MOVEMENT: As the number of signatures on a three-point petition grew to more than 58,000, the president invited the Wild Strawberries to negotiate this week
By Shih Hsiu-chuan
The student sit-in protest against alleged police brutality during a recent visit by Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait Chairman Chen Yunlin (陳雲林) drew more than 500 students from around the nation to Liberty Square in Taipei yesterday.

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HOUSE CALL: Because of the former first lady’s fragile health, the Special Investigation Panel arrived at her residence with assistants, one physician and four nurses
Prosecutors questioned former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) wife Wu Shu-jen (吳淑珍) yesterday in a corruption probe, days after Chen was detained in connection with the same case.

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TAIPEI
Chunghwa Telecom Co (中華電信), the nation’s largest telecom services provider by revenue, and Apple Inc plan to jointly launch the third-generation Apple iPhone in Taiwan before the end of the year, the Taiwanese firm said yesterday.

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Washington was abuzz with speculation yesterday that US president-elect Barack Obama is weighing former Democratic primary rival Senator Hillary Clinton to be a heavy-hitting secretary of state.

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WASHINGTON AND SYDNEY
World leaders prepared to adopt an early warning system for financial calamities, a commitment to tougher accounting rules and other modest steps to try to prevent crises like the one now threatening the livelihoods of billions of people around the globe.

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