BEGGARS' WAR: The president said that once the door is opened to Chinese students, the job market would be next, sparking a competition in which Taiwan can only lose
By Flora Wang
President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) said yesterday that Taipei would not relax its restrictions for recognizing Chinese diplomas and would maintain its ban on Chinese students.

[ FULL STORY ]

TOO LITTLE: An executive order governing treatment of prisoners in a formerly secret CIA detention program still denies Red Cross access to captives
US President George W. Bush on Friday forbade the CIA from torturing suspected terrorists in its once-secret detention and interrogation program but was criticized for his vague, "trust us" approach.

[ FULL STORY ]

The US and its European allies on Friday shelved a UN bid to secure independence for Kosovo in the face of a Russian veto threat and said they would hand the issue back to a six-nation Contact Group.

[ FULL STORY ]

At midnight, like magic, Harry Potter appeared.

[ FULL STORY ]