BREAKTHROUGH: Far Eastern Electronic Toll Collection will be allowed to continue with the BOT project after finally reaching a consensus with government officials
By Shelley Shan
Controversy over the freeway electronic toll collection (ETC) system temporarily subsided yesterday as the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) announced that it would amend its contract with Far Eastern Electronic Toll Collection Co and allow the company to continue to operate the build-operate-transfer project.

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ENVIRONMENT: Cities like London would be threatened and coastal regions may be flooded if global warming continues unchecked, researchers warned this week
Half of Greenland and vast areas of Antarctica are destined to melt if global warming continues at the same pace until the end of the century, scientists warned on Thursday.

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SQUEAKY CLEAN: Wrapping up his two-day stay in Washington, the KMT chairman said that his party now had an advantage over the DPP in the eyes of the public
By Charles Snyder
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), ending what appeared to be a successful trip to Washington on Thursday, criticized the DPP for being corrupt and incompetent, claiming that this gave his party a strong edge in terms of the image held by the Taiwanese public of both parties.

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A feminist and former political dissident was picked yesterday to become South Korea's first woman prime minister, officials said.

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A US State Department purchase of more than 15,000 computers built by the Lenovo Group Ltd (聯想), a company controlled by the Chinese government, is starting to draw criticism in the latest sign of US unease about the role of foreign companies in the US economy.

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