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- * S Korea, US reach deal on beef
- * Typhoon Fengshen forces evacuations, kills 19 Filipinos
- * Security heavy as torch passes through Lhasa
- * Tehran reacts to report on Israeli military exercises
- * Chuang vows to hold hunger strike
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- * Tourism services must improve: Liu
- * KMT legislators threaten to veto nominees
- * Partisanship skews public perception, academics say
- * INTERVIEW: An uncompromising view on freedom from the largest Tibetan group in exile
- * MOI to permit banned parties following ruling
- * CDC confirms more enterovirus cases, now totaling 232
- * Video conference provides boost for linguistic skills
- * FEATURE: Recycling czar Lin lauds success
- * Taiwan News Quick Take
- * CORRECTION
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- * Islamabad needs more time: official
- * Supporters celebrate Bhutto's birthday
- * Explosion kills four coalition soldiers
- * Naruhito calls for stronger Japan, Brazil ties
- * Cindy McCain praises UN relief work for survivors of cyclone in Myanmar
- * Aborigines threaten to close Uluru
- * New doubts over North Korean weapons: report
- * Hu Jintao avoids tricky questions in chatroom debut
- * UN to resume Zimbabwe talks
- * Jellyfish surge foreshadows greater troubles ahead
- * UN urges Syrian cooperation with nuclear inspectors
- * US nuclear arms stored in risky European depots
- * Nigerian oil rig attack delays shipments
- * McCain attacks Obama on trade
- * US downplays EU lifting of Cuba sanctions
- * Boston construction firm charged over tunnel system work
- * US court rejects Canadian inmate's Guantanamo appeal
- * US Hezbollah charge is a pretext, Chavez says
- * Gay rights advocates want ban off ballot
- * World News Quick Take
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- * EDITORIAL: Another mild rate hike not a solution
- * US soft power still strong in Asia
- * Wrong reaction to boat collision
- * Working to strengthen the role of plebiscites
- * Brainpower and the Pentagon: a dangerous combination?
- * Gas prices, environment issues scare Americans into driving less
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- * All Blacks extend unbeaten home run
- * New Zealand Maori score two tries to one to down Samoa
- * ANALYSIS: Broadcasters worried about press freedom at Games
- * SOUTH AFRICA 2010: Algeria, Libya win at home to top qualifying groups
- * Wimbledon draw throws up possible all-Taiwan match
- * INTERLEAGUE PLAY: Ramirez powers Cubs past White Sox
- * Radwanska tops Bartoli to set up clash with Petrova
- * Australia lose unbeaten tour record in Caribbean
- * CPBL: Sinon Bulls light up Hsinchu sky to defeat Bears 8-6
- * Cink takes second-round lead at Travelers
- * Comeback kings Turkey win shoot-out
- * Match will haunt us for the rest of our lives, Bilic says
- * Shots fired into the air as fans celebrate back home in Turkey
- * Old stager Panucci aiming to thwart Spain
- * Aragones and Spain looking to learn from the past
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- * Court approves record buyout of BCE
- * Countries argue over role of speculation in oil prices
- * US makers of steel pipe win against China in trade case
- * Engineers remember first computer in UK
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- * OIL : Oil prices rise on Middle East unease, China doubts
- * NYSE: Wall Street braces for new Fed message
- * ASIA: Asian markets decline on credit, demand concerns
- * Expected eurozone rate hike saps US dollar
- * Won and ringgit post weekly advance as baht slumps
- * EUROPE: European stocks hit lowest levels in three months
- * World Business News Quick Take
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- * Demand for data puts engineers in spotlight
- * New York readies for big switch: No trans fats in foods
- * Caribbean tourism suffers from high fuel costs, US slowdown
Features
- * Many a golden melody played on an old fiddle
- * Prison ministries aim to reduce recidivism rate
- * Apple’s guru calls a new tune
- * [HARDCOVER: UK]As mad as a March hare in Mongolia
- * [HARDCOVER: US]The flowers of Shanghai in full bloom
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S Korea, US reach deal on beef

RESTORING CONFIDENCE: Cattle for export will have to be no older than 30 months and a ban on certain parts, including eyes, skulls and spinal cords, will be imposed
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Typhoon Fengshen forces evacuations, kills 19 Filipinos

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Security heavy as torch passes through Lhasa

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Tehran reacts to report on Israeli military exercises

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Chuang vows to hold hunger strike

PROTEST: After losing his job as a university professor over comments he made during the presidential election, Chuang Kuo-rong is now adopting a defiant approach
By Jenny W. Hsu
Chuang Kuo-rong (莊國榮), former Ministry of Education secretary-general, said yesterday he would show his penitence for insulting President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and his family by staging a hunger strike in front of the Presidential Office starting July 1.

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