STILL NOT EATING: Complaining of chest pains and soreness while refusing medication, the former president was taken to Far Eastern Memorial Hospital last night
By Ko Shu-ling
Former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) was taken to hospital yesterday for a check-up and possible force-feeding as he refused to eat for the fifth day since he was detained on Wednesday.

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World leaders, meeting for a crisis summit in Washington, have agreed on an action plan to restore global growth and prevent future financial upheaval while promising new spending plans, a trade deal and a set of reforms.

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SOUTHERN INFERNO: More than 5,000 mobile homes were destroyed, tens of thousands of people evacuated and 3,200 hectares of land burned by the raging blaze
Hundreds of homes were destroyed and thousands of residents forced to flee as a series of ferocious wind-driven wildfires raged across Southern California yesterday, virtually circling the city of Los Angeles.

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Iraq’s Cabinet defied fiery opposition from Shiite hardliners yesterday to approve a wide-ranging military pact that includes a timetable for the withdrawal of all US troops by the end of 2011.

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The Dmitry Medvedev who made his first appearance in the US capital as Russian president was not the same man Russians usually see at home.

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