GROWING THREAT: The former president says the bigger the Chinese economy grows, the greater the danger Beijing and its military pose to world peace
By Shih Hsiu-chuan
What China's rise brings to the world is a threat to world peace, and thus all democratic countries should group together with Taiwan to counter Chinese military expansion, former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) said yesterday.

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STREET VIOLENCE: Several hundred anti-Bush protesters faced off with Argentinean police as they lit bonfires and broke store windows
US President George W. Bush braced yesterday for the second day of the 34-nation Summit of the Americas here, buffeted by anti-US protests and dogged resistance to his bid for pan-American free trade.

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ATTACKS SPREAD: Authorities said gangs may be using Internet blogs to incite more violent as arson attacks erupted in Lille, Marseille and several other cities
Nearly 900 vehicles were torched and 250-plus people arrested yesterday as French authorities feared those behind the country's worst rioting for decades -- now well into its second week -- were becoming organized.

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Indonesia said the number of its people killed by bird flu climbed to five yesterday, as the World Bank finalized plans to provide up to US$500 million to help poor countries fight the disease.

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Hundreds of screaming and coughing moviegoers fled a cinema complex in the Petronas Twin Towers on Friday night after a fire filled a shopping mall at the Malaysian landmark with thick, acrid smoke. No serious injuries were reported.

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