MOST WELCOME: The DPP presidential candidate also proposed an amnesty to encourage capital remitted out of Taiwan via illegal channels to return to the nation
By Ko Shu-ling
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) yesterday proposed strategies to attract inbound investments and said he would open Taiwan to global capital, including investment from China.

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CALL TO ACTION: The DPP caucus also called on the government to identify businesses responsible for creating artificial price increases in basic commodities
By Ko Shu-ling
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus yesterday said it would demand the resignation of Premier Chang Chun-hsiung (張俊雄) if the government fails to address soaring daily necessity prices within a month.

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US President George W. Bush, facing Turkish threats of a military incursion into Iraq to root out Kurdish rebels, assured Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan yesterday he is committed to helping to combat the militants.

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Legions of baton-wielding police clashed with lawyers protesting against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf yesterday, while international pressure mounted against the imposition of emergency powers that have led to more than 1,500 arrests.

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China and the US agreed yesterday to open a military hotline as US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates held talks in Beijing that aimed to strengthen ties overshadowed by distrust.

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