TAKEN TO THE MAT: The contenders for the party's presidential nomination railed against the safety of China's food and consumer items and the yuan exchange rate
Democratic presidential candidates fired a stinging round of attacks at China on Tuesday, bemoaning "bad food" imports and defective toys while accusing Beijing of manipulating the yuan.

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The leaders of North and South Korea will meet this month for the second time since the peninsula's division after World War II, the two countries announced yesterday, capitalizing on progress in Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament to revive their historic reconciliation.

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UNSTABLE SYSTEM: The weather bureau said Tropical Storm Wutip posed a threat to residents in Nantou County, as well as Ilan, Hualien, Taitung, Green Island and Lanyu
By Shelley Shan
The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) issued sea and land warnings for Tropical Storm Wutip (梧提) yesterday morning after canceling the land warning for Tropical Storm Pabuk.

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The gap between rich and poor in China and other Asian countries is growing, hurting anti-poverty efforts and possibly fueling unrest, the Asian Development Bank said in a report yesterday.

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By Rich Chang
The status of Rebar Asia Pacific Group (力霸亞太企業集團) founder Wang You-theng (王又曾), who was released from an immigration detention center in the US on Tuesday, has yet to be resolved, an American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) spokesman said yesterday.

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The pan-green and pan-blue legislative caucuses yesterday shared a rare moment of agreement as they joined forces in protest against Venezuelan authorities refusing visas to Taiwan's youth baseball teams, which were scheduled to attend the World Youth Baseball Championship in Venezuela next week.

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