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 | A Japanese Coast Guard ship (C, back) moves in front of a vessel carrying Taiwan activists and reporters near the disputed islands (background) in the East China Sea, known as the Senkaku isles in Japan and what China calls the Diaoyutai and Taiwan, the Tiaoyutai, June 16, 2008. Japan on Monday turned back the Taiwan activist boat which approached a group of disputed islands in protest against a ship collision last week, the latest drama in a fast-escalating political dispute, officials said. click to open  |  | A vessel carrying Taiwan activists and reporters is accompanied by Taiwan patrol boats (background) near the disputed islands in the East China Sea, known as the Senkaku isles in Japan and what China calls the Diaoyutai and Taiwan, the Tiaoyutai, June 16, 2008. Japan on Monday turned back the Taiwan activist boat which approached a group of disputed islands in protest against a ship collision last week, the latest drama in a fast-escalating political dispute, officials said. click to open |  | Taiwan activists shout slogans on a boat as they are accompanied by a Taiwan patrol vessel (back L) near the disputed islands (background) in the East China Sea, known as the Senkaku isles in Japan and what China calles Diaoyutai and Taiwan, Tiaoyutai, June 16, 2008. Japan on Monday turned back the Taiwan activist boat which approached a group of disputed islands in protest against a ship collision last week, the latest drama in a fast-escalating political dispute, officials said. click to open |
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