PENULTIMATE HURDLE: The resolution states that the nation should correct its title and write a new constitution, without specifying a timetable or which name to use
By Flora Wang
The Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) Central Executive Committee yesterday passed the party's "normal country" resolution draft. It decided to keep Monday's draft version, which states the need for the nation to hold a referendum stressing Taiwan's independent statehood at an appropriate time.

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RIOT CONTROL: Fearing it could be seen as a torture device, the Pentagon has refused to deploy a device that makes people feel as though their skin is on fire
US commanders in Iraq have told Washington that many civilian casualties could be avoided by using a new nonlethal weapon developed over the past decade, internal military correspondence obtained by The Associated Press shows.

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Israeli fire killed three Palestinian children and wounded one of their cousins on Wednesday as they played in a field in the northern Gaza Strip at the tail end of their summer holidays.

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EXPOSED: A weekend gathering of 21 naked adults shocked residents of Hsingchang village, who accused the participants of having oral sex and watching porn
Police said on Wednesday they were investigating reports of obscene behavior, including public oral sex, at a nudist camp that took place over the weekend in Taitung County.

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Chinese Finance Minister Jin Renqing (金人慶) has resigned for "personal reasons," the government said yesterday, amid concerns over surging inflation and just weeks ahead of an expected reshuffling of top positions.

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Anti-US cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took his Mehdi Army out of action for up to six months to overhaul the feared Shiite militia -- a stunning move that underscores the growing struggles against breakaway factions with suspected ties to Iran.

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