DPP VICTORY: The Taiwan High Court said an election eve press conference raising vote-buying allegations had not broken the law. Mayor Chen Chu was thankful
By Rich Chang and Mo Yan-chin
The Taiwan High Court's Kaohsiung branch yesterday overruled a district court ruling that had annulled Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu's (陳菊) victory in last year's Kaohsiung mayoral election.

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DISTRIBUTION: Voters will receive the legislative election and referendum ballots when they enter polling stations, a format one CEC member warned could spark riots
By Loa Iok-sin
After months of dispute, the Central Election Commission (CEC) decided yesterday that ballots for the Jan. 12 legislative elections and referendums will be handed out together to voters at the entrance to polling stations.

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By Charles Snyder
The Bush administration must base its decisions on arms sales on security interests, not politics, leaders of a prestigious commission dealing with US-China relations said on Thursday, in what appeared to be a criticism of the administration's refusal to sell advanced F-16 fighter aircraft to Taiwan.

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A severe cyclone has killed more than 500 people in Bangladesh and left thousands injured or missing, triggering an international relief effort yesterday to help the army-backed interim government cope with the disaster.

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Authorities freed former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto from house arrest yesterday, hours before the arrival of a senior US official expected to urge the country's military leader to end emergency rule.

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