FAMILIAR LEGISLATIVE LOOK: Following his inauguration, Wang Jin-pyng promised to establish a clean legislature by pushing more amendments to the 'sunshine bills'
By Flora Wang and Jimmy Chuang
Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday easily won re-election as speaker of the legislature after gaining the full support of the KMT, the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union (NPSU) and the People First Party (PFP).

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A top al-Qaeda commander who led Osama bin Laden's terror network in Afghanistan was believed killed by a US airstrike on his hideout in a Pakistani tribal area, officials said yesterday.

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Microsoft Corp is making an unsolicited US$44.6 billion offer for internet icon Yahoo Inc in a move to boost its competitive edge against Google Inc in the online services market.

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By Shih Hsiu-chuan
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) said yesterday that if elected, he would remove the 40 percent ceiling on China investment and restrictions imposed on local banks on opening branches in China with certain conditions.

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UNITED FRONT: Clinton said that although she and Obama differed on some issues they both want the Republicans out of the White House
US Democrat presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama struck a rare note of civility in their White House battle, uniting to observe that history was in the air as the Democrats vie to seize back the presidency.

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