Deadly US winter storm blamed for loss of 11 lives
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A cyclist rides down a snow-covered street as a major storm hits Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Sunday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Taiwan News Quick Take
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PHOTO: CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU
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Bargaining begins in Thailand
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Abhisit Vejjajiva, the leader of Thailand's Democrat party, right, greets a woman yesterday while visiting a community near party headquarters in Bangkok to thank them for supporting his party in Sunday's general election.
PHOTO: AP
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Insurgents strike army base in Somalia
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Somalis carry a teenage boy as he arrives at the Medina hospital on Sunday after he was wounded in the crossfire of a series of overnight attacks on Ethiopian army bases in Mogadishu.
PHOTO: AP
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Christians keep Christmas low key in Gaza Strip
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Palestinian Christians pray at Sunday Mass in the Deir Al Latin Catholic Church in Gaza City on Sunday. Gaza is home to more than 2,000 Christians.
PHOTO: AP
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Queen Elizabeth to post message on YouTube
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In this photo released yesterday, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II delivers her Christmas Day message for broadcast on television and the Internet today at Buckingham Palace in London on Dec. 12.
PHOTO: AP
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One Laptop changes lives in Peruvian village
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Exadith Solis, 8, looks up while using her laptop in Arahuay, an Andean hilltop village in Peru, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Death and tobacco taxes
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Businesses downbeat on poll outcome
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A Thai vendor shows a VCD of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra outside the People Power Party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Vibo's new CEO takes on profit challenge
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Vibo Telecom Inc chief executive Chang Feng-hsiung, third right, promotes the company's new services, including fortune-telling and Vietnamese learning programs, during a press conference at the Sheraton Hotel in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: LIU LI-JEN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Baptista goal wins ' El Classico'
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Julio Baptista of Real Madrid celebrates after scoring against Barcelona with his team-mates Raul Gonzalez, left, and Robinho during their Spanish Primera Liga clash in Barcelona on Sunday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Inter claim honors in first Milan derby of season
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Inter Milan defender Cristian Chivu, left, jumps for the ball as AC Milan forward Kaka looks on during their match at the San Siro stadium in Milan on Sunday
PHOTO: AP
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NFL: Patriots approach perfect season
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The New England Patriots defense lines up against the offense of the Miami Dolphins during their game at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, on Sunday.
PHOTO: AFP
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FEATURE: Tour de Taiwan introduces nation to rest of the world
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US cyclist Shawn Milne crosses the Tour de Taiwan finishing line on March 24. Milne took the individual combined title with a time of 17:56.35.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CHINESE TAIPEI CYCLING ASSOCIATION
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NBA: Bryant becomes youngest NBA player to total 20,000
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Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, right, drives over New York Knicks guard Quentin Richardson while trying to score in the fourth quarter of their NBA game at Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Watching the play are Knicks guard Jamal Crawford, 11, forward Jared Jefferies, 20, and Lakers forward Lamar Odom, 7.
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SBL: Triple-double outing from
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The Numen's Jonathan Sanders, top, reaches to dunk over two Taiwan Beer players in Sunday's game in Taichung. Dmedia won 94-81.
PHOTO: SBL
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A tale of two tribes
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The new Tuba Church, opened in 1994, was built to accommodate the increasing number of Atayal worshippers.
PHOTO: NOAH BUCHAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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The old Tuba Church is made from stone and once served as the site of Christmas services in Sanmin Village, Taoyuan County.
PHOTO: NOAH BUCHAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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The old Tuba Church is made from stone and once served as the site of Christmas services in Sanmin Village, Taoyuan County.
PHOTO: NOAH BUCHAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Silan Ivan, who hails from the Atayal tribe, trims the Christmas tree outside of the church he is caretaker of in Sanmin Village, Taoyuan County.
PHOTO: NOAH BUCHAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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[HEALTH] Teenage risks, and how to avoid them
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ILLUSTRATION: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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A very late Christmas card 遲來九十三年的耶誕卡
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Santa Claus reading letters sent by children from all over the world, in front of his home in the Arctic Circle, in Finnish Lapland, Nov. 2, 2000.
二ＯＯＯ年十一月二日，耶誕老人在位於北極圈內的芬蘭拉布蘭自家門前，閱讀世界各地小朋友寄來的信。照片︰歐新社
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Grinch sends back presents, damaged 「鬼靈精」歸還毀損的禮物
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Patrick Page, right, star of Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! greets youngsters at the St. James Theater in New York, Friday, Nov. 23, 2007.
十一月二十三日，主演蘇斯博士作品《How The Grinch Stole Christmas!》的派翠克．佩吉（右），在紐約聖詹姆士劇院向小孩打招呼。照片：美聯社
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