FEATURE: Cosplayers show their individuality
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Two visitors in costume pose during a manga, or Japanese animation, expo in Taipei on July 28. The two are among a growing number of youth who call themselves `cosers' and follow a fashion that aims to combine costume and roleplay based on characterizations in manga.
PHOTO: AFP
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Ma camp threatens to sue Hsieh for defamation
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Lee Ying-yuan, fifth right, head of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's campaign, Cheng Li-chun, fourth right, chairwoman of the National Youth Commission and other DPP members walk together with their legs tied in a symbol of solidarity at a press conference in Taipei yesterday to encourage more young people to volunteer for the DPP's election campaign.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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FEATURE: Prosecutors have hard time nailing small-time gangs
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Yu Tien, left, president of the national entertainers union, smiles while talking to Yang Shuang-wu, right, on May 15 after Yang was elected director of the Kaohsiung entertainers' union.
PHOTO: HUANG LIANG-CHIEH, TAIPEI TIMES
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Protesters demand justice as East Timor probe closes
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An international peacekeeper from Australia, rear, keeps vigil as protesters shout slogans at a demonstration in Dili, East Timor, yesterday. About 70 protesters yesterday held a noisy rally outside the building where the Indonesia-East Timor Commission of Truth and Friendship opened its final round of hearings.
PHOTO: AFP
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Afghanistan trains troops to fight Taliban
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Newly trained Afghan National Army soldiers empty their guns after an exercise on the outskirts of Kabul on Sept. 18.
PHOTO: AFP
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Security tight as parliament holds session in Beirut
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Policemen stand in front of a poster showing pictures of assassinated Lebanese politicians with a slogan that reads ''We were forced to be absent, don't choose to be absent'' at the entrance of the parliament building in Beirut, Lebanon, yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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UN faces 'daunting challenges.' says BAn
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Protesters rally near the UN against the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York on Monday.
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UAW demands job security from GM
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Employees on strike demonstrate in front of a General Motors assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan, on Monday.
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Hoopla abounds at Xbox `Halo 3' debut
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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates greets people in line waiting for the midnight release of Halo 3 at the Best Buy store in Bellevue, Washington, on Monday. Hundreds of fans came out to buy the game just after midnight.
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Rookie Litsch pitches Jays to victory
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From left to right, the New York Yankees' Joba Chamberlain is dressed as the Lion, Ian Kennedy as Dorothy, Shelley Duncan as the Scarecrow and Phil Hughes as the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz as they leave Yankee Stadium in New York after a baseball game on Monday. The rookies had to dress in costumes as they left for a road trip.
PHOTO: AP
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Nicholas Ungs makes winning Taiwan debut
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The Brother Elephants' Nicholas Ungs pitches in his debut against the Macoto Cobras in Sinjhuang on Monday night. The Elephants won 2-0.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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WBC names new interim champ
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Then WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev, left, and contender Samuel Peter, right, pose with promoter Don King at a press conference at Madison Square Garden in New York on Aug. 9. Struggling with back problems, Maskaev pulled out of his title defense scheduled for Oct. 6.
PHOTO: EPA
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Marta stands between US and Women's World Cup
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Brazil's Marta jokes around with the ball before the start of practice on Saturday in Tianjin, China. Brazil is to play the US tomorrow in the Women's World Cup semi-finals.
PHOTO: AP
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Venus Williams cruises into the second round
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Venus Williams returns the ball to Abigail Spears during the first round of the Hansol Korea Open Tennis Championships in Seoul yesterday. Williams won the match 6-2, 6-3.
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Donkey falls into well 井底之「驢」
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Amos sits in the abandoned well on Sep. 13 in Minnesota, US.Photo: AP
九月十三日，阿莫斯困坐在美國明尼蘇達州一座廢棄的枯井裡。照片:美聯社
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King not included 網拍「比利時」
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King Albert II, pictured in Brussels on July 21, 2007, would have cost extra.Photo: AP
今年七月二十一日，比利時國王亞伯二世攝於布魯塞爾。國王開銷需額外支付。照片:美聯社
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Travel destinations upsize to attract big spenders
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The Burj al Arab Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, started the trend toward big resorts and remains a leader today.
Photo: NY Times News Service
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A guest tests the waters at Mike's Camp on Kiwayu Island, Kenya, which is reached by a two-hour flight from Nairobi. The government has plans to make its coastlands more attractive and accessible to tourists.
Photo: NY Times News Service
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Angkor Wat has long been a source of tourism dollars for Cambodia, but the government, taking Thailand as a model, is looking to develop its coastlands.
Photo: NY Times News Service
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Burj Dubai, the newest addition to the city's high-end tourist market, will be the world's tallest skyscraper when it is completed.
PHOTO: EPA
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An aerial view shows one of the man-made Deira islands of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
PHOTO: AFP
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