TERRORIST INFILTRATOR: The shooting occurred when US and Iraqi soldiers were setting up a combat outpost in Mosul on Dec. 26 and two US soldiers were killed
Two US soldiers killed during a joint US-Iraq patrol in the northern city of Mosul last week were deliberately shot by an Iraqi soldier, the US and Iraqi militaries said yesterday.

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Georgia's opposition complained of "serious violations" in a snap presidential poll yesterday, but elections officials and representatives of incumbent Mikheil Saakashvili dismissed the accusation.

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Seven Chinese fishermen are missing after a cargo ship rammed into the side of their transport vessel and snapped it in half just off Taiwan's northern coast, a Council of Agriculture (COA) official said yesterday.

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International efforts to put an end to North Korea's nuclear program appeared to hit a snag yesterday after Pyongyang defiantly insisted it had lived up to its end of a six-party disarmament deal.

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Colombia's leftist rebels have confirmed that a boy in foster care in Bogota is the son of their hostage Clara Rojas and vowed their stalled hostage release would go ahead as planned, the Bolivarian News Agency said on its Web site.

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COP THAT: Regulations came into effect yesterday to punish serious drunk drivers with a jail sentence of up to a year and also a fine of up to NT$150,000
By Rich Chang
Between midnight and 4am yesterday morning, a total of 23,771 drivers nationwide were pulled off the road for alcohol tests on the first day of stricter regulations on drunk driving, with 468 drivers failing the tests, the National Police Agency (NPA) said yesterday.

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