‘MEA CULPA’: The former president urged his supporters not to abandon the DPP’s long-term efforts to defend national sovereignty because of his personal mistakes

By Mo Yan-chih and Meggie Lu
Former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) and his wife Wu Shu-jen (吳淑珍) yesterday withdrew from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to apologize for the disgrace he has brought to the party by mismanaging campaign funds.

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PROBLEM: Ma Ying-jeou said the failure of the UN referendums had left the country with less room to strive for UN membership from a legal perspective

By Jenny W. Hsu and Shih Hsiu-Chuan
Taiwan will seek “meaningful participation” in the 16 auxiliary agencies of the UN and forgo the quest for full membership this year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.

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China, playing in their first Olympic baseball competition, upstaged Taiwan 8-7 yesterday in a game that went into extra innings and stopped work in Taipei as incredulous fans watched events unfold on television.

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Five foreign activists were deported after they scaled a landmark building in Beijing yesterday to unfurl a “Free Tibet” banner over an Olympics billboard in the latest protest during the games.

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International rights group Human Rights Watch said yesterday it had evidence that Russian aircraft had dropped cluster bombs on Georgia, including the flashpoint city of Gori, killing at least 11 civilians.

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