Chen: Viva democracy, viva UN entry
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Dancers wear traditional costumes during the National Day celebrations in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: WALLY SANTANA, AP
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President Chen Shui-bian applauds during the National Day ceremony yesterday.
PHOTO: SAM YEH, AFP
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Taiwanese student signs up for AIDS vaccine trial
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Taiwanese student ``Pierre'' shows the card explaining his participation in a trial for an AIDS vaccine in France. ``Pierre'' is the only Asian participant.
PHOTO: WANG CHANG-MIN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Ma, KMT boycott national celebrations
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Shih Ming-teh, right, leader of last fall's campaign to unseat President Chen Shui-bian, listens to National Security Bureau Director Shi Hwei-yow while attending national day celebrations at the Presidential Office. Shih had been invited by Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng, the organizer of this year's event.
PHOTO: CNA
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Military honor guards perform in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei during national day celebrations yesterday.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, AP
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou, center, and Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin, right, prepare to participate in a run in Taipei after attending a flag-raising ceremony in honor of Double Ten National Day yesterday.
PHOTO: CNA
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Keelung, CCA to build museum at Ershawan Battery
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The Ershawan Battery in Keelung's Chungcheng Park is pictured on Tuesday. The Keelung City Government and the Council for Cultural Affairs have announced plans to build a museum at the battery to highlight the port city's strategic location.
PHOTO: LU HSIEN-HSIU, TAIPEI TIMES
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Tibetan exiles break into Chinese embassy in India
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Tibetans shout slogans during a demonstration at the Chinese embassy in New Delhi, India, yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Putin downplays fears over Iran's nuclear program
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, shares a light moment with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow yesterday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Priest gets life over role in Argentine `dirty war'
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Former police chaplain Christian Von Wernich, who is the first Roman Catholic priest to be charged for crimes committed under Argentina's dictatorship, reacts after the verdict was read in a trial in La Plata, Argentina, on Tuesday, that focused attention on the Church's role in the military's ``dirty war'' on opponents.
PHOTO: AP
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Washed-up drugs bring millions to poor Nicaraguan communities
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US loan crisis could slow down global economy: IMF
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Mike Brown stands on Tuesday in front of the Orlando, Florida, home his parents built by hand, which he has lived in for 36 years. Brown is in the process of losing his home after being late on mortgage payments. Reports indicate that one in 80 homes in Florida is being repossessed as the subprime mortgage crisis rages on.
PHOTO: AFP
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Tokyo show focuses on concept cars
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Models steer Toyota Motor Corp's concept car I-Real during an event prior to the Tokyo Motor Show in Tokyo yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Mandela leaves Player out in the cold
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International team captain Gary Player and his wife Vivienne watch Presidents Cup play at the Royal Montreal Golf Club in Montreal, Canada, on Sept. 30.
PHOTO: EPA
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Bernard Laporte banks on Kiwi-beaters
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England hooker George Chuter takes part in a training session in a gymnasium in Paris on Tuesday ahead of the team's Rugby World Cup semi-final match against France.
PHOTO: AFP
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Argentine brothers ready to do battle
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Argentina's Manuel, left, and Felipe Contepomi celebrate after defeating Scotland at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, on Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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South Africa increase lead in third Test
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South Africa cricket captain Graeme Smith, left, hits a boundary as Pakistan's Younis Khan looks on at the Gaddafi Cricket Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan, yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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England's Steve McClaren faces familiar problems
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England captain John Terry arrives for a team training session wearing a protective face mask in London Colney, Hertfordshire, on Tuesday. Terry recently suffered a fractured cheek bone.
PHOTO: AFP
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Cannavaro, Kaka, Messi favorites for Player of the Year
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Brazil's Kaka smiles during a national team training session in Teresopolis, Brazil, yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Police officers work hard to study reptiles 努力研究爬蟲類的警察
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A Komodo dragon is pictured at Chester Zoo in Chester, England, Dec. 20, 2006. 一隻科莫多巨蜥去年十二月二十日攝於英國雀斯特動物園
PHOTO: AFP
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British design shares the love
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From TopShop to Grand Theft Auto and Wedgewood to Benoy Architects, Britain's creative industries are thriving. The exhibition Love and Money showcases the best of British design and aims to make inroads into Taiwan's economy.
PHOTOS: COURTESY OF THE BRITISH COUNCIL
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A new window on Taiwan
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Although Culture.tw hasn't started trumpting its existence, it's already making a splash, particularly in the US.
PHOTOS: COURTESY OF CUTURE.TW
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There's no escaping Cronenberg
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The king of venereal horror thinks it's weird that so many people think he's weird.
PHOTO: EPA
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CD reviews
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JUST LIKE YOU
Keyshia Cole
Sept. 25
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STILL FEELS GOOD
Rascal Flatts
Sept. 25
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TRAV'LIN' LIGHT
Queen Latifah
Sept. 25
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ECHOES, SILENCE, PATIENCE & GRACE
Foo Fighters
Sept. 25
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Parisians feast eyes on Arcimboldo
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Vertumnus and Water.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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The 16th-century gimmick painter has charmed Paris art lovers.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Giuseppe Arcimboldo's Summer
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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The Vegetable Gardener
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'Against decadence and for a healthier culture'
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A screen shot from a video of art gallery vandalism was posted on YouTube. The grainy video of four masked vandals running through an art gallery in Sweden, smashing sexually explicit photographs with axes, was posted on YouTube Friday night.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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