TWO TOO MANY? : Su Tseng-chang said it would set a bad precendent if pan-blue local governments went againt the Central Election Commission election guildlines
By Flora Wang and Mo Yan-chih
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice presidential candidate Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) condemned the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday for setting a bad precedent with its pledge to boycott the Central Election Commission's (CEC) proposed plan to distribute the ballots for next March's presidential election and the UN referendum together.

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Easing winds offered California firefighters some respite yesterday as they battled to contain blazes that have killed at least three people and caused more than US$1 billion in property damage.

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SATELLITE IMAGES: The company says the imagery on Google Earth and Google Maps is not unique
Palestinian militants are using Google Earth to help plan their attacks on the Israeli military and other targets.

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Air pollution remains a major concern ahead of next August's Beijing Olympics, the UN said yesterday, while generally giving the city high marks for its efforts to ensure the event will be environmentally sound.

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The US announced sweeping new sanctions against Iran yesterday -- the harshest since the takeover of the US embassy in 1979 -- charging anew that Tehran supports terrorism in the Middle East, exports missiles and is engaging in a nuclear buildup.

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Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi -- under house arrest for 12 of the last 18 years -- met for about one hour with a Myanmar government official yesterday afternoon, a diplomat said.

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