CLEANING HOUSE: A DPP lawmaker said a Public Functionary Assets Disclosure Law with teeth would prevent corruption, but previous efforts to amend the law have failed
By Flora Wang and Rich Chang
A Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator proposed amending the Public Functionary Assets Disclosure Law (公職人員財產申報法) yesterday to criminalize falsifying property disclosures in the wake of the money-laundering allegations that have engulfed former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁).

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NO BUSINESS AS USUAL: The alliance said Russian forces had to return to their positions as of Aug. 6 before it would meet with Moscow
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By Jackson Broder
Taiwan’s baseball team fell to Team USA 4-2 last night, dropping to 1-5 as its Olympic nightmare in Beijing continued. They fell just short in a close game that might have been won with forward-thinking managing.

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DEADLY DAY: A wave of suicide bombers targeted the base but were killed before reaching it, while Paris said 10 of its soldiers were killed in other fighting
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By Shelley Shan
The Central Weather Bureau yesterday issued a sea alert for Typhoon Nuri, which was upgraded from a tropical storm early yesterday morning.

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Leaders of Pakistan’s ruling coalition met yesterday to discuss who should succeed former president Pervez Musharraf, while a bombing outside a hospital and clashes with militants killed dozens and underscored the challenges facing the country.

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