Police bust ecstasy party at Hyatt
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More than 40 alleged drug users are temporarily detained at the Taipei City Police Department's Hsinyi Precinct. All of them were arrested yesterday at an party held in a hotel room of the Grand Hyatt Taipei.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Taiwanese held by China comes home
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The Taiwan Falun Dafa Institute launched a round-the-island bicycle journey to raise awareness about the detention of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese government. The institute said yesterday that large numbers of Chinese practitioners are still in detention.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Miss Afghanistan frowned upon in her home country
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Vida Samadzai from Afghanistan, center, flanked by Dong Meixi from China, left, and Jennifer Pichard from France, pose by the poolside during the presentation of the candidates for Miss Earth 2003 beauty pageant in Manila last week.
PHOTO: AFP
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Sharon rules out Israeli plans to kill Yasser Arafat
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The wife of killed Palestinian Karim Al Kafarna screams in anger as his body leaves the family home in the town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday. Kafarna was killed by Israeli forces near the Erez border crossing. Palestinian sources said the man was hunting for birds when he was killed.
PHOTO: AP
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`Devil winds' fan California forest fires
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This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image, compiled on Sunday, shows smoke (bluish) from wildfires (red) burning in California.
PHOTO: AFP
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Soyuz landing as smooth as silk
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A Russian Soyuz TMA-2 capsule lands safely with Yuri Malenchenko of Russia, Edward Lu of the US and Pedro Duque of Spain aboard near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, yesterday. The crew, two of whom have been manning the International Space Station for six months, touched down safely and on target after a faulty touchdown earlier this year.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Saudi textbooks in the spotlight
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ILLUSTRATION: YU SHA
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Bringing the Action Asia spirit to Taiwan
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From left to right, Little Beard, Michael Maddess and Li Chao-ming pose half way down New York New York in Taipei yesterday to promote the annual Action Asia Challenge taking place on Taiwan's northeast coast next month.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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PHOTO: GEORGE TSRONG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Uruguay easily overcomes Georgia
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Georgia's Paliko Jimsheladze, center, tries to jump through the Uruguay defence during their match in Sydney, yesterday.
PHOTO: AP
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Martin Demor, a Uruguay fan, cheers on the team as they enter Sydney Football Stadium for their Rugby World Cup match against Georgia, yesterday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Miami beats San Diego out in Arizona
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Dolphin quarterback Brian Griese in his first start for Miami completed 20 of 29 passes against the Chargers for a total of a 192 yards in the air, and three touchdowns, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The game was moved to Arizona because of a rash of wildfires in the San Diego area where the game was originally scheduled to be held.
PHOTO: EPA
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Running back Ricky Williams of Miami runs against San Diego, Monday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Arizona Cardinal's cheerleader Bernadette Reyes collects a donation from a football fan for the San Diego relief fund outside of Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, Monday. Wildfires in San Diego forced Monday Night Football to change it's location to Tempe as Chargers Stadium parking lot was transformed into a refugee center.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Junior Seau of the Dolphins, who played for the Chargers for 13 years, never made it to San Diego for his homecoming Monday as wild fires raged in California.
PHOTO: EPA
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