North Korea conducts nuclear test
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A South Korean protester burns a banner bearing a picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il during an anti-Pyongyang rally in Seoul yesterday after the North said that it had performed its first-ever nuclear weapons test. The banner reads ``Nuclear Abolition.''
PHOTO: AP
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Edmund Phelps wins economics Nobel
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Edmund Phelps smiles after receiving an honorary degree at Rome's Tor Vergata University on June 18, 2001. Phelps won the Nobel Prize in Economics yesterday.
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Su warns protesters about radios
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A couple yesterday takes a stroll by barbed wire barricades erected around the Presidential Office by the Taipei City Police Department to help control the protesters and supporters of President Chen Shui-bian expected on Double Ten National Day today.
PHOTO: CHEN TSE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Analysis: Abe overtures to China pose no threat to Taiwan
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Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday. Japan's new PM held talks with Chinese leaders, with both sides pledging to attempt to heal damaged ties.
PHOTO: AFP
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Painting highlights HK air pollution
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Hong Kong-based activist Matt Pearce holds a photocopy of his painting during a protest in front of the Hong Kong Museum of Art yesterday.
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Huge reward offered for tip on journalist's killer
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Front pages of Russian newspapers are filled with portraits and articles about slain journalist Anna Politkovskaya in Moscow yesterday. Politkovskaya was a persistent critic of the Kremlin's policy on Chechnya and of President Vladimir Putin.
PHOTO: AP
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France readies plan to ban smoking
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PHOTO: AP/STEPHANE RUET, AGENCE 1827 FOR RTL, HO
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Lawyer who challenged White House to leave navy
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Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift talks to reporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington earlier this year. Smith, who led a successful Supreme Court challenge of the current US administration over tribunals for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, has reportedly been passed over for a promotion and will have to leave the Navy.
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Will the eBook replace paper?
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EADS co-chairman Gallois may replace Streiff as Airbus CEO
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Louis Gallois, co-chairman of EADS, poses in front of an Airbus A380 on July 18. EADS is reportedly planning to replace Christian Streiff with Gallois as chief executive of its aircraft subsidiary Airbus.
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Electronics companies gear up for a busy Q4
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Taiwan Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers' Association chairman Rock Hsu, left, Premier Su Tseng-chang, center, and Minister of Economic Affairs Steve Chen watch a locally developed 3D television at the ``Taitronics Autumn 2006'' exhibition yesterday.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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The `Oranje' claim field hockey Cup
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Players of The Netherlands team pose with the trophy after defeating Australia in the final of the Women's Field Hockey World Championships at the Club de Campo in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday. The Netherlands won 3-1.
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Spanish player Nuria Camon receives the award for Best Player at the Women's Field Hockey World Cup in Madrid on Sunday.
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Cameroon, Nigeria impress in Nations Cup
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The Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba, left, vies with Gabon's Nssiemou Thierry during their African Nations Cup qualifier in Abidjan on Sunday. Ivory Coast won 5-0.
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King says Valuev could unify heavyweight belts
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Nikolai Valuev raises his fist after scoring a technical knockout in the 11th round against Monte Barrett in their fight in Rosemont, Illinios, on Saturday.
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Croatia clamps down on racist fans ahead of England fixture
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Croatia's Mladen Petric, left, celebrates after he scored his team's second goal during a Euro 2008 qualifying match against Andorra in Zagreb on Saturday. Croatia play England tomorrow.
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Owens flops, Eagles top Dallas
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Chicago Bears wide receiver Rashied Davis, 81, and teammate Bernard Berrian, 80, celebrate Davis' 15-yard touchdown catch as Ko Simpson, 30, and London Fletcher-Baker, 59, of the Buffalo Bills walk away during the second quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday in Chicago.
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Cardinals breeze by San Diego
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St Louis Cardinals players celebrate after the Cardinals defeated the San Diego Padres 6-2 in the NLDS Game 4 at Busch Stadium in St Louis, Missouri, on Sunday.
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Man City `mooner' Joey Barton admits improper conduct
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Manchester City's Joey Barton, front, and Trevor Sinclair celebrate after Micah Richards scored against Everton during their soccer match at Goodison Park, Liverpool, on Sept. 30.
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