Presidential election 2008: 20 days to go: Ma aims to net Olympic tourists
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou calls for voters' support during an election campaign at Da-an Park in Taipei yesterday.
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Presidential election 2008: 20 days to go: Chen Shui-bian joins Frank Hsieh on the presidential hustings
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President Chen Shui-bian, right, and Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Frank Hsieh pose during a campaign event in Taipei yesterday.
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Lee calls for better Japan relations
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, left, and his wife, Kim Yoon-ok, are pictured at a ceremony marking the anniversary of the 1919 uprising for independence against Japanese colonial rule, in Seoul, South Korea, yesterday.
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Return to Iraq possible: Ankara
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Turkish army units return from northern Iraq in Cukurca, Hakkari Province, at the Turkish-Iraqi border on Friday.
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Putin calls on Russians to pick the 'right' candidate
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Shopkeeper Vladimir Tyshko prepares a portrait of Russian First Deputy Prime Minister and presidential candidate Dmitry Medvedev for sale in Moscow on Friday.
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US hopefuls use China-bashing in Ohio
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Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama eats a tortilla during a campaign stop at the Sombrero Festival in Brownsville, Texas, on Friday.
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How effective is disaster relief?
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ILLUSTRATION: JUNE HSU
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OIL: Oil briefly charts new territory as gold hits record
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Children play in front of an electronic billboard listing the retail prices of fuel at a gas station in Manila yesterday. Fuel prices have gone up again in the Philippines in the face of high international oil prices.
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NYSE: Wall Street wonders if worst is over
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A trader, center, walks down Exchange Place outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Friday. The Dow dipped after consumer spending was reported to be slow in January, raising fears about a possible recession.
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Boeing loses US$35bn Air Force deal
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A photo released by the US Department of Defense shows a B-2 Spirit multi-role bomber conducting air refueling operations with a KC-135 Stratotanker on April 4, 2005.
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Tough 'Steel Lady' shakes up Italian business world
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Emma Marcegaglia, the 42-year-old chief executive of the Marcegaglia steel group founded by her father, talks to reporters in Rome on Oct. 17 last year.
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Natural-product makers\nlearn the rules of the jungle
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A member of a hiking group consisting of business executives crosses a shaky bridge in Bosque Eterno de Los Ninos in Monteverde, Costa Rica, last month. Many executives of ``green'' businesses are facing difficulties as they transform from niche marketers to big businessmen.
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Stephen Brooks, cofounder of Kopali Organics, stands in Bosque Eterno de Los Ninos in Costa Rica last month.
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Brian Davis takes lead at Honda Classic
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Tadd Fujikawa reacts after missing a putt on the 17th green during the Honda Classic tournament in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Friday.
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SUPER 14: Crusaders calm the Stormers
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Western Force captain Nathan Sharpe, top, takes the ball off the top of the lineout during their Super 14 game against the Lions in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday.
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Sao Paulo to fine Adriano, mulling voiding his contract
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Sao Paulo's Adriano, right, fights for the ball with Atletico Nacional's Elkin Murillo, left, during their Libertadores Cup match at the Atanasio Girardot stadium in Medellin, Colombia, on Wednesday.
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`El Loco' returns to Colombian soccer
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Former Colombia goalkeeper Rene Higuita stops the ball during a warm up session before the start of Rio Negro's second division game against Union Magdalena in Rionegro, Colombia, on Feb. 16.
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China to face South Korea in final
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World No. 2 Ma Lin of China eyes the ball as he serves against Li Ching of Hong Kong during the men's team semi-finals at the Table Tennis World Championships in Guangzhou, China, yesterday. China beat Hong Kong 3-0.
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Rockets maul Grizzlies to extend winning streak
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The Washington Wizards' Antawn Jamison, right, drives to the basket against the Chicago Bulls' Drew Gooden during the first quarter of their NBA game in Chicago on Friday.
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Who you gonna call?
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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[BOOK REVIEW] 'Rivalry' of the steamy and sensitive variety
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RIVALRY: A GEISHA'S TALE
By Nagai Kafu
Translated by Stephen Snyder
165 pages
Columbia University Press
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Joseph Stiglitz discusses 'The Three Trillion Dollar War'
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Joseph Stiglitz, the 2001 Nobel Economics prize winner from the University of Columbia, tallies up the cost of the Iraq war in his new book.
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Different strokes, different folks
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Bartabas, the man who runs the equestrian theater Zingaro, poses with his horses.
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A Zingaro rider practices with a horse in the ring at a show ground in Hong Kong.
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[BOOK REVIEW] All's fair in love and war
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LIFE CLASS
By Pat Barker
311 pages
Doubleday
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Sunday Science: Making a homemade compass 週日科學：自製指南針
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照片： MICHAEL KEARNEY
PHOTO: MICHAEL KEARNEY, TAIPEI TIMES
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South African pair break world record
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Graeme Smith, center, is bowled during the Test match between Bangladesh and South Africa in Chittagong, Bangladesh, yesterday. Smith shared in a world record opening partnership with partner Neil McKenzie.
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South Africa's Neil McKenzie plays a shot during the second day of the second Test match between Bangladesh and South Africa in Chittagong yesterday.
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