Freire wins sunny sprint finish
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The pack passes fields of lavender during the 14th stage of the Tour de France between Nimes and Digne-les-Bains, France, on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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Spain’s Oscar Freire celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 14th stage of the Tour de France between Nimes and Digne-les-Bains, France, on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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Man cries shark and then is accused of lying 男子謊稱大白鯊來了吃上官司
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People play in the water near a sign warning of danger at Cardiff State Beach in Encinitas, California, on April 25, 2008. On the same day a shark believed to be a great white killed a 66-year-old swimmer as the man trained with a group of triathletes in nearby Solana Beach, California.
四月二十五日，民眾不顧一旁的危險告示牌，在加州恩西尼他市的加地夫州際海灘戲水。就在當天，一名六十六歲的男性泳客和一群三鐵好手在附近的索拉那海灘進行訓練時，遭鯊魚攻擊致死。攻擊的鯊魚據信是一隻大白鯊。
照片：美聯社
PHOTO: AP
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India’s batsmen struggle in warm-up
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India’s Sachin Tendulkar plays a shot during a practice match against Sri Lanka A in Colombo on Saturday.
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Serena Williams retires injured from Wozniak semi
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Japan’s Ai Sugiyama plays a return to France’s Marion Bartoli during their semi-final match at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California, on Saturday.
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In White House race, the truth sometimes hurts 選戰吐真言 傷人又傷己
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This July 9, 2008, combination image shows US presidential candidates John McCain, left, and Barack Obama.
這組七月九日拍攝的照片是美國總統候選人約翰．麥肯（左）與巴拉克．歐巴馬。
照片：法新社
PHOTO: AFP
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Yankees walk to 3-4 victory over A’s
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Oakland Athletics catcher Kurt Suzuki, right, loses his helmet after tagging out New York Yankees` Alex Rodriguez during the first inning of a baseball game on Friday at Yankee Stadium in New York.
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Flanagan and Coles lead US Bank Championship
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Gavin Coles acknowledges the crowd after making a birdie putt on the 16th hole during the third round of the US Bank Championship golf tournament on Saturday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Nick Flanagan of Australia reacts as he watches a missed birdie putt on the 14th hole during the third round of the US Bank Championship golf tournament on Saturday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
PHOTO: AP
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Norman storms to a two-stroke lead
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Australia’s Greg Norman plays his approach shot to the 15th green during the third day of The Open at Royal Birkdale in Lancashire, England, on Saturday.
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Taiwan’s Tseng holds two-shot lead, Wie disqualified
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Taiwan’s Yani Tseng watches her tee shot on the 17th hole during the third round of the State Farm Classic in Springfield, Illinois, on Saturday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Can science explain why ABBA is so catchy?
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Proteas pile pressure on England
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England’s Andrew Flintoff, left, appeals for the wicket of South Africa’s A.B. de Villiers, right, who runs the single that completes his century during the third day of the second Test at Headingley in Leeds, England, yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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South Africa’s A.B. de Villiers plays a shot during the second day of the second Test against England at Headingley in Leeds, England, on Saturday.
PHOTO: AP
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[PLANET POP]
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Verne Troyer has succeeded in keeping his sex tape under wraps.
PHOTO: AP
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Jessica Alba doesn’t like her bland name.
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What comes after a trillion?
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PM Brown outlines plan to end presence in Iraq
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In this image released by the British Ministry of Defense, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, front left, talks to British soldiers in Basra, Iraq, on Saturday.
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Obama praises troops in Afghanistan
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A girl adjusts her shawl as she walks past a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday. Security stayed on high alert as US Senator Barack Obama shared breakfast with US troops in Kabul ahead of an expected meeting with Afghani President Hamid Karzai.
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‘Dark Knight’ poised to set opening weekend record
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Zachary Barniger, left, of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, and Justin Bettis, of York, Pennsylvania, dress as The Joker from the movie The Dark Knight as they wait in line to see the midnight showing in the West Manchester Mall in York on Friday.
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INTERVIEW:Philippine representative talks flights and fisheries
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Antonio Basilio, managing director of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office, speaks during an interview with the Taipei Times last Tuesday in his Taipei office.
PHOTO: CHU PEI-HSIUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Highway offers summer visitors an ocean of flowers
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Scarecrows stand in one of the fields sown with flowers for the 2008 North Coast Flower Sea Season, which is being hosted by the Tourism Bureau’s North Coast and Guanyinshan National Scenic Area Administration and four townships in Taipei County.
PHOTO: HUANG CHI-HAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Tsai speaks out at DPP convention
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Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng, former president Chen Shui-bian, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen, the party’s former presidential and vice presidential candidates Frank Hsieh and Su Tseng-chang, former premier Yu Shyi-kun, and former DPP chairman Hsu Hsin-liang, from left to right, attend the DPP’s National Convention yesterday.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-DE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Student may grace MND publication
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Peng Hsin-ju poses with a snake on Friday while participating in a summer military camp sponsored by the Ministry of National Defense.
PHOTO PROVIDED COURTESY OF MILITARY NEWS AGENCY
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