Kulasekara stars in consolation victory
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Sri Lanka・s Dilhara Fernando, left, celebrates bowling India captain Mahendra Dhoni during the fifth and final one-day international in Colombo on Friday.
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US OPEN 2008: Federer wins 29th straight Open match
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France・s Marion Bartoli reaches for a forehand return to Lindsay Davenport of the US during their third round match on the fifth day of the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Friday.
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Zenit St Petersburg down United to win Super Cup
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Zenit St Petersburg・s Roman Shirokov, center, and Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, right, vie for the ball with Manchester United・s Wayne Rooney during the European Super Cup final at the Stade Louis II in Monaco on Friday.
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Barry to take center stage against Reds
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Manchester City・s Tal Ben Haim, left, challenges for the ball with Aston Villa・s Gareth Barry during their English Premier League game at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, on Aug. 17.
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BUNDES LIGA: Cologne overcome loss of their skipper to defeat Karlsruhe
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A teammate holds the hand of Cologne・s unconscious captain Umit Ozat during their Bundesliga match against Karlsruhe in Karlsruhe, Germany, on Friday.
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England crush Proteas, win series
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England・s Andrew Flintoff is hit on the head by a ball from South Africa・s Morne Morkel during the third one-day international at The Oval in London on Friday.
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England・s Samit Patel celebrates taking the wicket of South Africa・s Mark Boucher during the third one-day international at The Oval in London on Friday.
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South Africa・s Herschelle Gibbs catches England・s Matt Prior during the third one-day international at The Oval in London on Friday.
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Taiwan・s Lin holds joint lead after third round in Indonesia
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Taiwan・s Lin Wen-tang plays a shot onto the 18th green during the third round of the Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational in Jakarta yesterday.
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Bolt, Jelimo light up Zurich sky
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Kenya・s Paul Kipsiele Koech jumps during the 3,000m steeplechase at the Zurich Golden League athletics meeting in Switzerland on Friday.
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Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates after he won the 100m competition at the IAAF Zurich Golden League at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Switzerland, on Friday.
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CPBL: T-Rex hold Bears at bay, Lions tear past Elephants
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Chen Huai-shan of the Brother Elephants is out before reaching home base in Friday・s match against the Uni-President Lions at Taipei County Baseball Stadium in Sinjhuang. The Lions won 6-3.
PHOTO: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
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Career-best round gives Weir early US PGA lead
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Mike Weir reacts after missing an eagle putt on the 18th hole during the first round of the Deutsche Bank Championship golf tournament in Norton, Massachusetts, on Friday.
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Zobrist hits grand slam as Tampa Bay rout Baltimore
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The Tampa Bay Rays・ Ben Zobrist hits a grand slam off Baltimore Orioles reliever Fernando Cabrera in the fourth inning in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Friday.
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Plymouth fan stands by his brand
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Darrell Davis introduces an example of each Belvedere body style in his replica 1954 showroom in Sanford, Florida, in June. In part of his garage, Davis has recreated a fully equipped Plymouth dealership showroom. Davis, who retired in 2001 as senior vice president for parts and service of DaimlerChrysler, still remembers in explicit detail when and how his passion for Plymouths was ignited.
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Outdoor lighting takes back the dark night in southwestern US
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Three photographs show the progression of glare over the years in Tucson, Arizona, as seen from Kitt Peak.
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Peeping Big Brother
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Leaders of machinist union call for Boeing strike
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Boeing machinists rally outside the Boeing plant in Everett, Washington, during their lunch break on Thursday.
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Bomb leaves 45 injured in Colombo
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Medical staff treat a blast victim at a hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka, yesterday. A bomb ripped through a commercial area of the capital, wounding 45 people, police and doctors said.
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ASIA: Asian stocks snap four-week losing streak
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A man on a bicycle checks stock prices in front of a Tokyo brokerage as Japan・s benchmark Nikkei stock average surged 304.62 points to close at 13,072.87 on Friday.
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Thai protesters break into empty PM office
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Protesters pose for a souvenir photo with a decorated cow on a road outside Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday. The building has been besieged by thousands of protesters supporting the People・s Alliance for Democracy.
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MA YING-JEOU: 100 DAYS IN OFFICE: ANALYSIS: President Ma・s first 100 days draw mixed reviews
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President Ma Ying-jeou shows a mooncake that he made during a media event in Taipei yesterday raising money for social welfare organizations before the Mid-Autumn Festival.
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Putin renews claim of US hand in Georgian conflict
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gestures during an interview with Germany・s ARD television in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on Friday.
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Libya ．played with words・ to end sanctions
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Libyan military graduates stand in front of a mural of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi during the ．．Fateh・・ ceremony in the Mediterranean city of Benghazi, east of Tripoli, on Friday, to mark the anniversary of the coup that brought Qaddafi to power in 1969.
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MA YING-JEOU: 100 DAYS IN OFFICE: ANALYSIS: Campaign promises tough to fulfill: analysts
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Rally targets Ma on 100th day in office
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A participant in yesterday・s rally wears a mask of Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, followed by demonstrators wearing masks of President Ma Ying-jeou, front left, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung, center, and Premier Liu Chao-shiuan, rear left.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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A participant shouts slogans into a megaphone yesterday during a demonstration in Taipei against President Ma Ying-jeou and his administration organized by the Taiwan Society.
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Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen, center, shouts slogans after delivering a speech on Ketagalan Boulevard during yesterday・s demonstration against President Ma Ying-jeou and his administration on Ma・s 100th day in office.
PHOTO: CNA
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Protesters shout slogans during a rally criticizing President Ma Ying-jeou and the policies of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) administration in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, AP
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Demonstrators protesting the performance of President Ma Ying-jeou・s government crowd Ketagalan Boulevard in Taipei City yesterday. The parade was organized by the Taiwan Society to mark the 100th day of Ma・s presidency.
PHOTO: CNA
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Protesters hold up placards in front of the Presidential Office yesterday.
PHOTO: SAM YEH, AFP
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FEATURE : Taisi Township re-engages its Muslim roots
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Ting Tsai-shan, a member of the ：Muslim Ting； family, stands in front of the century-old Ting family house in Taisi, Yunlin County, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: LOA IOK-SIN, TAIPEI TIMES
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Almost 600,000 waiting to be rescued in Bihar state
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Residents move their belongings from a flooded village in northern Bihar state, India, on Friday.
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