Postal service, oil refiner change names
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A member of the postal workers' union, left, yesterday strikes a man holding a sign in support of renaming the nation's post office to ``Taiwan Post'' outside the company's headquarters.
PHOTO: WANG YI-SUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Scores killed in Baghdad car bomb blasts
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Iraqis walk past a crater left by the explosion of a car bomb in Baghdad yesterday.
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`209' adapting to off-road lifestyle
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Wang Chun-ching, director of the Kaohsiung Concern Stray Animal Association, holds ``209,'' the female dog her group rescued after it had lived along the Sun Yat-sen Freeway for almost two years, in this photo taken on Feb. 5.
PHOTO: LIN YA-LI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Majority of condoms sold in erotica stores `not legal'
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Consumers' Foundation chairman Cheng Jen-hung speaks at a press conference yesterday to warn consumers that many condoms sold in Taipei City and Taipei County had passed their expiration date or were improperly labeled.
PHOTO: SUNG CHIH-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Name-change controversy: President Chen asks the nation to say `Taiwan' out loud
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Workers in Taipei yesterday remove the ''hwa'' from Chunghwa Post as they prepare to replace it with the characters for ''Taiwan.''
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Presidential election in Turkmenistan draws huge turnout
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Young Turkmens wearing their native costumes dance in front of a polling station to mark the presidential elections in the village of Gyami just outside Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Farmers face flood-ravaged fields
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Indonesian farmers work to repair their flood-damaged fields yesterday in Bekasi, Indonesia. Farmers living outside Indonesia's flood-hit capital said they were struggling to survive after hundreds of square kilometers of land were inundated, destroying rice and other recently planted crops.
PHOTO: AP
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Insurgents targeting helicopters
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A US Army CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter files over Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, Iraq, last Wednesday.
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Web drives an advertising boom without agencies
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Intel introduces world's fastest superchip
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The Intel Teraflop Research Chip is seen in this undated photo taken in Hillsboro, Oregon.
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Mickelson triumphs at Pebble Beach to achieve landmark
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Phil Mickelson tees off during the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am tournament in California on Sunday.
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Svindal and Paerson claim downhill golds
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Anja Paerson celebrates after winning the women's downhill on Sunday at the Alpine World Ski Championships in Are, Sweden.
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Late Gunners comeback sinks Wigan
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Arsenal's French striker Thierry Henry, right, taunts Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Chris Kirkland after Arsenal's first goal in their Premier League match at the Emirates Stadium, London, on Sunday.
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Lens beat Sochaux to secure hold over second position
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Inter blank Chievo 2-0, tie European win record
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Atalanta and SS Lazio play in a deserted Atleti azzurri d'Italia stadium during their Italian Serie A match on Sunday.
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Ronaldinho's goals lead Barca over Santander
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France spoil Ireland's Croke Park debut
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Pascal Pape of France is beaten to a line-out by Ireland's Donncha O'Callaghan during their Six Nations match at Croke Park, Dublin, on Sunday.
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S Africa batsmen savage Pakistan
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South Africa batsman A B De Villiers, left, hits a four off the bowling of Pakistan's Abdul Razzaq during their ODI match at Newlands in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sunday.
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Australia crash out of Davis Cup
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Chile's Fernando Gonzalez returns the ball against Russia's Marat Safin during their Davis Cup tie in La Serena, Chile, on Sunday.
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Germany's Tommy Haas returns a ball to Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic during their Davis Cup tennis match in Krefeld, Germany, on Sunday.
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China bends rules for medal hope
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Li Na gestures to the umpire during her women's singles fourth round match against Martina Hingis of Switzerland at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne last month.
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Nadia Petrova fights back to win seventh WTA title
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Nadia Petrova is overcome by emotion at winning the final of the 15th WTA Gaz de France Tennis Open 2007 in Paris, France, on Sunday.
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SAT questions reused SAT重複使用試題
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High school seniors in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 25, 2007. Russia plans to introduce SAT style tests.
2007年1月25日俄國莫斯科的高中高年級生。俄國打算引進SAT形式的測驗。 (照片：歐新社)
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Lights out! 熄燈
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An old fashioned bulb, right, and an energy efficient bulb, left, Jan. 31, 2007 in San Francisco, California.
2007年1月31日加州舊金山，一顆舊式燈泡 (右) 和一顆省電燈泡 (左)。 (照片：法新社)
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Dixie Chicks 'make nice' at the Grammys
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The Dixie Chicks, who took home five Grammy Awards, from left to right, Emily Robinson, Natalie Maines and Martie Maguire, arrive for the Sony BMG Post Grammy Party Sundayin Beverly Hills, California.
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