US$500 MILLION DEAL: The sale, requested by Taiwan, involves the purchase of almost 600 sophisticated weapons to arm the military's fleet of F-16 fighter jets
By Charles Snyder
The US has announced it plans to sell Taiwan nearly US$500 million in missiles that Taiwan's fleet of F-16 fighter jets could use against any Chinese air attack. The sale, if it goes ahead, would be the largest to Taiwan in recent years.

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EVERYONE WELCOME: The troubled nation has invited several countries, including the US, Iran and Syria, to Baghdad to discuss ways to solve its problems
Iraq's neighbors, including Iran and Syria, have agreed to join US and British representatives to discuss the Iraqi security crisis at a regional conference on March 10 in Baghdad, the government said.

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WHITE HOUSE RUN: The Arizona Republican, who lost the 2000 nomination to the president, has argued that more men should be sent to Iraq to flush out insurgents
Influential Republican Senator John McCain announced on Wednesday he will run for the White House in next year's race.

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A former Canadian defense minister is demanding governments worldwide disclose and use secret alien technologies obtained in alleged UFO crashes to stem climate change, a paper said on Wednesday.

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New York City symbolically banned use of the word "nigger" on Wednesday, the latest step in a campaign that hopes to expunge the most vile of racial slurs from hip hop music and television.

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China's parliament will consider abolishing the system of "re-education through labor," state media reported yesterday, but cautioned that scrapping the punishment could still meet stiff opposition.

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