Taipower makes worker safety vow
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A performer enacts a skit demonstrating the importance of safety equipment at a press conference held in Taipei yesterday by the city government's Department of Labor to declare a year of workplace safety.
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Aussie troops stay in East Timor
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Police officers stand guard in Dili, East Timor, yesterday.
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'Half-way deal' reached in Kenya
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Boniface and Sheila Shimanyula stand on the balcony of their two room apartment overlooking the Mathare slum on Thursday. Boniface is a Luhya from the west of Kenya who supported the opposition and Sheila is a Kikuyu from the president's tribe.
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Gunman kills seven in school shooting
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A police officer leads a woman from Cole Hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, on Thursday. A man dressed in black opened fire with a shotgun and two handguns from the stage of a lecture hall before committing suicide. Seven people were killed and 15 injured, some critically.
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IELTS》Reading: The Reading Test
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Tortuous and tangled is the Russian gas route to the EU
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Henin delights fans in Antwerp
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Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland prepares to serve during her second round match against Julie Ditty of the US at the Diamond Games WTA tournament in Antwerp, Belgium, on Thursday.
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Kuehne shoots bogey-free round to take lead in Hawaii
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Annika Sorenstam follows her drive off the 10th tee during the first round of the SBS Open in Hawaii on Thursday.
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The Adventures of Kathleen the Great and Mark the Meek 英勇凱薩琳與害羞馬克歷險記
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UEFA CUP: Spurs win 2-1 despite Cerny's howler
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Slavia Prague's Marek Suchy, right, vies for the ball with Tottenham Hotspur's Steed Malbranque during their UEFA Cup match at the Evzen Rosicky Stadium in Prague on Thursday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Kevin Davies of Bolton Wanderers, left, vies for the ball with Atletico Madrid's Pablo Ibanez, center, and Christian Abbiati during their UEFA Cup match at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, England, on Thursday.
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One world
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When they found themselves down on their luck in Australia, Maureen Wheeler, left, and Tony put together Across Asia on the Cheap on their kitchen table and a publishing empire was born.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF LINKING BOOKS
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Ex-maid lends support to baseball star
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Roger Clemens, center, gestures during testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.
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