NOT YU'S: The version proposed by the former party chairman, which called for the inclusion of the name `Taiwan' only received 43 votes out of the 328 representatives
By Flora Wang
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) national congress yesterday passed the party's "Normal Country" Resolution, maintaining the version approved by the party's Central Executive Committee on Thursday while rejecting a proposed amendment that stressed the need for the nation to change its official title to "Taiwan."

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UN envoy to Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari held back-to-back meetings yesterday with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the Myanmar junta in his bid to defuse the political crisis that has engulfed the country.

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ROADMAP: An agreement on the blueprint for dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear program would be a boon to the South Korean president ahead of a peace summit
Negotiators at North Korea's disarmament talks tentatively agreed to a draft plan on disabling the North's nuclear facilities by year's end, though they said the detailed blueprint required further consideration by their governments.

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Pakistani journalists marked yesterday as a "black day" to condemn police beatings during opposition protests against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's pursuit of another five-year term.

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By Hsu Rui-ren and Hu Shou-Te
Customs officials on Saturday arrested a 14-year old Taiwanese girl at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on suspicion of smuggling heroin.

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Japan will extend its economic sanctions against North Korea, despite some progress in talks on Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament, a top government spokesman said yesterday.

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