Pakistani military pounds rebel area
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Residents of Dara Adam Khel, a hideout of militants near Peshawar, flee during a Pakistani army operation on Friday.
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Davos gathering turns to threat of global poverty
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Irish rock star Bono answers questions at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Friday.
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Rice and lawmakers wrap up Colombia visit
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and US Democratic Representative Solomon Ortiz pose in La Ceja, Colombia, on Friday. Rice arrived in Colombia on Thursday with a group of US legislators for talks focusing on a free trade pact.
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A tale of two energy futures
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ILLUSTRATION: LANCE
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ASIA: Asian benchmark pares loss after rate cut
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A pedestrian uses her mobile phone while walking past a screen displaying share prices in Tokyo on Friday. The Nikkei-225 rose 536.38 points to close at 13,629.16 on Friday.
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Family pets fall victim\nto subprime crisis
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A dog sits in a cage at the Queen Anne's County Department of Animal Service in Queenstown, Maryland, on Thursday. Shelters across the country have seen a sharp increase in the number of people abandoning their pets because they have been forced out of their homes.
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Amazon hopes to ignite trend with innovative Kindle
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The Amazon Kindle uses E Ink technology to display images in four shades of gray and is easy on the eyes. An e-reader performs well when placed in page-to-page competition with paper.
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Baghdad gets a taste for takeaway Chinese
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A Chinese cook cleans the tables of a restaurant in Baghdad on Jan. 12.
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Tiger takes lead at Torrey Pines
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Tiger Woods hits his tee shot on the 9th hole of the north course at Torrey Pines during the second round of the Buick Invitational in San Diego, California, on Friday.
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Pollock strangles Windies batsmen
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West Indies batsman Runako Morton plays a shot during the second one day international between South Africa and West Indies in Cape Town on Friday.
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SBL: Late gaffe costs the Bankers dear
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Jonathan Sanders of the dmedia Numen scores a basket against the Taiwan Mobile Leopards during their SBL game at the Taipei County Sports Complex on Friday.
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Sharapova wins third Grand Slam
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Russia's Maria Sharapova kisses the trophy after winning the Australian Open women's singles final against Serbia's Ana Ivanovic in Melbourne, Australia, yesterday.
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Ivory Coast qualify for the quarter-finals
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Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba controls the ball during their Africa Cup of Nations Group B match against Benin in Sekondi, Ghana, on Friday.
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Mali hold Nigeria, now favorites to make quarters
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Mali's Frederic Kanoute, center, vies for the ball with Nigeria's Danny Shittu, left, and Seyi Olofinjana during their Africa Cup of Nations match in Sekondi, Ghana, on Friday.
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Fetus ghosts laid to rest
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Temples that focus on appeasing the spirits of aborted fetuses are on the rise in Taiwan.
PHOTO: NOAH BUCHAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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[SUNDAY PROFILE] Studs Terkel spins a good yarn
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Oral historian Studs Terkel, 95, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, became famous for allowing thousands of ordinary people to tell their own stories about how they got through the Great Depression, World War II and even their own workday and what they thought about everything from race to dying.
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Oral historian Studs Terkel, 95, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, became famous for allowing thousands of ordinary people to tell their own stories about how they got through the Great Depression, World War II and even their own workday and what they thought about everything from race to dying.
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[BOOK REVIEW] What shall be, shall be
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PUBLICATION NOTES:
ALL SHALL BE WELL; AND ALL SHALL BE WELL; AND ALL MANNER
OF THINGS SHALL BE WELL
By Tod Wodicka
266 pages
Pantheon Books
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Sunday Science
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ทำค๙: CATHERINE THOMAS
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Shop 'til you drop
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To many, shopping at Dihua Street is an essential Chinese New Year ritual. Walk a bit further up Dihua Street and you will find the city of bygones days.
PHOTO: HO YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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To many, shopping at Dihua Street is an essential Chinese New Year ritual. Walk a bit further up Dihua Street and you will find the city of bygones days.
PHOTO: HO YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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To many, shopping at Dihua Street is an essential Chinese New Year ritual. Walk a bit further up Dihua Street and you will find the city of bygones days.
PHOTO: HO YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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To many, shopping at Dihua Street is an essential Chinese New Year ritual. Walk a bit further up Dihua Street and you will find the city of bygones days.
PHOTO: HO YI, TAIPEI TIMES
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[ SOCIETY ] Transsexuals fight prejudice from Turkey's theaters
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Turkish transsexual Sera Can puts make up on in back stage before her performance in Ankara.
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[BOOK REVIEW] 'Irreligion' appeals to neither heathens nor believers
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