ODORIFEROUS: Some brought piglets and threw excrement at the Department of Health over its hormone policy and demanded that Minister Hou Sheng-mou appear
By Shelley Shan
The smell of rotten eggs filled Aiguo E Road in Taipei City yesterday morning as thousands of pig farmers gathered in front of the Department of Health (DOH) to protest a potential change in policy on the use of ractopamine.

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Hurricane Dean weakened to a Category 2 storm after hitting Mexico's Caribbean coast yesterday, the US National Hurricane Center said.

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STRONG WORDS: The case's prosecutor accused one of the defendants of cold-blooded executions while army troops were killing thousands of Shiites
Fifteen former aides of executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, including the man known as "Chemical Ali," went on trial yesterday for crimes against humanity over their alleged role in crushing a 1991 Shiite rebellion.

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A Seoul court yesterday ordered the South Korean government to pay almost US$26 million in compensation to families of eight pro-democracy activists executed on fabricated treason charges three decades ago.

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Japanese and Taiwanese investigators yesterday recovered the two black boxes belonging to a China Airlines aircraft that caught fire upon landing at Naha Airport on the Japanese island of Okinawa on Monday.

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