JUSTICE: Tsai Ing-wen said the former president had disappointed the public, but stressed that all defendants were still entitled to the basic right to an impartial trial
By Jenny W. Hsu
The government's detention of former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) is groundless, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said yesterday, calling for the immediate release of Chen, who has been incarcerated for more than 200 days on corruption charges.

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By Ko Shu-ling
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday registered as the sole candidate for the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairmanship election, vowing to dispose of dubious party assets and rely on fundraising to finance future campaigns.

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CONTENT: Beijing said Google was spreading obscene images that violated the nation's laws, a day after the search engine saw its English service disrupted for hours
China yesterday stepped up accusations that Google was spreading obscene content over the Internet, a day after US officials urged Beijing to abandon plans for a controversial filtering software on new computers.

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The governor of South Carolina, a rumored 2012 presidential contender, tearfully confessed to having an affair with a woman from Argentina, dealing the latest blow to a struggling Republican Party.

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Venezuela and the US said on Wednesday they would restore their ambassadors, more than nine months after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez expelled the US envoy in his final diplomatic bout with the administration of then US president George W. Bush.

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