ALL OUT EFFORT: Key figures from across the political spectrum dashed around the nation yesterday to solicit votes in today’s elections in 17 cities and counties
By Mo Yan-chih and Jenny W. hsu
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) political figures yesterday made last-ditch efforts to canvass support for their respective candidates on the eve of today’s three-in-one local elections.

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By Shih Hsiu-chuan
The Taipei MRT Wenshan-Neihu Line experienced a 57-minute service suspension yesterday afternoon because of a switch breakdown at Zhongxiao Fuxing Station, the Taipei City Government said yesterday.

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Three suicide bombers fired on worshipers then blew themselves up at a mosque near Pakistan’s military headquarters after prayers yesterday, killing 40 people, including many army officials, police said.

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MESSAGE: The government sought to highlight global warming’s effect on glaciers — the source of many people’s water — ahead of the Copenhagen meeting
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Guinea’s president was being evacuated to Morocco for treatment after he was shot during an assassination attempt nearly a year after he seized power in a coup, a retired diplomat said yesterday.

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