Moscow arrests hundreds in anti-Putin rally
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Police arrest an activist in central Moscow during a rally yesterday by a opposition groups who have accused President Vldamir Putin of dismantling democracy.
PHOTO: AFP
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DPP candidates respond to president's call for unity
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Former Democratic Progressive Party chairman Lin I-hsiung, third in line, and other members of the Nuke-4 Referendum Initiative Association demostrate in Taichung City yesterday for amendments to the Referendum Law.
PHOTO: CNA
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Protesters demand TVBS shut down
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Hundreds of demonstrators demand the closure of TVBS following a series of fabricated news stories. The demonstration was arranged by several civic groups.
PHOTO: CNA
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Thai Muslims protest shooting
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An unidentified Muslim man looks on during funeral services for Suchit Rattrawoon, 14, yesterday in Pattani, Thailand. The Muslim-dominated region has been plagued by a violent insurgency that has lasted more than three years and claimed more than 2,000 lives.
PHOTO: AP
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Business stopped in gun capital of India
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Indian arms vendor Gulzar poses with a double-barrelled shotgun in his shop in Kanpur, about 80km outside of Lucknow, on April 6.
PHOTO: AFP
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Reconciliation with US impossible, Chavez says
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A supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez shades her eyes in front of the Presidential Palace of Miraflores in Caracas on Friday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Fight global warming, use a clothesline
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Oil traders cash in on US$2 surge
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Nigerian men wait to fill jerry cans with diesel as another fuel shortage grips the city of Lagos, Nigeria, on Friday. Nigeria is the world's sixth-largest producer of crude oil, yet fuel and diesel shortages are common.
PHOTO: EPA
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G7 chiefs serve up warmed-over forex volatility comments
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A cargo ship operated by Taiwan-based Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp, far right, is positioned for unloading by tug boats on Tuesday at the Port of Tacoma in Tacoma, Washington. The US trade deficit improved for a second month as oil imports fell sharply and the politically sensitive deficit with China narrowed to its lowest point in nine months. The gap between what the US sells abroad and what it imports dipped by 0.7 percent to US$58.4 billion in February, the US Commerce Department reported on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Building a museum of sorts, one Apple at a time
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Jeremy Mehrle, a collector of Macintosh and other Apple computers, poses for a photo with some of the computers in his basement collection on March 16 in O'Fallon, Missouri. Mehrle owns about 100 Apple computers and displays them in the collection, creating a techie's dream party pad.
PHOTO: AP
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Camera-wielding moms are seeing business opportunities
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Two-year-old Maya Tatemann is entertained by her mother, April, as Laura Brophy, right, photographs the scene on March 17 in Rochester, New York.
PHOTO: NYT PHOTOS
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Aussies crush hapless Ireland
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Australia's Michael Hussey hits a six for the winning runs in their Cricket World Cup Super Eights match against Ireland at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Ireland captain Trent Johnston, bottom, clean bowls Australia's Adam Gilchrist during their ICC World Cup Super-Eights match at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Titans' Pacman to appeal one-year ban
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The Tennessee Titans' punt returner Pacman Jones high-steps into the end zone after returning a punt 81 yards for a touchdown against the New England Patriots in the second quarter of their NFL game in Nashville, Tennessee, on Dec. 31.
PHOTO: AP
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James Blake bucks upset trend by beating Monaco
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James Blake of the US returns a shot against Juan Monaco of Argentina during their US Men's Clay Court Championships quarter-final match on Friday in Houston, Texas. Blake defeated Monaco 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (0).
PHOTO: AP
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Nets end Knicks' playoff hopes
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Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets goes to the rim against the New Orleans Hornets during the Nuggets' 107-105 win at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Friday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Bode Miller says he won't ski in another Olympics
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Bode Miller skis his first run at the US Alpine Championships men's giant slalom at Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, on April 3. Miller did not show up for his second run and did not offer an explanation why.
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Lee swings Houston to victory over Phillies
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The San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds, second right, hits a solo home run off Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Shawn Chacon on Friday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Bonds hit two homers as the Giants won 8-5. Pirates catcher Ronny Paulino is at right.
PHOTO: AP
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Sharks knock Auckland off top spot
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Sharks players, left to right, Bradley Barritt, JP Pietersen and Tendai Mtawarira celebrate after their win in the round eleven Super 14 match against the Blues at North Harbor Stadium in Auckland yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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`The Beast' holds his nerve to secure win
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Lin `'the Beast'' Chih-jeh, left, evades the defense of Bank of Taiwan's Yang Jing-min during Taiwan Beer's 87-86 win at Sinjhuang on Friday night.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SBL
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Whales edge the Elephants in nailbiter
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Hsu Jen-chie of the Chinatrust Whales, right, steals the base as Chen Jui-chen of the Brother Elephants misses the ball in their CPBL game in Sinjhuang on Friday.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-DE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Home from home in Taipei
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Taipei's Little Manila comes to life on Sundays.
PHOTOS: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taipei Main Station and nearby Little Jakarta froth with life on Sundays.
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A foreign worker lights a candle at St. Christopher's Church, in Taipei's Little Manila on Zhongshan North Road.
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Take a stroll down Persimmon Lane
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Jennifer Chang Chernick took a chance on a dying industry; a move that seems to have paid off.
PHOTO: NOAH BUCHAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Gadgets embrace the technology age
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Oxo Good Grips cherry pitter.
PHOTOS: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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A dog-powered scooter.
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Stainz-R-Out Moppers slippers.
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