New KMT secretary-general not to everyone's taste
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Newly-appointed Chinese Nationalist Party Secretary-General Wu Den-yih waves from his car on Jan. 4.
PHOTO: CNA
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Red Cross adds a new emblem
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Noam Yifrach, head of Israel's Magen David Adom, runs with a banner carrying the new ''Red Crystal'' emblem on Dec. 8, 2005, in Geneva. The ''Red Crystal'' is making its debut today as an additional emblem that can be used to protect relief workers in combat where the Red Cross or Red Crescent meets hostility.
PHOTO: AP
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Clean air or TV: Where will Asia find more energy?
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Bargain-hunters return as Asian stocks shoot up
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A trader transacts business over the phone at the Philippine Stock Exchange in Manila on Friday. The composite index closed 1.77 percent higher at 2,992.33 points as investors hunted for bargains among blue-chips that have fallen to attractive levels in recent trade, dealers said. The market's rise was taken as signs that investors still see improved macroeconomic prospects for the country.
PHOTO: AFP
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Apple's FairPlay standard anything but fair: analysts
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Jeff Gamet, from the Internet magazine ``The Mac Observer,'' looks at the new Apple iPhone at the MacWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AP
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Women discreet about luxury purchases
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Shalla Azizian stands in her Manhattan store this month. Azizian has earned her financial independence through her store, but to avoid the disapproval of her husband, she adopts a low profile when shopping for luxury items by paying with cash.
PHOTO: NEW YORK TIMES
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Nicklaus to pair up with Watson in Hawaii Skins
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Jack Nicklaus of the US hits from a sand trap on the 18th hole during the Telus Skins Game in Banff, Canada, on Aug. 8. Nicklaus will play in the Champions Skins Game in Hawaii this weekend.
PHOTO: AP
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Devils end losing streak to Thrashers
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The New Jersey Devils' Sergei Brylin, No. 18, puts the puck into the net for a goal past Atlanta Thrashers goaltender Kari Lehtonen, left, during third-period NHL hockey on Friday night in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Devils beat the Thrashers, 2-1.
PHOTO: AP
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Teen rival upstages Wie
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Tadd Fujikawa of Honolulu reacts after making an eagle putt on the 18th green of Waialae Country Club during the second round of the Sony Open PGA Tour golf event in Honolulu on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Hewitt to rely on never-say-die spirit at Aussie Open
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Lleyton Hewitt of Australia makes a back-hand return during a practice session in the lead-up to the Australian Open in Melbourne yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Biarritz through to quarters with crushing victory
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Agen's French winger Dave Vainqueur, front, is tackled by a Gloucester player during their rugby union European Cup match on Friday at Armandie's stadium in Agen, France.
PHOTO: AFP
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Biarritz center Romain Cabannes runs with the ball as Parma's lock Federico Minello tries to tackle him during their rugby union European Cup match on Friday in Biarritz.
PHOTO: AFP
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Brawl mars Dacin Tigers' win
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Players for the Azio Eagles and Dacin Tigers duke it out in a brawl that started when Jien Jai-hong of the Eagles, right, took a swing at the Tigers' Chang Chih-feng in the closing minutes of their SBL game on Friday. When the dust settled, the Tigers had won the game 90-79, but five players and all three referees were later suspended.
PHOTO: WANG YI-SUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Roddick fells Federer for second time to win Kooyang Classic
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Andy Roddick of the US hits a backhand volley on the way to winning the final of the Kooyong Classic against Roger Federer of Switzerland in Melbourne yesterday. Roddick won 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Eight of the world's top players used the round-robin tournament as a warm-up event for the Australian Open, which begins tomorrow.
PHOTO: AFP
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Rwanda genocide － France's shame?
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The horrors of the Rwandan genocide live on in the minds of members of different generations.
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Put your feet up
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Before a massage, feet are soaked in a herbal bath.
PHOTO: NOAH BUCHAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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A customer holds up a "map" of the feet. On the left are the areas on the body － in Chinese, Japanese and English － that correspond to areas of the feet.
PHOTO: NOAH BUCHAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Pondering the imponderables and accounting the unaccountable
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The Goldilocks Enigma: Why Is the Universe Just Right for Life?
By Paul Davies
360 pages
Allen Lane
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First there was light, next there'll be microbots and biohackers
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Genesis Machines:
The New Science of Biocomputing
By Martyn Amos
353 pages
Atlantic
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It's a fight to the death to save the Amazon from destruction
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Tarcisio Feitosa da Silva, director of the Roman Catholic Church's Pastoral Land Commission, is pictured in Altamira, Brazil, on Nov. 17, 2006.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Superstitious Britons rely on luck 英國人罹癌 賭命運
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A smoker exhales in a pub in Richmond, London. 一名吸菸者在倫敦瑞旗蒙一家酒吧吞雲吐霧。 Smockin could damage your health 吸菸有害健康
PHOTO: AFP
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