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    Chen Hsing-yu suicide bid story denied

    MAGAZINE REPORT: The ¡¥China Times Weekly¡¦ claimed the former first daughter had swallowed sleeping pills after prosecutors barred her from leaving the country
    By Mo Yan-chih
    Former president Chen Shui-bian¡¦s (³¯¤ô«ó) office yesterday dismissed a report that his daughter Chen Hsing-yu (³¯©¯§±) had attempted suicide last month after learning about a court order barring her from leaving the country.

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    Detention system must be overhauled: panel

    By Shih Hsiu-chuan
    Panelists attending a seminar on pretrial detention yesterday called on the government to reform the detention system, which they said violated a suspect¡¦s right to the presumption of innocence and also violated the right to a fair trial.

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    Ma wants military bribery scandal thoroughly probed

    ¡¥NO STONE UNTURNED¡¦: The president will review the Ministry of National Defense¡¦s investigations into the scandal every three months, his spokesman said
    President Ma Ying-jeou (°¨­^¤E) has ordered the Ministry of National Defense to get to the bottom of alleged corruption involving military personnel to restore the public¡¦s confidence in the military, Presidential Office Spokesman Wang Yu-chi (¤ý­§µa) said yesterday.

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    Control Yuan chastises CPC Corp, Taiwan over personnel expenditures

    By Shih Hsiu-chuan
    The Control Yuan took corrective measures against CPC Corp, Taiwan (¥xÆW¤¤ªo) yesterday based on a report by Control Yuan members on how the company¡¦s personnel budget was spent between 2003 and 2008.

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    Ma, Hu meeting said to be unlikely in next two years

    KMT VIEWPOINT: A top party official said the annual KMT-CCP forum would have to be arranged differently once Ma Ying-jeou becomes chairman
    The likelihood of a meeting between the presidents of China and Taiwan in the next year or two is very low, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Deputy Secretary-General Chang Jung-kung (±iºa®¥) said yesterday.

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    Kinmen helicopter crash kills co-pilot, one missing

    ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS: Yesterday morning¡¦s accident was the second involving a Sunrise Airlines MBB/Kawasaki BK-117 B-1 helicopter in little more than a year
    By Shelley Shan
    A helicopter belonging to Sunrise Airlines crashed into the sea off the coast of Kinmen yesterday, killing one person on board.

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    Kaohsiung unveils traffic plans for World Games

    By Flora Wang
    The Kaohsiung City Government yesterday unveiled its traffic control plans for the World Games, saying it could transport all spectators attending the Games¡¦ opening and closing ceremonies from the vicinity of the stadium within an hour of the end of the events.

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    Orchid growers hope for technological boost

    Butterfly orchid producers have introduced radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in a move that is expected to raise productivity, agricultural researchers said on Thursday.

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    Taipei conducts second round of cooking oil tests

    UNHEALTHY: The deputy director of the Bureau of Food Safety said a person would have to consume nothing but oil to be in danger from arsenic in it
    By Mo Yan-Chih and Jimmy Chuang
    The Taipei City Government yesterday conducted a second round of surprise tests on cooking oils at fast food chains.

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    Adimmune wins tender for A(H1N1) vaccine production

    By Jimmy Chuang
    Local biopharmaceutical company Adimmune Corp yesterday won the bid tendered by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to become the government¡¦s main supplier of the vaccine against A(H1N1).

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    Research reveals habits of rare raptors

    BIRD OF PREY: Little was known about the migratory pattern of the endangered gray-faced buzzard until the release of a study by a group of Taiwanese researchers
    After eight months of research, Taiwanese raptor experts recently completed tracing the migration pattern of the endangered gray-faced buzzard, an Asian bird of prey, the Forestry Bureau said on Thursday.

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    Activists criticize Taipower's energy expansion plans

    By Shelley Shan
    A group of activists staged a skit in front of the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) building yesterday, saying state-run Taiwan Power Co's (Taipower, ¥x¹q¤½¥q) plan to expand the number of coal-fired power plants nationwide would increase the nation's carbon dioxide emissions.

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    Homeschooling supporters to join education rally

    CHANGES: Responding to a public call to extend compulsory education, an official stressed the need for gradual reforms or students might suffer
    By Flora Wang
    Advocates of homeschooling said yesterday they would join parents' organizations in a rally tomorrow to urge the Ministry of Education to extend the length of compulsory education to 12 years and approve legislation for high school homeschooling.

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