SIDE EFFECT: Taiwan's representative in Washington says that the US' reliance on Beijing to address the situation in Myanmar could add complexity to Taiwan-US relations
By Charles Snyder and Flora Wang
President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) condemned the Myanmar junta yesterday for its violent crackdown on demonstrators in Yangon.

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Myanmar troops pounded dissenters yesterday by swiftly breaking up street gatherings, occupying key Buddhist monasteries and cutting public Internet access. The moves raised concerns that a crackdown on civilians that has killed at least 10 people was set to intensify.

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'SHAME, SHAME': Opposition lawmakers reacted to the decision by threatening to resign from parliament in a move to delegitimize the presidential election
The Pakistani Supreme Court yesterday dismissed legal challenges to President Pervez Musharraf's bid for a new five-year term.

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The leaders of Iran and Venezuela cemented an alliance aimed at countering US influence as the Iranian president declared that "no one can defeat us" and reached out to a new ally in Bolivia.

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The US space agency NASA on Thursday launched the space probe Dawn on its eight-year mission to unlock the secrets of the solar system by studying the two largest asteroids orbiting the sun.

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