BETTER RESULTS: DPP caucus whip Ker Chien-ming said that the former president had a record of stomach ulcers, and that his incarceration was a part of a political agenda
By Ko Shu-ling
Former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) was yesterday transferred to the Taipei County Hospital in Banciao (板橋) for security reasons after he refused to eat for a sixth day after being detained last Wednesday.

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AMBITIOUS: The US president-elect said that Americans shouldn't worry about the federal deficit for the next couple of years, while urging help for the auto industry
US president-elect Barack Obama said that selecting his national security team is a top priority.

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By Rich Chang
Minister of National Defense Chen Chao-min (陳肇敏) said yesterday that any kind of missiles or weaponry China deploys along its coastline opposite Taiwan counts as an act of hostility.

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Followers of anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr were to make a bid yesterday to kill a controversial Iraq-US military pact passed by the Iraqi Cabinet by trying to block it in parliament.

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Japan has slipped into recession for the first time in seven years as the global financial crisis mauls its export-dependent economy, official data showed yesterday.

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