DUAL ALLEGIANCE: MOFA said it had not received any instruction to look into the nationality of all public officials, but hinted that the task could prove to be difficult
By Flora Wang
The legislature yesterday approved two proposals to probe the nationality of all lawmakers and government officials, following recent queries by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) over Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Diane Lee's (李慶安) US citizenship status.

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'Untrue': Hsu Kuo-yung said he would file the suit on behalf of the former president on Monday, claiming the minister had damaged his reputation
By Shih Hsiu-chuan
Former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) will sue Minister of National Defense Chen Chao-min (陳肇敏) after he implied that the assassination attempt on the eve of the 2004 presidential election was staged, a former lawmaker said yesterday.

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Anti-immigrant violence has spread to South Africa's second largest city, Cape Town, where mobs attacked Somalis and Zimbabweans and looted their homes and shops, police said yesterday.

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International aid groups reacted cautiously yesterday to the announcement that Myanmar would allow all foreign relief workers into the country, stressing that details on the ground were still unclear.

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China has found what it termed 50 "hazardous sources of radiation" because of last week's earthquake, a senior official said yesterday, although he insisted the situation was under control.

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