‘BELOVED PARTY’: As the probe into the Papua New Guinea diplomatic fund affair continues, two high-ranking MOFA officials were brought in for questioning yesterday
By Ko Shu-ling, Jenny W. Hsu, Flora Wang and Rich Chang

Prosecutors named Vice Premier Chiou I-jen (邱義仁) yesterday a witness in their investigations into the Papua New Guinea diplomatic fund scandal and barred him from leaving the country.

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Georgia yesterday called for the UN to probe the use of anti-aircraft weapons in its rebel region of Abkhazia, which on Sunday claimed to have downed two Georgian spy drones.

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Thousands celebrated in the streets early yesterday after Bolivia’s Santa Cruz voted for autonomy, but Bolivian President Evo Morales warned that the vote was “illegal and unconstitutional.”

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‘MONSTROUS CRIMES’: Chinese media blasted the Dalai Lama and described his plans for a ‘greater Tibetan region’ as both fraudulent and confusing
Chinese officials and envoys of the Dalai Lama have agreed to a second round of talks, China’s state-run media said yesterday, in an apparent sign of progress in easing tensions raised by violent anti-government riots in Tibet.

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Authorities have reported more than 6,300 cases in a deadly viral outbreak and yesterday raised the death toll to 26 children.

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The death toll from a devastating cyclone that swept through Myanmar has risen to almost 4,000, a state radio station said yesterday. Nearly 3,000 were unaccounted for in a single town.

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