STUDENT PROTESTS: The DPP hopes to abolish the legal requirement demanding that rally organizers seek government approval before staging demonstrations
By Rich Chang, Flora Wang And Ko Shu-ling
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus yesterday proposed an amendment to the Assembly and Parade Law (集會遊行法) that would eliminate the requirement for protest organizers to apply for permission from law-enforcement authorities.

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By Ko Shu-ling And Rich Chang
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday underscored the importance of peace abroad and unity at home, saying that he would seek reconciliation with his political opponents through dialogue.

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‘I’M FINE, REALLY’: A Canadian reporter who was freed after being abducted in Kabul described her captivity in a 1m-by-2m hole 5m underground outside the city
Mellissa Fung says captors kept her blindfolded for four weeks in an underground cave so low the Canadian journalist could barely stand. Chains bound her hands and feet during her last week as a prisoner.

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China yesterday blamed the Dalai Lama and his envoys for the failure to make progress during recent talks, saying the Tibetan leader’s calls for greater autonomy masked his desire for the Himalayan region’s independence.

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US president-elect Barack Obama was to set foot in the Oval Office for the first time yesterday, when he was to meet outgoing US President George W. Bush to discuss the transition of power at a time when the country is mired in a deep economic slump and fighting two wars overseas.

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Canadian Michael Hurst, a long-time resident of Taiwan, has been instrumental in organizing activities that remember the thousands of Allied prisoners of war who were interned in Japanese prison camps in Taiwan during World War II. In 2002, he was made a Member of the British Empire for his efforts. ‘Taipei Times’ reporter Richard Hazeldine sat down with Hurst last week to talk about the POW association he coordinates before this year’s 12th annual Remembrance Day commemoration.

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By Jenny W. Hsu

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