Chen, DPP re-enact martial law rally
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President Chen Shui-bian, center, Vice President Annette Lu, left, and Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Frank Hsieh, right, accompanied by a crowd, open the symbolic ''iron doors of martial law'' at the Lungshan Temple in Taipei yesterday to commemorate the end of martial law 20 years ago.
PHOTO: CNA
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Holy war threat roils Pakistan
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People visit the graves of militants who were killed by government forces in an operation at the Red Mosque, at a graveyard in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Friday. The government says that 102 people died in the violence, including 91 civilians and 11 military personnel. But many say they believe the government is trying to cover up a far higher death toll.
PHOTO: AP
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Forbidden City Starbucks closes after seven years
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Visitors walk near the padlocked door of the closed Starbucks outlet in Beijing's Forbidden City yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Analysis: Olmert open to talks with Syria, obdurate on Golan
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Israeli soldiers scuffle with Palestinian and foreign protesters demonstrating against the building of a separation barrier in the West Bank village of Umm Salamunah, south of Bethlehem, on Friday. The barrier is supposed to follow the Green Line that marks Israel's borders before the 1967 Six Day War, when the Jewish state captured the Golan Heights, east Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
PHOTO: AFP
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Celebrities' flaws fascinate us
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Oil prices push closer to all-time highs
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Workers clean up fuel oil on the Talamanca beach in Ibiza, Spain, on Friday. A third beach on the Spanish resort island was closed on Friday after the coast was hit by a fuel spill from a sunken freighter. Two beaches were closed to the public on Thursday as a result of the pollution seeping from the Don Pedro, a 145m ship transporting trucks and cargo that went down a day earlier after hitting a rocky outcrop just off the island.
PHOTO: AFP
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Asian stocks shoot up as they track Wall Street gains
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Traders pose for pictures at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Friday. The Hang Seng index surged 290.27 points to close at 23,099.29 on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Jury finds Black guilty in fraud trial
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Deposed media tycoon Conrad Black, center, leaves the Everett McKinley Dirksen Federal Courthouse, in Chicago, Illinois, with his wife Barbara Amiel, left, and daughter Alana on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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'Guitar Hero' sweeping US bars
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Bar patrons play at ``Guitar Hero'' night at River Gods in Cambridge, Massachusetts, last month.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Shandi Sullivan, right, and Blake Coleman play rock star at Pianos in Manhattan earlier this month.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Nissan hopes its diversity drive will boost sales
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Chiharu Ikahata, 26, a plant manager, smiles at the assembly line of Nissan Motor Co's Tochigi plant north of Tokyo on June 18.
PHOTO: AP
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Argentina look to avenge 2004 defeat
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Brazilians Diego, front, and Juan train in front of a poster of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Maracaibo, Venezuela, on Friday. Brazil face Argentina today in the Copa America final.
PHOTO: AFP
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Takahara's brace guides Japan to victory
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Japan's Seiichiro Maki, center, vies for the ball with the UAE's Mohammad Al Balooshi, left, and Haidar Mohamed during their Group B soccer match at the Asian Cup in Hanoi on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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PHOTO: AFP
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Beckham greeted by LA Galaxy fans in Carson, California
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England soccer player David Beckham holds up his new jersey as he is introduced as the newest member of the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team in Carson, California, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Late Burst secures All Blacks win
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PHOTO: REUTERS
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Muralitharan takes 700th Test wicket
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Muttiah Muralitharan celebrates with the ball with which he took his 700th Test wicket during Sri Lanka's Test match against Bangladesh in Kandy yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Two halves make a whole
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Regan Hofmann, left, and Sean Foster take a break during an HIV/AIDS summit held at the Grand Hyatt hotel.
PHOTO: NOAH BUCHAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Hardcover US: Republican Bruce Herschensohn wrestles with the dragon
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TAIWAN:THE THREATENED DEMOCRACY
By Bruce Herschensohn, 166 Pages, World Ahead
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Are whale sharks the new panda?
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One of two new whale sharks is lowered into the Ocean Voyager exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, June 1, 2007
PHOTOS: AP AND AFP
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One of two whale sharks destined for the Georgia Aquarium in downtown Atlanta swims in a sea pen off the coast of Taiwan
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Whale sharks swim at the Georgia Aquarium, June 13, 2007, in Atlanta
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one of the original whale sharks on exhibit at the aquarium, died June 13, 2007, and is the second whale shark to die at the facility in five months.
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Internet video revolution redux
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The creators and consumers of user-generated Internet content like video-file sharing site YouTube and social network MySpace.
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"Person of the Year" for 2006 on Dec. 16, 2006
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This image, released by Veoh Networks Inc, shows a view of its software Veoh TV.
PHOTOS: AGENCIES
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Hardcover US: The more things change, the more they stay the same
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Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys and the Battle for America's Soul
By Philip Jenkins, 344 Pages, Oxford University Press
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