DODGING BULLETS: The KMT candidate accused Hsieh of ignoring a question about the education ministry, while Hsieh said Ma avoided the `cross-straight market' issue
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) faced off in the second and final televised debate yesterday, with Hsieh attacking Ma's cross-strait economic policy, while Ma criticized the performance of the DPP administration.

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Serbia's government has collapsed over an impasse between the nationalist prime minister and the pro-Western president on how Kosovo's independence affects the Balkan country's pursuit of EU membership.

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MAHATHIR FUMING: The ruling party won only 140 seats, or 63 percent of the constituencies, losing its two-thirds majority for the first time since 1969
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday he did not intend to quit despite unprecedented electoral losses that gave the opposition control of five states and one-third of parliament.

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China's inflation likely hit a new 11-year high of 8.3 percent last month on the back of rising food prices, state media said yesterday, triggering speculation of a modest hike in interest rates.

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China has foiled an attempt to crash a passenger jet en route to Beijing and the aircraft made a safe emergency landing, a senior official said yesterday, in what state media called an attempted terrorist attack.

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By Wang Yu-chun
Nursing students have protested the policy of obtaining "body exposure agreements" from students, which allow teachers to ask them to strip for classroom demonstrations in all-female classes.

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