TAIWAN, GO GO GO!: The vice president said the democratic union will be established over the next two years. She also announced plans yesterday to `retransform Formosa'
By Lin Chieh-yu and Huang Tai-lin
Vice President Annette Lu (呂秀蓮) said yesterday that she believes the Democratic Pacific Union (DPU) could be firmly established in the region over the next two years.

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FEELING LUCKY: Laborers, politicians and students joined long lines to get a chance at winning the NT$1.2 billion jackpot. In the end there were two
By Cynthia Lee and Jennifer Lee
Who wants to become a billionaire? The first prize in last night's Big Lotto draw snowballed to NT$1.22 billion (US$35 million), the biggest since the Big Lotto was launched. The absence of any winners for the past six draws contributed to the unprecedented top prize.

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EXTREMISM: A Pakistani official said suspects arrested in raids across the UK are believed to have been in the final stages of planning an assault on British airports
Suspects arrested in anti-terror raids earlier this week had been planning to attack UK airports including Heathrow, the UK's main air hub, several newspapers reported yesterday.

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Fighters loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr shot down a US helicopter yesterday in fierce clashes in the Shiite holy city of Najaf that threatened to unravel a deal to end an up-rising led by the radical cleric.

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The Bush administration said on Wednesday that the US and its allies had begun a campaign to disrupt terrorist operations around the world, including the arrest of a suspected senior member of al-Qaeda in the UK.

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By Ko Shu-ling
Bowing to China's pressure, the Athens Olympic Organization Committee has reportedly asked Taiwan to remove its posters from baggage carts at Athens' international airport and buses in the city, the Government Information Office (GIO) said yesterday.

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