WARNING: The KMT caucus on Feb. 19 threatened to set up a special investigation committee to probe the arms firm unless the company was dissolved by yesterday
By Jenny W. Hsu
The controversial arms firm Taiwan Goal is scheduled to be disbanded on March 13, company president Wu Nai-jen (吳乃仁) said in a terse statement yesterday, adding that a provisional shareholders meeting would be held on March 12 to discuss the final details of the company's dissolution.

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`CONFIDENTIAL': The CD found by a repairman was the latest in a string of cases involving sensitive information misplaced or stolen from authorities
A repairman discovered a confidential government CD hidden inside a notebook computer bought on eBay, a computer store in northern England said on Thursday.

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US officials said on Thursday that 40,000 people may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis after a Las Vegas clinic was found to have re-used syringes and medicine vials.

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By Meggie Lu And Shelley Shan
More cold weather can be expected this weekend, the Central Weather Bureau said, adding that a cold front from China would likely lower temperatures across Taiwan and bring with it a fine film of dust.

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SIGNS OF CHANGE? SOME DISSIDENTS DENOUNCED WHAT THEY CALLED `A F:
Cuba on Thursday signed two cornerstone UN covenants on human rights passed more than 40 years ago in an unprecedented gesture that came just days after Raul Castro took over as president.

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