While human rights organizations often focus on Beijing's repression of Tibetans and rights advocates throughout China, one group of people, the Uyghurs, has not received the attention a plight of their magnitude should warrant.

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By Ciwang Teyra
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Administration's environmental evaluation committee convened its taskforce on the construction of the Suhua Freeway on Thursday to review an analysis of pre- and post-development environmental conditions resubmitted by the Taiwan Area National Expressway Engineering Bureau.

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The EU is at a crossroads as it realizes it is most likely not going to meet a goal of halving the number of road fatalities by 2010
By Nicholas Rigillo
When it comes to road safety, the EU is in a bit of a jam.

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By Harumi Ozawa
More than 60 years had passed, but Akira Makino still suffered nightmares about Filipino hostages and the injections that rendered them unconscious. Then there was the one about the surgical knife gouging a human liver.

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I am shocked that Yang Yung-nane (楊永年), a teacher at a reputable university, could arrive at the conclusions he outlines in his article on the significance of and remedy for the "deficiencies" exposed by the suicide of a guard assigned to the Taiwanese presidential residence -- conclusions that fly in the face of media reports on the incident ("Guard's death exposes deficiencies," Nov. 4, page 8).

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I am writing in response to the article titled "Reaction to motorbike rule mixed" (Nov. 4, page 2).

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I was enlightened by the many historical facts presented in your article "Chiang Kai-shek turned the nation into an orphan" (Nov. 1, page 4). It made me realize it is such a pity that Taiwanese schoolchildren and the general public are so unaware of Taiwanese history since World War II and have been intentionally misinformed by their leaders.

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The Oct. 24 launch of the Chinese lunar explorer Chang'e I garnered international media attention in a move that at once heated up the space race in Asia and enhanced China's status as a major power. China has been assiduously developing its space program over the past few years and it is obvious that Beijing wants to show that it has emerged as an independent space power.

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