Ma, Hsieh register their presidential candidacies
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou, left, and his running mate, Vincent Siew, smile at a campaign rally in Taipei yesterday.
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Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Frank Hsieh, left, and his running mate, Su Tseng-chang, raise their hands at a campaign rally in Taipei yesterday.
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A sixth grade student surnamed Chen holds up a poster that reads ''Vote for Frank Hsieh'' outside Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's campaign headquarters in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Nauruans survive 11 days at sea
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Nauruan fishermen, left to right, Stevie Notte, Gabriel Mwareow and Solomon Tom, who survived 11 days at sea, are seen in Majuro on Saturday. The three men said they survived on the blood and meat of a shark.
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INTERVIEW: Kittitian minister talks diplomatic relations, tourism
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St. Kitts and Nevis Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade, Industry and Commerce talks about relations with Taiwan during an interview with the Taipei Times yesterday.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Karzai blocking UN appointment
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Paddy Ashdown, then-International Community High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, sits in his office in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Sept. 20, 2005. An EU diplomat announced on Jan. 16 that Ashdown, 66, was due to be appointed UN envoy to Afghanistan, but Afghan officials are not happy with the selection.
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Annan visits restive west Kenya
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Furniture and other belongings fill the yard of a church where dozens of families fleeing violence are living in Nakuru, Kenya, on Saturday. Gunfire erupted in the town and young men vowed revenge as the death toll from two days of bloodshed in western Kenya's main town reached at least 25, including 16 charred bodies that were unloaded at the local morgue from the back of a truck.
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'Plastic surgery queen' plans 42nd procedure
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Angela Bismarchi, 36, smiles at a medical clinic in Niteroi, Brazil, on Jan. 11 as her surgeon explains how nylon wires will be implanted to give her eyes an oriental slant.
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Is this the end of cheap food?
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Cleveland taking banks to court over crisis
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A tire sits in front of a boarded up home in Cleveland, Ohio, on Friday. The city's Mount Pleasant neighborhood is filled with homes for sale or on the auction block. The city is the epicenter of the nation's home foreclosure crisis.
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Eto'o helps Cameroon to victory
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Cameroon players celebrate after Achille Emana's goal during their Africa Cup of Nations match against Zambia in Kumasi, Ghana, on Saturday.
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Fans wait for the Cameroon versus Zambia match to kick off in Kumasi on Saturday.
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Workmanlike Roma earn victory against Palermo
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Francesco Totti of Roma shakes hands with young fans prior the Italian Serie A soccer match against Palermo in Rome on Saturday.
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The FA CUP: Minnows give Liverpool a scare
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NBA: Heat end losing streak against Pacers
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San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan, No. 21, defends New Orleans Hornets forward Hilton Armstrong, right, during the first quarter of their NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday.
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Woods takes lead at US$5.2 million Buick Invitational
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Tiger Woods hits out of the bunker on the 11th green during the third round of the Buick Invitational on Saturday at the Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, California.
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Povetkin punches way to title shot
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Russian Alexander Povetkin, left, fights against American Eddie Chambers during the IBF heavyweight title elimination bout in Berlin on Saturday.
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Djokovic wins first Grand Slam title
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Serbia's Novak Djokovic holds the trophy after beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France in the final of the men's singles at the Australian Open in Melbourne yesterday.
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Novak Djokovic gestures as he celebrates winning a game during his match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Melbourne yesterday.
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Sun Tiantian, left, of China and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia celebrate after beating India's Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi in the mixed doubles final at the Australian Open yesterday.
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Hakuho wins battle of Mongolians
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Sumo Grand Champion Hakuho, left, throws Asashoryu in Tokyo yesterday.
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Lee wins Korea's first title in 12 years
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Lin Dan smashes during the men's singles final against Lee Hyun-il at the 2008 Korea open Badminton in Seoul yesterday.
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Afridi blasts Pakistan to victory
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Zimbabwe's Elton Chigumbura, right, delivers the ball as Salman Butt looks on during yesterday's third One-Day International between Pakistan and Zimbabwe in Multan, Pakistan.
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Chilean man wakes up at his own wake 智利老人起死回生
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Most people don't wake up at their own wake. A soldier wipes the coffin of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet during his wake in Santiago on Dec. 11, 2006.
大部分人都不會在自己的守靈儀式上醒過來。前年十二月十一日，於智利首都聖地牙哥，一名士兵在智利前獨裁者奧古斯托．皮諾切特的守靈儀式上擦拭他的棺木。
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Thai flight attendants rebel against 'demeaning' TV soap 泰國電視劇引發空服員群起抗議
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Air Asia flight attendants from Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia pose at the Air Asia Academy in Sepang, Malaysia, on Nov. 9, 2007.
二ＯＯ七年十一月九日，來自馬來西亞、泰國和印尼的亞洲航空空服員在馬來西亞雪邦的亞洲航空學院前一字排開。
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[WEEKENDER] Powerful dance
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Sheu Fang-yi's performances in 37 Arts were a treat.
PHOTO COURTESY OF LAFA
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Travel with a twang
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Drummer Kelly Bamberger, bass player Gary Branchaud and saxophonist John Heinrich perform at the Nashville International Airport's food court.
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Travelers listen to saxophone player John Heinrich.
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[PLANET POP]
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Amy Winehouse may have to revise the lyrics to her song Rehab.
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