RUMORS GALORE: With only four Cabinet posts confirmed, a top KMT official urged the president-elect to release a full lineup soon to stop rumors of internal conflict
By Mo Yan-chih
Denying rumors of a rift, Presidential Office secretary-general-designate Chan Chun-po (詹春柏) and deputy secretary-general-designate Yeh Ching-chuan (葉金川) yesterday vowed to stand by president-elect Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) when he takes over the reins of government on May 20.

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Hundreds of Chinese protested yesterday in Beijing and several other cities against France over its attitude toward Tibet and the Olympic Games, police and witnesses said.

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By Debby Wu
The US may be preparing to post Marines at its representative office in Taipei — a small but symbolically significant change in its delicate political relationship with Taiwan.

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RESTRICTIONS: The 'An Yue Jiang' left after a court ruling that its weapons cargo could be offloaded but not transported across South Africa to Zimbabwe
A Chinese ship that was carrying arms for Zimbabwe hurriedly left Durban harbor in South Africa on Friday evening after a local court ordered that its cargo could not be transported overland across South Africa, reports said.

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Vietnam blasted into the satellite age yesterday when a rocket launch from South America propelled its first orbiter into space, allowing it to beam home telecoms data and TV signals.

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