‘RUNAWAY MINISTER’: Opposition legislators blocked the minister of foreign affairs from reaching the podium and then prevented him from leaving the legislative room
By Loa Iok-sin and Jimmy Chuang


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FIGHTING THE SLUMP: Following a difficult first month since the KMT came to power, the commission said it was considering a series of stimulus measures
Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) Vice Chairwoman Susan Chang (張秀蓮) called on investors yesterday to have more faith in the local bourses, despite an estimated average loss of NT$440,000 per stock market investor in the month since the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) government came into office.

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Philippine officials refused to give up hope of rescuing some of the 800 people missing after a ferry capsized during Typhoon Fengshen, even as the still-roiling seas hampered efforts to get inside the vessel yesterday.

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Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai sought refuge yesterday in the Dutch embassy in Harare, the Dutch Foreign Ministry said.

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