DOING THE TWO-STEP: A Central Election Commission member slammed the group's chairperson for trying to `intimidate' local bureaucrats into following the CEC's system
By Flora Wang and Mo Yan-chih
Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) reiterated his government's determination to follow the two-step voting procedure for the Jan. 12 poll yesterday and warned that voters who refused to follow the procedure would not be given ballots.

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STORM WARNING: Manila is urging people along Luzon's east coast to head toward shelters, while Taiwanese forecasters are predicting rain next week
Philippines authorities raced to evacuate up to 1 million people yesterday as Typhoon Mitag bore down on eastern areas devastated by storms last year.

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A Commonwealth summit opened yesterday, one day after suspending Pakistan's membership in the organization of mostly former British colonies, a move Islamabad angrily rejected.

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A cruise liner hit an iceberg off Antarctica yesterday and other ships rushed to rescue more than 150 people who took to the freezing seas in lifeboats, officials said.

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A transport strike that crippled the French rail network for nine days petered out yesterday after workers voted to give talks on pension reform a chance.

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By Jimmy Chuang and Jenny W. Hsu
A Taiwanese man allegedly suffering from psychological problems stabbed a US student and a Singaporean businessman in front of National Taiwan University (NTU) yesterday. The pair were hospitalized in stable condition, police said.

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