SLEEPING ON IT: The Taitung County commissioner spoke to prosecutors yesterday after disappearing following the questioning of other Taitung officials on Monday
By Jimmy Chuang and Flora Wang
Taitung County Commissioner Kuang Li-chen (鄺麗貞), who courted controversy by embarking on a 13-day inspection trip to Europe as a typhoon approached Taiwan, was named as an interested party after being questioned by Taitung prosecutors yesterday afternoon.

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Chinese border police apologized yesterday for their treatment of two Japanese reporters covering a deadly assault in the northwest of the country, state media said.

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US President George W. Bush began his Asian trip yesterday, arriving in South Korea’s capital in advance of talks with the nation’s conservative, pro-US president, Lee Myung-bak.

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Iran delivered a message to the EU yesterday as it faced a fresh ultimatum from six global powers to accept an incentives package to freeze sensitive nuclear work or face more UN sanctions.

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MAJOR ROLL: Morgan Freeman suffered a broken arm, a broken elbow and shoulder damage but remained in good spirits, his publicist Donna Lee said
Oscar-winning US actor Morgan Freeman was hospitalized on Monday with a broken arm and other injuries after the car he was driving careened off a highway and rolled several times, authorities said.

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By Jimmy Chuang
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) yesterday announced new dates and times for the annual Wanan (萬安) air raid drill.

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