AGREEING TO DISAGREE: DPP and KMT lawmakers failed to reach a consensus on whether to pass a legislative resolution on the nation's UN bid at a meeting yesterday
By Shih Hsiu-chuan
President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) yesterday called for negotiations with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) over the two referendums on the nation's application for UN membership.

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TRIAL IN THAILAND: Viktor Bout is said to have inspired a Hollywood film about a ruthless arms trader and allegedly supplied weapons to al-Qaeda and the Taliban
Alleged notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, branded the "Merchant of Death" for feeding weapons to conflict zones around the world, was paraded in handcuffs by Thai police yesterday after his capture in a dramatic US sting operation.

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Israel will not break off peace talks because of a Palestinian attack in Jerusalem on Thursday night that killed eight students studying in the library of a rabbinical seminary, an Israeli official said yesterday.

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An eight-year-old boy with dreams of becoming a judge has passed a law school entrance exam -- shocking Brazil's legal profession and prompting a federal investigation.

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A showdown loomed yesterday for the presidents of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela as a summit of Latin American leaders aimed to calm a crisis triggered by a Colombian cross-border raid.

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