Typhoon disrupts transportation
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The double eye of Typhoon Sepat is pointed out on a weather chart yesterday. At 8:30 pm last night, the maximum wind speed near the center of the typhoon was measured at 184kph. The Central Weather Bureau cautioned that gusts of up to 227kph and more rain are expected today.
PHOTO: HSU MIN-JUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Prosecutors set to appeal Ma verdict
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Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators Lin Shu-fen, right, and Huang Sue-ying, center, and DPP Taipei City Councilor Hsu Chia-ching hold up a sign saying that Taipei District Court Prosecutor Hou Kuan-jen had been humiliated. They chanted ''Hou Kuan-jen, go, Ma Ying-jeou apologize'' when paying a visit to Hou at his office in Taipei yesterday.
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Legislator takes legal action over pig feed additive
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A farmer uses a pig to press the door bell at the Taipei District Court yesterday as pig farmers accompanied Taiwan Solidarity Union Legislator Yin Ling-ying to file a lawsuit against Department of Health Minister Hou Sheng-mao and Bureau of Food Sanitation Director Cheng Huei-wen for malfeasance in connection with the recent uproar over the use of ractopamine in pigs.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-DE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Lawmakers blast police treatment of protester
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Police in Tainan County stop a pro-green supporter from voicing his dissatisfaction with Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou during the former Taipei mayor's visit to Guantian Township on Thursday.
PHOTO: LIN MENG-TING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Lincoln collapse haunts Sijhih
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Victims of the 1997 Lincoln Mansion disaster display pictures of their ruined homes at an event yesterday marking the 10th anniversary of the landslide. They called on the government to pay more attention to the case.
PHOTO: LIAO CHEN-HUEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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`Peace Mission' showcases new SCO muscle
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Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, left, Chinese President Hu Jintao, second left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, second right, and Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov, right, attend military exercises on the firing ground at the town of Chebarkul, Russia, yesterday.
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Athens residents flee ferocious fire
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A fire engine burns near a wildfire atop Penteli Mountain, which overlooks the greater Athens area in Greece, on Thursday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Medieval cross found in trash bin
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A photo taken on Thursday shows detail of a 800-year old cross at a museum in Leogang, Austria.
PHOTO: AFP
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Obama defends lobbyist donations
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Democratic Senator Barack Obama drives a bumper car with his daughter Sasha at the Iowa State Fair on Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa.
PHOTO: AP
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Is doping wrong?
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O'Driscoll to miss World Cup opener
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Irish lock Paul O' Connell, left, is tackled by Bayonne's Dwayne Haare during their match on Thursday.
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Wainwright, Cards blank Brewers
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The Los Angeles Dodgers' Juan Pierre steals second base as the Houston Astros' Craig Biggio can't hold onto the throw during the fifth inning on Thursday in Los Angeles. The Dodgers won 6-2.
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Aussie women win basketball gold
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Aliya Yussupova of Kazakhstan performs in the final of the women's rhythmic gymnastic competition at the 24th World University Games in Pathumthani Province, Thailand, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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World number ones win through in Kuala Lumpur
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Malaysia's Wong Mew Choo watches the shuttle during her match against China's Zhu Lin at the World Badminton Championships in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Diaz takes early lead at Canadian Open
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Kelli Kuehne celebrates at the 18th hole at the Royal Mayfair Golf and Country Club in Edmonton, Alberta, on Thursday.
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Globe trotting -- Portugal 世界走透透：葡萄牙
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Raul Meireles, right, and Nani, left, fight over the ball during a Portuguese league soccer match at Alvalade Stadium, Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 22, 2006. 去年十月二十二日，在葡萄牙首都里斯本瓦拉德球場上，美尼利斯（右）和拿尼（左）正在一場葡萄牙足球聯賽中搶球。
PHOTO: AP
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A samba dancer struts her stuff in the carnival parade in Loule, Portugal, Feb. 20, 2007. 今年二月二十日，一位森巴舞者在魯爾的嘉年華遊行中展示身材。
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Wheels for the wealthy
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A Bugatti Veyron being put through it's paces.
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The gear shift of a Bugatti Veyron.
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