CKS guards next to go, Yu says
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Military police march yesterday at the Tzuhu Presidential Burial Place in Taoyuan County, where the mausoleum of former dictator Chiang Kai-shek is located.
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Downpours add to Jakarta woes
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A flood-affected man smokes a cigarette as he wades through his flooded neighborhood in Jakarta yesterday.
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Offbeat Taiwanese crochet artist knits a few brows in the US
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Completely crocheted works by artist Ming Yi Sung Zaleski hang in the Nevin Kelly gallery in Washington on Friday. The pieces are anatomically correct and covered with crocheted fig leaves.
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A nun's crusade on corporate America
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Japan Airlines plans to cut 4,300 jobs
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Japan Airlines ground staff give tickets to customers at a counter of Tokyo's Haneda Airport yesterday. The airline said it would cut about 8 percent of its entire work force by the end of fiscal 2009.
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Chi Mei Optoelectronics back in black
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Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp president Ho Jau-yang, right, and executive vice president Wu Biing-seng listen to questions from investors during the fourth quarterly report in Taipei yesterday. The flat-panel maker said it had swung back into the black for the three months to December with a NT$436 million net profit.
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Italy threatens to ban supporters
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Italian police officers carry the coffin of their colleague Filippo Raciti during his funeral at Catania's Duomo Cathedral in Sicily on Monday.
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Australia forecasts smaller medal haul in Beijing
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Ian Thorpe arrives at a press conference in Sydney, Australia, on Nov. 21 last year where he announced his retirement from competitive swimming.
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Chassis sharing sparks controversy in Formula One
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Red Bull's Mark Webber leads Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen during a test session at the Ricardo Tormo race track in Cheste, Spain, on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Safina fights past Krajicek
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Russian Dinara Safina returns the ball to Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands during their first-round match at the Paris Open on Monday. Safina won 6-4, 7-5.
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Sampras to make a return to tennis in Boston tourney
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Pete Sampras celebrates his 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 win over Andre Agassi in the men's final at the US Open in New York in 2002. Sampras will return to competitive tennis in the Outback Champions Series at Boston University on May 2.
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Red Wings storm back to beat Rangers
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The New York Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist, right, and Thomas Pock, left, defend the net against the Detroit Red Wings' Robert Lang during the first period of their NHL game on Monday at Madison Square Garden in New York.
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New York's Nate Robinson to defend Slam Dunk title
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Nate Robinson, top, of the New York Knicks lays the ball up over Amare Stoudemire of the Phoenix Suns on Jan. 24 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
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Patrick Staudacher wins super-G
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Patrick Staudacher skis during the men's super-G race at the world championships in Are, Sweden, yesterday.
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Malisse defeats Blake in Florida
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Xavier Malisse holds the trophy after defeating James Blake in the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships in Delray Beach, Florida, on Monday.
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Wade's 27 helps the Heat burn Bobcats by 113 to 93
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New Orleans Hornets forward Hilton Armstrong, bottom, battles Sacramento Kings forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim for a loose ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, California, on Monday.
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England earn final matchup against Australia
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England captain Michael Vaughan, left, celebrates with Andrew Flintoff after Flintoff dismissed New Zealand batsman Stephen Fleming during the one day international semi-final between England and New Zealand at the Gabba in Brisbane, Australia, yesterday. England won by 14 runs.
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A danger to dog and man 狗狗危險，民眾小心
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Police catch stray dogs in Nanjing, China. The dogs are considered dangerous because some carry rabies and may bite people.
中國南京的警察捕捉流浪狗。這些狗很危險，因為有些感染狂犬病，可能會咬人。 (照片：美聯社)
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In Brazil, life's a beach
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Beachgoers at the sector of Ipanema beach known as Posto 9, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the Brazilian imagination, the beach has traditionally been regarded as the great leveler. But some beaches are more equal than others.
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