Microsoft re-evaluating Yahoo offer
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Jerry Yang, co-founder and chief executive of Yahoo Inc, stands next to a white screen as he waits to answer questions from students and the media at Georgetown University`s Healy Hall in Washington, on Thursday. Yahoo is the subject of a takeover bid by Microsoft Corp.
PHOTO: AFP
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'God loves all children'
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Khanssa Sandal brought Muayid into her home as part of an emergency foster care program.
PHOTOS: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Infants at the Maygoma Orphanage in Khartoum.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Seitena el-Daw, a retired teacher, caring for Mohammed el-Fatih, back, and Lal Jaily, front, in her Khartoum home.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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A nurse at Maygoma Orphanage handling an infant.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Khanssa Sandal brought Muayid into her home as part of an emergency foster care program.
PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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Plastic bags spawn cottage industry in Ivory Coast
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Women collect plastic bags on Friday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Thousands spend each day with their feet and hands in wastewater, washing used plastic bags. Two tonnes are cleaned per day to be recycled into plastic objects. They may be the scourge of the landscape, but recycling the bags has become part of the economy.
PHOTO: AFP
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A woman washes plastic bags for reuse in Abidjan. As poverty has grown in Ivory Coast, those desperate to earn a living have found new forms of income.
PHOTO: AFP
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New conductor ready for Taipei
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Martin Fischer-Dieskau has big plans for the Taipei Symphony Orchestra.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TSO
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[ BOOK REVIEW ] A son and a stranger
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If You Don't Know Me By Now:
A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies
in Wolverhampton
By Sathnam Sanghera
312 pages
Penguin
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[ BOOK REVIEW ] At home in two worlds, at ease in neither
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UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
By Jhumpa Lahiri
333 pages
Alfred A. Knopf
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Time to start looking for a new job?
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LEGA CALCIO: Juventus still dreaming of silverware this season
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Juventus coach Claudio Ranieri gestures during an Italian Serie A match between Inter Milan and Juventus at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy, on March 22.
PHOTO: AP
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EURO 2008: Real Madrid's Raul still hoping for Euro 2008 spot
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Real Madrid's Raul Gonzalez reacts after scoring against Sevilla during their Spanish La Liga match at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid last Sunday.
PHOTO: AP
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Hasselbaink out to make amends
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Middlesbrough's Fabio Rochemback, right, challenge's Cardiff City`s Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink during their FA Cup quarter-final at the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough, England on March 9.
PHOTO: AP
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West Indies look for first innings lead
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The bails fly as West Indies batsman Sewnarine Chattergoon is bowled for 46 by Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas during the second day of the second Test at the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain on Friday. West Indies, replying to Sri Lanka's first innings score of 278, reached 268 for seven when bad light ended play.
PHOTO: AFP
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Ma Ying-jeou pays respects to CKS
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President-elect Ma Ying-jeou stands between the legs of a giant Chiang Kai-shek statue at the late dictator¡¦s mausoleum in Tzuhu in Taoyuan County yesterday.
PHOTO: CNA
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Proteas send India crashing to defeat
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South African cricketers congratulate teammate Morne Morkel, right, after he dismissed India's Rahul Dravid on the third day of the second Test in Ahmedabad yesterday. South Africa beat India to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
PHOTO: AFP
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Portsmouth reach FA Cup final thanks to Kanu goal
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Portsmouth's Nwankwo Kanu, hidden, is congratulated by teammates after scoring against West Bromwich Albion during their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley Stadium in London, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Hornets sting Knicks to earn playoff place
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Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, left, and Dallas Mavericks center Erick Dampier fight for a rebound during their game in Los Angeles on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Matsu procession headed by environmental team
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Throngs of Matsu worshipers fill the Jhenlan Temple in Taichung County¡¦s Dajia Township yesterday as the nationwide Jhenlan Matsu goddess tour begins.
PHOTO: CNA
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A team of environmental workers join Matsu¡¦s nationwide tour.
PHOTO: CNA
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FEATUES: Monarchy making way for democracy in Nepal
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King Gyanendra, left, and Queen Komal arrive at the Norvic hospital where Crown Prince Paras was admitted after he suffered a major heart attack in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sept. 6. Nepal votes on Thursday for an assembly that will rewrite its Constitution, the latest step in the country`s transformation into a modern democracy.
PHOTO: AP
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Bangkok hotel creates uproar with luxury fest
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Kathy Bernett of Australia plays with a girl at Ban Tatit village in Surin Province, Thailand, yesterday. Bernett was one of the guests Bangkok¡¦s luxury lebua hotel was treating to a tour of the poor village before dazzling them with a lavish banquet last night, ignoring outrage over the dinner that prompted a boycott by elite chefs around the world.
PHOTO: AP
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Nadal downs Berdych to reach final
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Tomas Berdych returns a shot against Rafael Nadal during their match on Friday in Key Biscayne, Florida.
PHOTO: AFP
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Lorena Ochoa takes share of lead at Rancho Mirage
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Momoko Ueda putts her sock back on after hitting from the edge of the water during the Kraft Nabisco Championship in Rancho Mirage, California on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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FEATUE: Some Lebanese sick of political advertising
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A poster of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah hangs on a building in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 31.
PHOTO: AFP
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Wagner leads at wet Houston Open
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Andres Romero of Argentina watches his tee shot on the fifth hole during the second round of the Houston Open golf tournament on Friday in Humble, Texas.
PHOTO: AP
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Tempers flare as Bears quartet ejected from game
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La New Bears players and team officials lose their cool in the match between the Bears and the Brother Elephants in Kaoshiung on Friday.
PHOTO: HUANG CHIH-YUAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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France asks for Venezuela's help on hostage
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A man holds a placard with the picture of former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt during a march against the FARC`s abductions at Bolivar Square on Friday in Bogota. A three-nation humanitarian mission has been launched to help the French-Colombian hostage, who is believed to be gravely ill, French President Nicolas Sarkozy`s office said.
PHOTO: AFP
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