Sea alert issued as tropical storm approaches
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A Filipino water delivery man carries a gallon of purified water amidst heavy rain in Manila, the Philippines, yesterday. Tropical storm Pabuk continues to move in the direction of Taiwan, the Central Weather Bureau reported yesterday.
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Ma visiting DPP areas in second `long stay'
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KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou runs into anti-corruption protester calling for his withdrawal from the presidential election after meeting reporters for tea in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-FANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Controversial Chinese flag taken off to make way for Chen's conference speech
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Ho Liang-hung, right, chairman of the World Congress of Master Tailors, bows to President Chen Shui-bian during the opening ceremony of the international conference in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: LIAO CHEN-HUEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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India, Nepal bicker over cause of flood
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Three-year-old Rani blows into an earthen oven at a temporary shelter set up alonga national highway beside the flooded village of Muzaffarpur, India, yesterday.
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European Commission confirms ban on British meat
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Policewomen stand outside the Institute for Animal Health laboratory in Pirbright, England, yesterday. The lab is a suspected source of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the area.
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Al-Qaeda video spells out new targets overseas
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A video image purporting to show Adam Gadahn, an American from California, threatening foreign diplomats and embassies across the Islamic world by saying they would be targeted as ``spy dens.''
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Young girl becomes slaveto the Olympic spirit
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Chery to supply auto engines to Fiat automaker
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A man opens the back door to a Chery vehicle on a car lot of a Chery auto dealer in Beijing on July 4. Chery will supply Fiat with 100,000 engines a year under a deal announced yesterday.
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Woods wins by eight at Firestone
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US golfer Tiger Woods poses with the winner's trophy at the World Golf Championship Bridgestone Invitational at the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, on Sunday.
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Ochoa wins the Women's British Open by four shots
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Tournament winner and world No. 1 Mexico's Lorena Ochoa, right, poses with the trophy and the tournament's highest placed amateur player Britain's Melissa Reid on the Swilcan Bridge at the end of the Women's British Open golf tournament on the Old Course at the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in St Andrews, Scotland, on Sunday.
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Sports Briefs
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Wallabie scrumhalf George Gregan negotiates a forward facing cliff abseil during a team boot-camp on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia, yesterday.
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United win Community Shield
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Manchester United's goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, right, saves a penalty from Chelsea's Claudio Pizarro during their FA Community Shield soccer match at Wembley Stadium, London, on Sunday
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NBA superstar Yao Ming married at Shanghai hotel
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Yao Ming, left, and fiancee and fellow basketball player Ye Li in a wedding photo taken in Linan, China, last week.
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Gebrselassie wins New York City Half Marathon
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Haile Gebrselassie holds the Ethiopian flag after winning the 2nd annual New York City Half Marathon on Sunday.
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Mounties seek buzzy fugitives 嗡嗡嗡 騎警尋找流亡蜂群
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A beekeeper collects honey from a beehive in Hubei province, China, July 4, 2007. 一位養蜂人在七月四日於中國湖北省取出蜂巢蒐集蜂蜜。
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A very special fish 一尾特別的魚
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A seahorse is seen in an aquarium in Tyler, Texas, June 14, 2007. 這是一隻在六月十日日於德州泰勒鎮某水族館看到的海馬。
PHOTO: AP
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