Referendum a mistake, US official says
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A woman looks at an ad promoting UN membership for Taiwan yesterday in New York City. The ad has been posted on 20 telephone booths in the area surrounding the UN headquarters.
PHOTO: CNA
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Father denies abusing Chinese marathon girl
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Zhang Huimin, center, top, sticks her tongue out as she rides on the shoulders of her brother Zhang Di, while they are surrounded by journalists after she completed her 55-day run to Beijing on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Hsieh applauds draft resolution
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Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Frank Hsieh, front left, and Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu, front right, appear at a book launch organized by the Kaohsiung City Government yesterday.
PHOTO: CNA
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Afghan opium output reaches new high
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Three Afghan men smoke heroin in the city of Ghazni Province west of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday.
PHOTO: AP
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Italy could grant asylum to homosexual Iranian woman to be deported from UK
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An activist holds a photo of Iranian citizen Pegah Emambakhsh during a protest in front of the British Embassy in Rome on Monday. Britain is planning to deport Emambakhsh to Iran, where she could face the death penalty for being homosexual.
PHOTO: AFP
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Science asks what makes up happy
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Investors snub Acer's bid for Gateway
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A man reads an Acer advertisement at a computer store in Taipei yesterday. Shares in the Taiwanese computer vendor tumbled 7 percent as investors snubbed a bid by the group to boost market share through a takeover of US-based Gateway.
PHOTO:AFP
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CMC to spend US$12m to set up optoelectronics firm
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CMC Magnetics Corp chairman Bob Wong shows off one of the company's solar cell panels in Taipei yesterday, while explaining the progress CMC has made in manufacturing these energy cells.
PHOTO: LI CHIN-CHI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Top sumo wrestler to return home to treat stress issues
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Mongolian-born Grand Sumo Champion Asashoryu performs his ring entry last January during the new year's sumo dedication ceremony at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. Asashoryu will return to Mongolia to receive treatment for a stress disorder, sumo officials said yesterday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Nowitzki rebounds to lead Germany
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Germany's Dirk Nowitzki, right, dribbles around Italy's Denis Marconato during their Basketball Supercup match at the Jako Arena in Bamberg, Germany, on Sunday.
PHOTO: EPA
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England defeat India by 42 runs
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England's Paul Collingwood celebrates taking an Indian wicket in Birmingham, England, on Monday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Catania coach apologizes for kicking rival
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Catania coach Silvio Baldini, right, is restrained by an assistant referee as he kicks Parma coach Domenico Di Carlo during an Italian first division soccer match at the Parma stadium in Italy on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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US OPEN 2007: Williams sisters win in New York
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Serena Williams of the US reacts to a point in her match with Angelique Kerber of Germany during the first round of the US Open tennis tournament in New York on Monday. Williams defeated Kerber 6-3, 7-5.
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Spelling a problem for native speakers 英國人，拼字爛！
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Right: Vietnamese sometimes struggle with their studies, too. Hanoi, Aug. 9, 2007. 越南人有時也得要奮發苦讀。河內；八月九日。
PHOTO: AFP
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On the trail of Princess Diana
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People surround the monument above the Pont de l'Alma underpass as they mark the first anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, Aug. 31, 1998
PHOTOS: AGENCIES
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Princess of Wales, holds a land mine during her visit to a mine field in Luena, Jan. 15, 1997.
PHOTO: AGENCIES
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Too posh to pitch? Introducing the Travelpod
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Too posh to pitch?Introducing the Travelpod
PHOTO: COURTESY OF TRAVELODGE
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Not everybody finds love in Thailand 真愛「泰」難尋
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Chuang Chuang, right, pushes away the lovely Miss Lin Hui, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Sept. 3, 2005. 前年九月三日在泰國清邁，大熊貓「創創」（右）推開他可愛的另一半「林惠」。
Photo: AFP
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