LOYALTY: Responding to accusations by the DPP that some Cabinet members hold foreign residency status, the KMT said 21 officials under the DPP government did too
By Ko Shu-ling, Shih Hsiu-chuan and Flora Wang
The Presidential Office released yesterday the results of its nationality and citizenship probe as the government continued to dampen controversy over the number of officials and Cabinet members who hold dual nationality or permanent residency in other countries.

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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called yesterday for an end to nuclear weapons as he toured a memorial to the horror of the world’s first atomic bombing.

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By Shelley Shan
Legislators on the Transportation Committee passed a resolution yesterday barring the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) from selling shares of Chunghwa Telecom (中華電信) to help raise funds for domestic construction projects.

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Chinese state media covered the annual Hong Kong vigil to mark the Tiananmen Square massacre for the first time, but said the event was to mourn victims of the Sichuan earthquake, a report said yesterday.

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The man suspected of killing seven people in a knifing rampage in Tokyo foretold the mayhem in a series of messages posted to the Internet, including one just before the attack saying: "It’s time," police and media reports said yesterday.

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