DISPUTE: The KMT dismissed speculation that it wanted to call a break right after the legislature convenes so that its members could campaign for Ma Ying-jeou
By Rich Chang and Flora Wang
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) officials traded barbs yesterday over allegations that the KMT was planning to call a legislative recess before the presidential election in March.

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The EU led mounting calls yesterday for Israel to end its crippling four-day-old blockade of Gaza as Egypt came under pressure to open the territory's only access to the outside world that bypasses the Jewish state.

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NEW POWERHOUSE: Gordon Brown called for changes in the World Bank, the IMF and the G8, as well as backing India as a permanent member of the UN Security Council
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday called for the radical reform of world institutions to help meet the new challenges of the 21st century and take more account of the rise of Asia.

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By Ko Shu-ling
More than 200 bodyguards completed their training at the National Security Bureau (NSB) yesterday and will be deployed to protect candidates in the March presidential election.

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An ultranationalist leader goes into Serbia's closely contested presidential runoff next month with a slight edge after scoring a small lead in the first-round vote, results released yesterday showed.

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