SHOCKER: Su Tseng-chang quit as head of the government yesterday following his defeat last week in the DPP's presidential primary, citing the need for party unity
By Jimmy Chuang and Flora Wang
Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) caused a political stir yesterday when he announced his resignation, less than a week after failing to win the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) 2008 presidential election primary.

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WHO BID: A letter to the WHO from the US health secretary asks for limited recognition for Taiwan, a position the president last month called `meaningless'
By Charles Snyder
Turning aside criticism by President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), the US has urged the WHO to limit Taiwan's role in the global health system to a degree that Chen last month described as "meaningless."

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'PREPOSTEROUS': The country, which has been criticized for food shortages and gross financial mismanagement, will head the Commission on Sustainable Development
Zimbabwe has won approval to head a key UN body charged with promoting economic progress and environmental protection despite protests from the US, European nations and human rights organizations.

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Billions of dollars' worth of Iraq's declared oil production over the past four years is unaccounted for, possibly having been siphoned off through corruption or smuggling, the New York Times said yesterday.

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