DELAYED DETAILS: Prosecutors said the former Investigation Bureau chief did not pass on information about the overseas accounts of the former president’s family
By Ko Shu-Ling
Yeh Sheng-mao (葉盛茂), former head of the Ministry of Justice’s Investigation Bureau, was indicted yesterday for withholding information about former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) possible involvement in money laundering.

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Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in to parliament yesterday, only to stage a walkout hours later in a dispute over a controversial bill on forced DNA sampling.

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‘SICK IMAGINATION’: Moscow accused the West of heightening tensions with a naval build-up in the Black Sea and said that France was being paranoid
Russia faced diplomatic isolation over its military action against Georgia yesterday, with its Asian allies failing to offer support and France saying EU leaders were considering imposing sanctions.

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Tears flowed and an almighty party erupted on Wednesday as US Senator Hillary Clinton elegantly brought the curtain down on months of bitter Democratic divisions to propel Senator Barack Obama into history.

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By Charles Snyder
The US Republican Party is expected to give ringing support to Taiwan, including a pledge to help Taiwan fend off any Chinese military attack, in the party platform to be unveiled at next week’s party convention, a draft showed.

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