Wen vows `socialist democracy' under CCP
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An unidentified delegate yawns during a speech by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the opening session of the 11th National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday.
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Search for missing F-16 pilot goes on
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Minister of National Defense Michael Tsai, second right, talks with the wife of F-16 fighter pilot Ting Shih-pao in Hualien yesterday. Tsai said that the Ministry of National Defense was doing all it could to find Ting, who went missing during a routine night training drill on Tuesday.
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UN special envoy returns to Myanmar
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Buddhist monks tour Yangon to collect alms and offerings on Tuesday. UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari will return to Myanmar today to resume his bid to foster national reconciliation after the military regime's bloody crackdown on dissent last year.
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South American spat escalates
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Members of the Venezuelan National Guard secure the border with Colombia at the Tachira River in San Antonio, Venezuela, yesterday.
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EU split on climate change plans
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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GM, Daimler look to lithium ion for hybrids
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Daimler chief executive officer Dieter Zetsche appears on screen as he poses with a Mercedes-Benz SL 63 AMG at the press day of the 78th International Motor Show Geneva in Switzerland on Tuesday.
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IT fair offers showcase for the weird and wonderful
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An Asus employee shows a bamboo-covered laptop at the CeBIT trade fair in Hanover, Germany, on Tuesday.
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Defending champion takes lead in Iditarod
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Lachlan Clark of Buena Vista, Colorado, drives his team around Finger Lake as he approaches the Finger Lake, Alaska, checkpoint of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday.
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NBA: Spurs defeat Nets for 10th straight win
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The Los Angeles Lakers' Lamar Odom has his shot blocked by Sacramento Kings center Spencer Hawes during the second quarter of their NBA game in Sacramento, California, on Tuesday.
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Lanzinger stable after emergency amputation
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Austrian alpine skier Matthias Lanzinger takes part in the Super-G World Cup competition in Kvitfjell, Norway, on Sunday moments before his crash.
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NFL: Quarterback Favre ends NFL career
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Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre celebrates his touchdown pass to Andre Rison during the first quarter of Super Bowl XXXI at the Superdome in New Orleans on Jan. 26, 1997.
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India humble Mexico in\n field hockey qualification
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India player Sardar Singh, foreground, plays the ball ahead of Mexico's Sa Zuleta during their Olympic qualifying match in Santiago, Chile, on Tuesday.
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FEATURE: South African rugby union players flocking to France
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South African fullback Percy Montgomery poses in his Perpignan club jersey at the Aime-Giral Stadium in Perpignan, France, on Dec. 3 last year.
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Arsenal dethrone AC Milan at San Siro
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AC Milan forward Kaka lies on the ground during their Champions League soccer match against Arsenal in Milan, Italy, on Tuesday.
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Anderson in unbeatable form for Florida
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The Columbus Blue Jackets' Rick Nash, right, slams into Calgary Flames defenseman Robyn Regehr during their NHL game in Calgary, Alberta, on Tuesday.
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Fernando Gonzalez defeats Dudi Sela, Michael Llodra out
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Fernando Gonzalez of Chile competes in the first round of the Tennis Channel Open tennis tournament in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
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Fourth-grader explains how to remember the 11 planets 背口訣ˋ記行星!
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An artist's picture of the solar system, released by the European Space Agency. Ceres, Pluto and Eris are not shown.
歐洲太空局所公佈的一張太陽系繪圖。穀神星、冥王星和鬩神星這三個矮行星則不在圖上。 照片︰美聯社
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Holiday draught? Guinness tries to make St Patrick's Day a US national holiday 美國擬增定國定假日
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People hold the Irish flag during a St Patrick's Day parade at Omotesando shopping district in Tokyo on March 18, 2007.
去年三月十八日，在東京表參道商圈參加聖派翠克節遊行的民眾手握愛爾蘭國旗。 照片：法新社
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