Young reiterated US position, says State Department
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Protesters from the Anti-Arms Procurement Alliance perform a skit in front of the American Institute in Taiwan's (AIT) office in Taipei yesterday. Protesters demanded that AIT Director Stephen Young apologize for remarks he made on Thursday about the legislature's handling of the long-delayed arms procurement budget.
PHOTO: CNA
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Trick or dangerous treat?
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The Consumers' Foundation yesterday alleges at a press conference in Taipei that six major make-up brands on sale for Halloween contained excessive amounts of heavy metals and dangerous chemicals.
PHOTO: SUNG CHIH-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Ban, Hu to discuss North Korea
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Ban Ki-moon, left, the next secretary-general of the UN and a former South Korean foreign minister, gestures along with Chinese President Hu Jintao during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday. Ban arrived earlier in the day for talks with China's leaders about the North Korean nuclear crisis.
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Bureaucracy halts an evangelical mission to Israel
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Kristin Boettcher from Iowa is backdropped by a passage from the Bible as she sits inside the Spirit of Grace ship docked in the southern Israeli port of Ashdod on Thursday. The ship, operated by Friendships, a charitable foundation of US evangelicals is still in port after three weeks, its 900-tonne load of goods bound for local charities stuck on board as the gears of Israeli bureaucracy slowly turn.
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Tackling global warming
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Windies hold on to make semis
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Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan, left, jumps in the air to celebrate the wicket of West Indian captain Brian Lara during their ICC Champions Trophy match at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
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Klinsmann closing in on US job
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Germany coach Juergen Klinsmann directs his team during the Ecuador-Germany match at the 2006 World Cup in Berlin's Olympic Stadium on June 20.
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Tuqiri too expensive for rugby league's Broncos
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Lote Tuqiri of the Waratahs, left, in action during the first half of the Super 14 game between South Africa's Johannesburg Cheetahs and Australia's Sydney Waratahs in Sydney on March 31.
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Sabres beat Islanders to win 10th game in a row
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Maxim Afinogenov, left, of the Buffalo Sabres steals the puck from Radek Martinek, second left, of the New York Islanders during their game on Thursday at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.
PHOTO: AFP
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Enter the tai chi dragon
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Master Chan De-shang performs tai chi moves with a sword.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL TAI CHI CHUAN ASSOCIATION
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Globe Troting 世界走透透 -- Belize 貝里斯
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Crude oil storage tanks in Big Creek, Belize. 貝里斯大溪港的原油儲槽.(照片:歐新社)
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