PLAYOFFS: Celtics beat Cavs 76-72 in semis
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Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics shoots against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals during the NBA playoffs at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, on Tuesday.
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Federer back on track as nemesis Canas falls short
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Switzerland's Roger Federer prepares to return a ball to Argentina's Guillermo Canas during their men's second-round match at the Rome Masters tennis tournament on Tuesday.
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Transvestites deny having sex, drugs with Ronaldo
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Transvestite Andre Luis Ribeiro Albertino, also known as Andreia Albertine, left, and the transvestite known as Carla Tamini, who both work as prostitutes, leave a police station in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday. The man at right is unidentified.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE: Dellucci homers, Indians beat Yanks
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Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Kuo Hong-chih of Taiwan throws against the New York Mets during the fifth inning of a baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
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Over-training may hurt Chinese chances at Olympics
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Players from China's women's basketball team warm up ahead of a match on April 24 against the USA during an Olympics test event in Beijing in which the US won by a score of 86-61.
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With homes like these, who needs anemones?
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A laogushi, or coral rock, home in Penghu. Convenience store owner Chen Yung-hsing bought the structure at a foreclosure auction. He planned on tearing it down but later changed his mind and decided to restore it.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF CHEN YUNG-HSING
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PHOTO: COURTESY OF CHEN YUNG-HSING
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PHOTO: COURTESY OF CHEN YUNG-HSING
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Like many laogushi homes in Penghu, this one is decades old and in disrepair. The charm and artistry of the unique architectural style, however, are still very much in evidence.
PHOTO: CINDY SUI
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Former record holder pleads innocent to narcotics charges
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Tim Montgomery celebrates after winning the 100m ahead of Nigerian Aaron Egbele and US Brian Lewis in the Grand Prix II meeting on April 25, 2004, in Fort de France, Martinique.
PHOTO: AFP
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'Diva' Serena advances into Berlin third round
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US player Serena Williams returns the ball to Italy's Francesca Schiavone at the German Open in Berlin on Tuesday. Williams defeated Schiavone 6-2, 6-3.
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Careful! Your keyboard might be as dirty as your toilet seat 小心！鍵盤可能和馬桶坐墊一樣髒
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Careful what you touch! A computer is on display at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, US, on Aug. 7, 2007.
小心你接觸的東西！去年八月七日，一台在美國加州庫比提諾的蘋果電腦總部展示的電腦。 照片：歐新社
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Miley Cyrus apologizes for racy photo spread 少女偶像孟漢娜為半裸照致歉
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In this Feb. 24, 2008, file photo, Miley Cyrus arrives at the 80th Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
這張攝於今年二月二十四日的資料照片中，麥莉．塞洛斯抵達洛杉磯柯達劇院的第八十屆奧斯卡金像獎會場。 照片：美聯社
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Discarded computers dumped in Africa
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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PNG aid scandal: KMT accuses MOFA of 'serious malfeasance'
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Chiang Lien-fu holds up a photo at a press conference yesterday showing the prime minister of Papua New Guinea shaking hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
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Lee panned online over US beef sales
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A South Korean housewife, left, holds a child’s lunch box during a rally against the resumption of US beef imports near the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, yesterday. A placard at right reads: “No mad cow for school meal services.”
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Koo apologizes for offensive remarks
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Democratic Progressive Party chairmanship candidate Koo Kwang-ming, right, and his wife Michelle Wang are pictured in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Japan, China pledge warmer relations
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Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, speaks to reporters as Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda listens during a joint press conference in Tokyo yesterday.
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People scramble to survive in Nargis’ wake
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Yangon residents try to fill their buckets with water yesterday after Cyclone Nargis cut power and water supplies to wide swathes of Myanmar over the weekend.
PHOTO: AP
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Yangon residents walk past toppled trees on the streets on Monday after the city was struck by Cyclone Nargis on Saturday.
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Remaining Chileans flee volcano
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A man rides his bicycle on an ash-covered street in Esquel, some 1,600km southwest of Buenos Aires, Brazil, on Tuesday.
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Aid groups fume as junta stalls
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Cyclone-affected families wait for relief supplies outside their destroyed homes in Haing Gyi Island in the Irrawaddy division of Myanmar on Monday.
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Medvedev takes oath as president
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev takes the oath of office with his hand on the text of the Constitution during his inauguration in the Kremlin in Moscow yesterday.
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