Hau Lung-bin, Chen Chu take office
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Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu steps forward to shake hands with Kaohsiung city councilors yesterday following her inauguration ceremony.
PHOTO: HUANG CHIH-YUAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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EPA, Suao fishermen seek compensation for oil spill
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Fisherman Li Chun-sheng smells the fish he caught to see if they absorbed an oil resulting from the oil spill near the Tingchih fishing ground in Ilan yesterday. Fortunately, the fish were not affected.
PHOTO: YANG YI-MIN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Premier gives high-speed rail system an `A'
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Flanked by Minister of Transportation and Communications Tsai Duei, left, and other ministry officials, Premier Su Tseng-chang, center, inspects a Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp train yesterday. Su rode the train from Kaohsiung to Taipei County yesterday. The new rail system is scheduled to begin operations on New Year's Day.
PHOTO: CHANG CHIA-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
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KMT wins city councils' leadership
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Taipei City councilors prepare themselves for the swearing-in ceremony outside the Taipei City Council yesterday.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Feature: Ma Ying-jeou: how did he do in office?
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Outgoing Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou raises his hands to wave farewell to Taipei City Government staffers yesterday as he left city hall after the succession ceremony that marked the end of his mayoralty.
PHOTO: SUNG CHIH-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Hundreds attend activist's funeral
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About 1,000 people, some chanting ``shame, shame, shame,'' attended a funeral in a Rome square on Sunday for Piergiorgio Welby, a paralysed man who was denied a Catholic service because he had asked to die. The lay service for the 60-year-old was held outside the parish hurch where his family had wanted a religious funeral.
PHOTO: EPA
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UK forces destroy police station
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Iraqis walk past the rubble of the headquarters of an Iraqi police unit that was destroyed early yesterday by British forces in the southern port city of Basra. A British military spokesman said troops decided to launch the raid amid concerns that Iraqi police officers, who have been accused of a string of atrocities in Basra, might kill their prisoners before their controversial unit was shut down.
PHOTO: AFP
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Homeless problem lingers in Venezuela despite Chavez plan
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Ramon Hernandez of the Negra Hipolita homeless program, which is sponsored by the Venezuelan government, talks with Felicia Hernandez, a homeless woman, in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Caracas in April. Like many participants in Negra Hipolita, Hernandez, who was formerly homeless, is now reaching out to people on the street, trying to recruit them to join the program.
PHOTO: AP
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A new era for Islamic science?
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The year Asian golf came of age
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Yang Yong-eun celebrates after winning the HSBC Champions Golf tournament at the Sheshan golf club in Shanghai on Nov. 12.
PHOTO: AFP
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Draft-horse racing in danger of dying out in Japan
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Draft horses compete at the Obihiro race track in Obihiro, Japan, on Dec. 17.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Hard-hitting Cotto aiming to be one of boxing's greats
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Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto poses with his award for Outstanding Boxer at the Premios Fox Sports Awards at the Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach, Florida, on Dec. 14.
PHOTO: AP
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Australia hope to keep the celebrations going
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Australia cricketer Adam Gilchrist, center, embraces his children Harry, left, and Annie at his team's Christmas party where the players and their families got together yesterday before the next Test match in Melbourne.
PHOTO: AFP
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Ajax lose away to Vitesse
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Ajax player Wesley Sneijder, left, vies with Remco van der Schaaf of Vitesse during their Dutch league match in Arnhem on Sunday. Vitesse defeated Ajax 4-2.
PHOTO: AFP
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Dwyane Wade knows it's the season for giving
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Dwyane Wade, right, of the Miami Heat shoots a reverse layup against Brian Skinner of the Milwaukee Bucks at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, last Wednesday. Wade hosted a Christmas event for children in Florida recently.
PHOTO: AFP
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New England Patriots clinch AFC East
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Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals catches a pass over Keith Lewis of the San Francisco 49ers during an NFL game at Monster Park in San Francisco, California, on Sunday.
PHOTO: AFP
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My heart goes out to you 心有戚戚焉
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The heart is a symbol of love. These women take a picture through a heart a few days before Valentine's Day. 愛心是愛情的象徵。西洋情人節將至時，兩名女子對著排列成心型的汽球拍照。 (照片：美聯社)
PHOTO: AP
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Running wild 麋鹿狂奔
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This reindeer, taking part in a race in Norway, demonstrates just how fast a reindeer can run, February 2006.
今年二月參加挪威一場賽跑的這隻麋鹿，示範了麋鹿可以跑的多快。 (照片：歐新社)
PHOTO: EPA
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