'MARTYRED': Supporters of the former Pakistani prime minister chanted 'Dog, Musharraf, dog' after the attack, which also claimed the lives of 20 other people
Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a suicide attack yesterday, just two months after the former prime minister returned from exile for a political comeback.

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By Shih Hsiu-chuan and Flora Wang
The Central Election Commission (CEC) yesterday attempted to end months of wrangling over the voting system to be used in the legislative elections by announcing it would allow voters to follow the two-step voting procedure as long as the tables and voting boxes in polling stations are placed in accordance with the one-step voting format.

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Iraq's Cabinet has approved the draft of a general amnesty bill for detainees in Iraqi prisons, a measure that could go a long way toward reconciling Iraq's warring sects and factions.

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By Loa Iok-sin
Following protests from Aboriginal groups, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday afternoon apologized for recent remarks he had made about Aborigines.

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FORCED LABOR: The court in N'Djamena ruled against six workers from the Zoe's Ark charity for trying to fly 103 children they said were orphans from Darfur to France
A Chadian court convicted six French aid workers of trying to kidnap 103 African children and sentenced them to eight years of forced labor.

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