sunday.
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Gehry's Paris museum unveiled
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US architect Frank Gehry displays a model of his new project during a presentation to announce the birth of the Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation on Monday in Paris. Backed by Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton to promote culture, heritage and contemporary creation, the building will be located in the Jardin D'acclimatation in Paris.
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Iraq factions discuss new security plan
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An Iraqi policeman looks at the aftermath of a roadside bomb attack which targeted two oil tankers on a highway outside the city of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, yesterday.
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US scientists win Nobel Prize for backing Big Bang
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Gunnar Oquist, permanent secretary of the Royal Academy of Science, left, and Per Carlson, chairman of the Nobel committee, announce the Nobel prizewinners in physics in Stockholm yesterday.
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Britain's racist choir
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Feature: Gmarket's buzz attracts S Korean shoppers and Yahoo
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BOT Dome contract inked in Taipei
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A model of the dome complex is on display at a contract-signing ceremony at the historic Sungshan Tobacco Factory in Taipei yesterday. The Farglory Group will build and run the build-operate-transfer project. The complex is scheduled to be completed in 2010.
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Eagles prey on Packers
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Donovan McNabb, right, of the Philadelphia Eagles dives for a touchdown as Marquand Manuel, No. 22, of the Green Bay Packers tries to tackle him on Monday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Bartoli battles cold to advance
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Marion Bartoli of France returns the ball to Jill Craybas of the US during their women's singles fist-round match at the Japan Open tennis tournament in Tokyo yesterday. Bartoli won the match 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.
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British tennis player Tim Henman plays against Frank Dancevic of Canada in Tokyo yesterday. Henman won the match 6-2, 6-1.
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Japan's Aiko Nakamura reacts after winning a point against Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki during their first-round women's singles match in Tokyo yesterday. Nakamura won 6-3, 6-3.
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Honda aims for victory at final Suzuka F1 race
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Formula One driver David Coulthard, left, of Red Bull Racing selects some food from a hot dish under the guidance of ozeki sumo wrestler Kotooshu during a traditional chanko lunch at a sumo restaurant in Tokyo yesterday, ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Ramadan 齋戒月
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Muslims in Jakarta say their midday prayers during Ramadan. 齋戒月期間，雅加達的穆斯林在正午祈禱。 (照片：歐新社)
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Birds of a feather sail together
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Rosie O'Donnell, right, and Kelli Carpenter O'Donnell, left, aboard the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship, while docked in New York, prior to hosting the premiere of the HBO documentary All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise, a documentary about the first-ever cruise for gay families.
PHOTOS: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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A tender ferries passengers from the Freedom to Coco Cay, an island in the Bahamas.
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Passengers enjoy a dip in the hot tub aboard the no-frills easyCruise One.
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Cruise ship passengers look out over the Grand Harbor and the ancient city of Valletta in Malta, a popular stop on Mediterranean voyages despite relatively short stays in port.
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The Holland American Line ship is pictured in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska.
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