FEELING THE HEAT: The premier changed his mind on requesting a reconsideration of Cabinet budget cuts after realizing he might not have the president's full support
By Jimmy Chuang
Premier Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) decided to hold back on filing a request that the Legislature reconsider the Cabinet's annual budget yesterday, after he realized that he did not have the full support of the Presidential Office.

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COMMUNIST COMEBACK: The former ruling party is discussing who will take the reigns following the collapse of the two-year-old coalition government
Mongolia's former communists met yesterday to discuss who should become the next prime minister after the central Asian country was thrown into disarray with the ouster of reform-minded Tsakhia Elbegdorj.

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INCORRECT INTELLIGENCE: An apparent strike by a drone aircraft, designed to take care of the terror organization's second-in command, failed miserably
A US airstrike that killed at least 18 people in a Pakistani border village targeted al-Qaeda's No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri, but the suspect wasn't there, Pakistani officials said yesterday.

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The US will not allow Spain to sell Venezuela military aircraft with US technology because it would aid the increasingly "anti-democratic" government of President Hugo Chavez and destabilize the region, the US Embassy said on Friday.

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