EVEN BETTER: Frank Hsieh took to a suggestion from the Home Party chairman that, if the DPP presidential candidate is elected, he should appoint Ma Ying-jeou premier
By Ko Shu-ling
One day after saying he would appoint a CEO as premier if elected, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) said yesterday he would "seriously consider" asking his Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) rival to lead the Cabinet.

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By Jimmy Chuang
Eight former and incumbent lawmakers from across party lines were indicted yesterday on charges of corruption after allegedly accepting bribes from the National Chinese Herbal Apothecary Asso-ciation in return for their endorsement of amendments to the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act (藥事法) in 1998.

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Machete-wielding young slum dwellers in Nairobi hurled stones at police who fired tear gas and gunshots on a second day of opposition protests yesterday. Across most of the edgy East African nation, though, demonstrations appeared to be losing steam.

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By Jimmy Chuang
Alexander Group (亞力山大集團) founder Candy Tang (唐雅君) and her sister Tang Hsin-ru (唐心如) were indicted yesterday on charges of fraud and breach of trust. Prosecutors said they would seek five-and-a-half-year sentences for the sisters.

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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates unleashed a storm on Wednesday by criticizing NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, saying they were ill-prepared to fight an insurgency.

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Militants in Hamas-ruled Gaza bombarded southern Israel with rockets yesterday and Israel pounded back with air and ground fire, declaring it would not back off until the assaults on Israeli border communities have halted.

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