Taiwan takes home gold and silver in taekwondo
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Su Li-wen shows off her gold medal yesterday after winning the championship match in women's 63kg-weight class taekwondo at the Asian Games.
PHOTO: WANG YI-SUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Parties make last-ditch call for support
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From left, Premier Su Tseng-chang, President Chen Shui-bian, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Chen Chu and DPP Chairman Yu Shyi-kun yesterday wave to supporters on top of a building during a final campaign rally for Chen Chu in Kaohsiung.
PHOTO: HUANG CHIH-YUAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Huang Chun-ying, center right, is joined by KMT Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng, center left, for the last day of campaigning yesterday before today's election.
PHOTO: CNA
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Elections 2006: Soong, Hsieh revisit Lafayette scandal
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Democratic Progressive Party Taipei mayoral candidate Frank Hsieh yesterday challenges Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou during a press conference, asking him to withdraw from politics forever if the Chinese Nationalist Party's (KMT) candidate, Hau Lung-bin, and his father were found to be involved in the Lafayette scandal.
PHOTO: CNA
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Disease, shortages haunt typhoon survivors
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Evacuees scuffle for rice during a food distribution, seven-days after a mudslide triggered by heavy rains brought about by Typhoon Durian in the ravaged province of Albay, south of Manila on Thursday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Bush and Blair welcome Iraq Study Group report
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US President George W. Bush holds a press conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington.
PHOTO: AFP
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Getting a grip on the winter blues
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World Business Quick Take
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China to focus on cutting trade surplus
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Workmen assemble street lights on a Beijing pavement yesterday.
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Revisions show Japan's economy slowed on reduced Q3 consumption, investment
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Shoppers walk along the main street of Ginza district in Tokyo yesterday. Japan's economy grew at a far weaker pace in the third quarter than previously reported due to downward revisions in consumer spending and capital investment, officials said.
PHOTO: AP
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Flexible display pact inked
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An Industrial Technology Research Institute engineer holds a sheet of soft elastic thin film during a press conference yesterday.
PHOTO: CNA
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Martyn announces retirement
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Australian cricketer Damien Martyn hits a stroke during the ICC Champions Trophy 2006 match between Australia and England at Sawai Man Singh stadium in Jaipur, India, in October. Martyn announced his retirement from domestic and international cricket yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Test hopefuls fail to shine as England XI crash to defeat
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Former England Test captain Alec Stewart adjusts his gear during the match between the England and Wales Cricket Board Chairman's XI and the Cricket Australia Chairman's XI at Lilac Hill, Perth, Australia, yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Chelsea deny Shevchenko ready to leave
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Andriy Shevchenko celebrates Chelsea's opening goal against Levski Sofia at Stamford Bridge stadium in west London, on Tuesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Three teams share lead at Golf World Cup in Barbados
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A volunteer holds a scoreboard during the 2006 Barbados Golf World Cup match between Scotland and Switzerland at the Sandy Lane Hotel in St. James, Barbados, on Thursday.
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Lightning strikes down Atlanta's winning streak
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New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist, right, of Sweden defends the net against the Pittsburgh Penguins' Colton Orr during a penalty shootout in their NHL hockey game on Thursday at Madison Square Garden in New York.
PHOTO: AP
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Steelers freeze Cleveland
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Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Nate Washington, No. 85, beats the Cleveland Browns' Leigh Bodden to the endzone after a 39-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in the first quarter of an NFL game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Thursday. The Steelers beat the Browns 27-7.
PHOTO: AP
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Globe trotting: Qatar 世界走透透 - 卡達
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A young Quatari sandboards down a sand dune in Qatar carrying the torch for the 15th Asian Games.
一名卡達青年高舉第十五屆亞洲運動會火炬，從沙丘上滑下來。 (照片：歐新社)
PHOTO: EPA
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Cyclocross is filthy fun
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The cyclocross course in North SeaTac Park, Washington.
PHOTOS: AFP AND NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Bernard Acevedo, right, takes a fall in a tough downhill spot on the cyclocross race course in North SeaTac Park.
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In Liberty, New York, riders compete in a cyclocross challenge on a typically demanding and muddy course.
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Allen Carr wrote the book on stopping smoking
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Allen Carr's most successful guidebook, Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking, sold millions of copies worldwide.
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