COMPANY HEAD: DPP member Wu Nai-jen said he would resign from the post after the election to allow the nation's next president to appoint a new company leader
By Ko Shu-ling
Premier Chang Chun-hsiung (張俊雄) yesterday confirmed the existence of an arms dealing company called Taiwan Goal, but emphasized that it is a "private" firm. Forty-five percent of the firm's initial capital was sourced from the Ministry of Defense.

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A Chinese factory that has not been inspected by the Food and Drug Administration is the source for the active ingredient of a critical blood-thinning drug whose production was suspended this week after 350 patients reported ill effects from it.

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ANNUAL ASSESSMENT: Thomas Fingar of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence gave testimony before a House hearing on global threats
By Charles Snyder
A top US intelligence official has warned that the danger of military confrontation in the Taiwan Strait is one of the most worrying potential threats facing the US in coming years.

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China responded to what has become a public relations disaster ahead of the Olympic Games yesterday amid mounting pressure over its role in Darfur after US filmmaker Steven Spielberg severed his links to the Games.

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Iran has begun testing advanced second-generation centrifuges, defying UN Security Council demands to end its uranium enrichment activities, Western diplomats said on Wednesday.

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China suffered its first defeat at the WTO after it upheld a complaint by the US, EU and Canada over import tariffs on car parts, sources close to the case said.

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