WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS: The men's basketball team took the gold at the East Asian Games final yesterday, despite a late drive to within three points by Japan
Lee Hsueh-lin (李學林) scored a game-high 15 points yesterday as Taiwan weathered a late rally to defeat Japan 60-55 in the East Asian Games men's basketball final.

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FACING DEATH: A German national could get a death sentence for attempting to smuggle US$3 million in heroin into the country under the guise of canned food
By Rich Chang
A German man was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of smuggling 6.1kg of heroin into the country, and could face the death penalty, according to airport police.

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Gangs of youths torched 1,300 vehicles overnight in the 10th consecutive night of violence in Paris' poor suburbs and major French towns, despite the deployment of thousands of extra police.

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China said yesterday it had asked for outside help to test three possible cases of bird flu in humans, and reported that its latest outbreak among poultry lies along a migration route for wild birds.

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By Jessie Ho
Premier Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) yesterday inspected the nation's new bullet train on a test run that hit speeds of 300kph, and affirmed the government's strong support for the project.

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NIGHTMARE CRUISE: Men in two boats fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns in a bid to rob the tourist boat, but got left in the ship's wake
Pirates armed with grenade launchers and machine guns tried to hijack a luxury cruise liner off the east African coast, but the ship shifted into high gear and outran them, officials said.

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