When it comes to human development, the giant is slipping
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Stosur, Czink spring surprises in LA
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Sania Mirza of India returns to Eva Hrdinova of the Czech Republic during day one of the East West Bank Classic at the Home Depot Center on Monday in Carson, California.
PHOTO: AFP
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Sybille Bammer of Austria returns to Ahsha Rolle of the US during their match on Monday in Carson, California.
PHOTO: AFP
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Tour leader Schleck has to keep attacking in the Alps
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Yellow jersey holder Frank Schleck, center, takes energizing food as he answers a journalist’s question yesterday in Cuneo, Italy, before the 157km 16th stage of the Tour de France.
PHOTO: AFP
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Proteas prove too strong for England
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South Africa’s AB de Villiers punches the air as Ashwell Prince jumps on his back after taking a catch to dismiss England’s Ian Bell during the fourth day of the second Test in Leeds, England, on Monday.
PHOTO: AP
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Kazmir and Rays blank struggling A’s
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Baltimore Orioles third baseman Melvin Mora chases a ground ball to throw out the Toronto Blue Jays’ Adam Lind in the eighth inning of their game in Baltimore on Monday.
PHOTO: AP
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Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Kuo Hong-chih of Taiwan pitches to Colorado Rockies batter Clint Barmes in the eighth inning of the Dodgers’ 16-10 victory in Denver on Monday.
PHOTO: AP
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Real Madrid pull plug on Robinho’s Olympic dream
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Robinho controls the ball during a friendly match against Rio de Janeiro’s state soccer team in Volta Redonda, Brazil, on June 22.
PHOTO: AP
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Apple stock falls despite rise in profit
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A man walks past an advertisement for the iPod Touch outside an Apple store in San Francisco on April 23. Macintosh and iPod sales helped boost Apple Inc’s fiscal third-quarter earnings, the firm said on Monday.
PHOTO: AP/IRANIAN TV VIA APTN
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Wartime Serb leader captured after 13 years
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Left: Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is pictured in April 1996 during the Bosnian Serb assembly session in Pale. Right: Karadzic is pictured in an undated photo released by Belgrade’s Healthy Life magazine yesterday.
PHOTO: AP/TULSA WORLD
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Art that 'resin'-ates with the masses
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Art for the Masses at MOT Arts distills art by top contemporary Chinese artists into (relatively) affordable toys. From left to right, the works of Yue Minjun, Jin Nu and Zhou Chunya.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MOT ARTS AND PPGROUP
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PHOTO COURTESY OF MOT ARTS AND PPGROUP
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PHOTO COURTESY OF MOT ARTS AND PPGROUP
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[ART JOURNAL] An evolving tradition
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Red Forest Rest is a classic example of how Kwon Ki-soo moves beyond the confines of Korean art while still remaining within its tradition.
PHOTO COURTESY OF METAPHYSICAL ART GALLERY
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Traditional Korean motifs, such as bamboo and plum blossoms, are given a contemporary twist in Kwon Ki-soo’s paintings.
PHOTO COURTESY OF METAPHYSICAL ART GALLERY
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An art exhibit fills the streets
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Very Fun Park breathes aesthetic life into the shopping district around Zhongxiao East Road Section 4, in Taipei.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FUBON ART FOUNDATION
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PHOTO COURTESY OF FUBON ART FOUNDATION
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PHOTO COURTESY OF FUBON ART FOUNDATION
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PHOTO COURTESY OF FUBON ART FOUNDATION
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DPP, KMT clash over budget change
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Rolling waves surge along the Choshui River in Yunlin County yesterday in the aftermath of the heavy rains brought by Tropical Storm Kalmaegi.
PHOTO: LIAO SHU-LING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Police search for a missing man along the Yehsi River in Dapu Township, Chiayi County, yesterday, after he disappeared during Tropical Storm Kalmaegi.
PHOTO: HSIEH YIN-CHONG, TAIPEI TIMES
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The Adventures of Kathleen the Great and Mark the Meek 英勇凱薩琳與害羞馬克歷險記
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Rare birds sighted on Matsu islet
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Chinese Crested Terns rest on rocks in the Matsu Islands. Conservationists were worried when they saw one of the birds with a section of a plastic pipe stuck to its beak, and they believe the rare birds are in need of care.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SUSTAINABLE ECOLOGICAL ENGI
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Afghan Hazaras rally amid violence
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Hazara activists shout slogans during a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday. Thousands of ethnic Hazaras marched through the Afghan capital in a tense protest over a dispute with nomads about land and grazing that demonstrators said left several people dead.
PHOTO: AFP
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Diplomats fail to reach decision in temple dispute
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A Cambodian woman prepares her family’s meal near the Preah Vihear temple in the Cambodian Preah Vihear Province, 543km north of Phnom Penh, yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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US tracks down salmonella outbreak to fresh jalapenos
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A vendor stands behind jalapenos for sale in a market in Mexico City on Monday.
PHOTO: AP
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