THORNY MATTER: chinese food products have become a sensitive issue in bilateral relations after local consumers reacted angrily to melamine-tainted milk powder
By Ko Shu-ling and Rich Chang
China’s cross-strait agency yesterday apologized to the Taiwanese public for the scandal over melamine tainted food, a move that seems aimed at easing tension ahead of the meeting between top cross-strait negotiators next month.

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The G7 club of rich nations pledged yesterday to cooperate to bring stability to battered global markets, where stocks buckled on fears government action will be too late to prevent a worldwide recession.

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Taiwan stocks fell, dragging the benchmark index to its lowest level in more than five years, after the government restored a wider limit by which shares can decline.

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By Ko Shu-Ling
The Presidential Office yesterday rejected Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) invitation for a debate on cross-strait policy and national sovereignty, saying the election was over and the opposition should work together with the government to improve the economy.

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ATTACKS: Another suspected US attack in Pakistan killed up to 20 people. Officials said it targeted the house of a lieutenant to a Taliban chief
Families in a village near the Iraqi border buried loved ones yesterday who they said were killed when the US military launched a rare attack in Syrian territory.

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I HAVE A DREAM: Three former Brazilian professional soccer players say hard work and help from the government and the corporate sector could make Taiwan a soccer state
By Shelley Shan

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A NEW EXPERIENCE: A Japanese onlooker said that in his home country, protests tended to be more spontaneous than those held in Taiwan

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By Meggie Lu

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