Revelers invited to ring in new year in Xinyi District
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A man with a painted face takes part in the New Year's parade held in Taipei's Xinyi District yesterday. Festivities will continue in the district tonight and tomorrow, including the Taipei 101 fireworks show at midnight tonight and a flag-raising ceremony at Taipei City Hall tomorrow morning.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Parties seek to boycott referendums
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Democratic Action Alliance convener Huang Kuang-kuo, center, speaks at a press conference at National Taiwan University Alumni Club yesterday. He is accompanied by representatives from the Hakka Party, the Civic Party, the Home Party and the New Party.
PHOTO: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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NEWSMAKER: Hau neglecting city's affairs: councilors
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Taipei City Mayor Hau Lung-bin hands out memorial pins during the new year parade in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Hong Kongers slam Beijing over 2017 date
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Security guards remove lawmaker and pro-democracy activist Leung Kwok-hung before a forum addressed by Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang and Deputy Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Qiao Xiaoyang at Government House in Hong Kong on Saturday.
PHOTO: EPA
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FEATURE: Indian clinic pioneers outsourced pregnancies
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Surrogate mothers are seen at Kaival Hospital in Anand, India, in February last year. A small clinic at the hospital matches infertile couples with local women, cares for the women during pregnancy and delivery, and counsels them afterward.
PHOTO: AP
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Suspects in killings found: Fayyad
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Palestinian supporters of Hamas call on Egypt to open its border with the Gaza Strip at a protest in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Saturday. Egypt is requiring around 2,000 Palestinians who arrived in Egypt on their way home from a pilgrimage to return to the Gaza Strip through an Israeli-controlled border crossing.
PHOTO: AP
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Porsche and VW - one big happy family?
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Letterman reaches deal with show writers
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A man walks past the Ed Sullivan theater where the Late Show with David Letterman is taped in New York on Nov. 6.
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Hammers rally to down the champions
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West Ham United's Matthew Upson, center top, heads the equalizing goal against Manchester United during their English Premier League match at Upton Park in east London on Saturday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Spurs win a 10-goal thriller at White Hart Lane
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Tottenham Hotspur's Dimitar Berbatov, left, scores against Reading during their English Premier League match at White Hart Lane in London on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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Dubious goal gives Blues the points
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Chelsea's Michael Ballack, front, and Newcastle United's Steven Taylor battle for the ball during their English Premier League match at Stamford Bridge in west London on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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NBA: Mavericks end Atlanta's winning streak
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Dallas Mavericks forward Josh Howard, No. 5, is pressured by the Atlanta Hawks' Al Holford, right, and Joe Johnson, No. 2, during the fourth quarter of their NBA basketaball game on Saturday in Dallas, Texas.
PHOTO: AP
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Boston Celtics forward Glen Davis, center, looks around Utah Jazz forward Mehmet Okur, No. 13, during the second quarter of their NBA basketball game on Saturday in Salt Lake City, Utah.
PHOTO: AP
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Beer beat Numen to avenge defeat
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Jonathan Sanders of the Dmedia Numen dunks a ball during their game against Taiwan Beer at the National Taiwan College of Physical Education in Taichung yesterday.
PHOTO: YEN CHAO-YANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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NFL: Perfect Patriots finish with 16-0
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New England Patriots cornerback Ellis Hobbs III, left, and Asante Samuel celebrate after Hobbs intercepted a pass from New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning during the fourth quarter of their NFL game at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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The Gunners beat Everton to return to the top of the table
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Arsenal's Eduardo, left, scores past Everton keeper Tim Howard during their English Premier League match at Goodison Park in Liverpool, England, on Saturday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Taiwanese pair no match for the Serbians
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Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei plays a shot during her women's singles match against Serbia's Jelena Jankovic at the Hopman Cup tennis tournament in Perth, Australia, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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US man nails Santa to a cross 美國男子將耶誕老人釘上十字架
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The Santa which Art Conrad hung in front of his West Bremerton home is seen on Dec. 21, 2007.
本月二十一日，美國華盛頓州布萊默頓市的亞特．康洛德將耶誕老人釘在他家門前的十字架上。照片：美聯社
PHOTO: AP
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Who's killing Mexico's singers?
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Fans in Mexico City at a wake for Sergio Gomez, of K-Paz de la Sierra, who was tortured to death this month.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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[PLANET POP]
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Amy Winehouse denies she enjoyed a little "Norwegian wood" during her recent visit to the country.
PHOTO: AP
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Divorced man walking: Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn are calling it quits.
PHOTO: AP
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Tis' the season for sending text messages in Germany 這是德國狂發簡訊的季節
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A New Year's text message appears on a mobile phone in Paris, France, on Dec. 28, 2006.
二ＯＯ六年十二月二十八日，法國巴黎一支手機顯示出的賀年簡訊。
照片：法新社
PHOTO: AFP
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