Taiwan blanks Japan for bronze medal finish
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Team Taiwan catcher Yeh Chun-chang embraces Tseng Sung-wei, No. 42, yesterday after defeating Japan to take third place at the Intercontinental Cup Baseball Championship in Taichung.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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APEC ends with vow to revive Doha trade talks
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APEC leaders pose for the customary group photo dressed in traditional Vietnamese costume yesterday on an island in front of Hanoi's National Convention Center.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Shaw remains in critical condition, mayor stable
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Children dressed up as ballet dancers hold roses yesterday at an event sponsored by the Taichung City Reading Association in front of the Kuang San Sogo Department Store in Taichung to offer prayers for Taichung Mayor Jason Hu's wife, Shaw Hsiao-ling, who is in critical condition after a car accident.
PHOTO: LIAO YAO-TUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Kaohsiung hopefuls debate
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Kaohsiung mayoral candidates Huang Chun-ying of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), left, Chen Chu of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), center, and Lo Chih-ming of the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) shake hands after a debate.
PHOTO:HUANG CHIH-YUAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Legislators point finger at Ma's staff
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Taipei City Government Secretariat Director Lee Shu-te gestures at a press conference yesterday in response to Democratic Progressive Party legislators' claims that staffers at Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou's office have been collectively involved in the mishandling of Ma's mayoral special allowance fund.
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Tongan airport to reopen, fears ease
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The burnt remains of the Chinatown Hotel in the Tongan capital Nukua'lofa yesterday show the effects of the fire that swept through the business district on Thursday after rioters went on a rampage.
PHOTO: AP
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Indonesia anti-Bush protests intensify
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Indonesian Muslims attending a protest against the visit of US President George W. Bush stand in front of an anti-Bush poster yesterday in Jakarta, Indonesia.
PHOTO: AP
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Human shield stops Israeli air raid
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A Palestinian gunman shoots into the air next to a crowd on and around the house of the leader of the Popular Resistance Committees in the Gaza Strip yesterday. Hundreds of Palestinians poured into the home to prevent a planned Israeli airstrike.
PHOTO: AP
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Erotic sculpture park is focus of spending row
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A group of girls walk in the central plaza in Huayre, Peru on Nov. 6. The occasional visitor is surprised to find in the central plaza a 20m-high purple-colored replica of the maca root, a tuber traditionally consumed as an aphrodisiac, and, nearby, a sculptured phallus rising from a wading pool.
PHOTO: AP
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What monetary policy does China need?
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Gaming fans line up for Nintendo Wii launch
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Customers line up outside Toys R Us on Saturday in Times Square, New York, to be among the first to buy the new Nintendo Wii video game system. The innovative system went on sale at midnight on Saturday ushering in a new way to play video games.
PHOTO: AP
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New Airbus A380 lands in Japan during test run
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The double-decker superjumbo Airbus A380 jet parks at the gate at Narita Airport in Japan yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Feature: 101 new year's sponsor war is on
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Fireworks explode on top of Taipei 101 during the countdown on New Year's Eve last year. Numerous local and foreign companies have approached Taipei Financial Center Corp this year for possible firework sponsorship to advertise their brand on the world's tallest freestanding building.
TAIPEI TIMES FILE PHOTO
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Wales' Thomas may miss Test against New Zealand
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Wales' Gareth Thomas, right, touches down a kick through to score the opening try against Canada at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Schalke 04 move top as Stuttgart stumble
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Stuttgart's Pavel Pardo, right, tackles Munich's Mark van Bommel during the German first division soccer match between Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart at the Allianz Arena in Munich on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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PHOTO: AP
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Lyon increase lead to 12 points at top of French league
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Sedan's Aliou Cisse, left, fights for the ball with Kim Kallstrom of Lyon during their French League 1 soccer match in Sedan on Saturday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Rooney brace earns Man U win
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Newcastle's goalkeeper Shay Given, center, fails to stop a goal by Arsenal's Thierry Henry as Arsenal's Mathieu Flamini and Newcastle's Titus Bramble and Craig Moore look on during their Premiership match at the Emirates Stadium in London on Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Late goal earns Cagliari 1-0 win against Palermo
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Cagliari's goalkeeper Antonio Chimenti, right, looks on as teammate Michele Ferri, center, attempts to stop a shot from Palermo's Amauri during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Cagliari and Palermo, in Cagliari's Sant' Elia stadium on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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PHOTO: AP
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Real Madrid fans remember Puskas
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PHOTO: REUTERS
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Federer demolishes James Blake
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Roger Federer plays an unusual shot on his way to defeating James Blake in the final of the US$4.45 million Tennis Masters Cup tournament held at the Qi Zhong Stadium in Shanghai yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Lara wins in Hong Kong
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Tournament winner Jose Manuel Lara of Spain holds the UBS Hong Kong Open trophy on the 18th green of the Hong Kong Golf Club.
PHOTO: AFP
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Carnival in Switzerland 瑞士嘉年華
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Masked people attending the Morgenstreich at the beginning of the Basel carnival.
戴面具的民眾參加巴塞爾嘉年華會的序曲「晨鬧」。 (照片：法新社)
PHOTO: AFP
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Some pink may calm you down 粉紅色讓人平靜
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Studies indicate that pink colored surroundings may help calm people down.
多項研究顯示，粉紅色的環境或許可以讓人平靜。 (照片：美聯社)
PHOTO: AP
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Marching to a different beat
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Wang Percussion's 70 employees produce around 5,000 jazz drums each month. The company is focusing on marketing and brand management to take its business to the next level and keep its production in Taiwan.
PHOTO COURTESY OF WANG PERCUSSION
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Planet Pop
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Even TomKat's friends were grossed out by the couple's excessively long display of nuptial affection.
PHOTO: AP
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