CALL FOR A VOTE: The DPP chair said a recent Taiwan Thinktank poll showed Taiwanese want a referendum on the planned economic agreement with China
By Rich Chang
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (½²­^¤å) said yesterday that the party¡¦s drive to reach the first benchmark for its proposed referendum on a planned economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China was going very well, without specifying how many of the 80,000 signatures needed had been collected.

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By Ko Shu-ling
The long-awaited Neihu MRT line was completed yesterday, with commercial services set to begin on Saturday.

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Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was arrested yesterday by troops ahead of a controversial constitutional referendum, a top government aide said.

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HELD: As election chaos slowly waned, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei lashed out at Western officials for interfering in his country¡¦s domestic affairs
Authorities in Tehran have detained eight local British embassy staff, Iranian media said yesterday, underscoring the hardline leadership¡¦s effort to blame post-election unrest on foreign powers, not popular anger.

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NATO and Russia have agreed to resume military ties in their first high-level meeting since Russia¡¦s war with Georgia disrupted their relations 10 months ago.

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Pro-British paramilitary forces on Saturday completed an historic step in the Northern Ireland peace process by scrapping their weapons in front of independent witnesses.

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