CASUALTIES: Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado and one of his men were killed in the attack on the residence of President Ramos-Horta, who is being treated in an Australian hospital
Rebel soldiers shot and critically wounded East Timor's president and opened fire on the prime minister yesterday in a failed coup attempt in the recently independent nation. A top rebel leader was killed during one of the attacks.

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By Ko Shu-ling
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) and his Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) rival Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) resumed their bickering as the Lunar New Year holidays came to an end yesterday.

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By Diane Baker and Jenny W. Hsu
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre (雲門舞集) founder and artistic director Lin Hwai-min (林懷民) vowed yesterday that his company would rise like a phoenix after a fire devastated the troupe's Taipei County rehearsal studio and warehouse complex in the early hours of yesterday morning.

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The Pentagon is planning to charge six detainees at Guantanamo Bay for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the US and to seek the death penalty.

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The British Olympic Association (BOA) backed down on Sunday after outrage at its attempts to force athletes competing at this year's games in China to keep silent on controversial political issues.

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Republican US presidential candidate Mike Huckabee snatched two wins over the weekend from presumptive party candidate Senator John McCain, but he is crying foul after McCain's apparent victory in the Washington state caucuses.

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