Central highway on hold until area stabilizes again
25KM OF TROUBLE:
Though the extra travel time between Lishan and Dongshih will remain up to three hours, people have had five years to get used to it
By Ko Shu-ling
Reconstruction of the Central Cross-Island Highway between Kukuan and Techi, which was damaged by Tropical Storm Mindulle will be suspended until geological evaluation confirms that the area is stable enough for reconstruction.
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Hemophiliac says police roughed him up
PHYSICAL PROFILING:
Infected with HIV by tainted blood products, a fragile patient says he endured an unjustified interrogation and suffered bruises and hemorrhages
By Wang Hsiao-wen
The middle-aged man with hemophilia and AIDS still shudders when he recalls how police officers "interrogated" him last Sunday.
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Extradition sought of two fugitives caught in Xiamen
By Joy Su
Following the recent arrest of two of the nation's most wanted fugitives in Xiamen, authorities yesterday called on China to cooperate in extraditing notorious kidnapper Hsueh Chiu (薛球) and his accomplice, Chen Yi-hua (陳益華).
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Premier defends special US arms purchase proposal
By Ko Shu-ling
The NT$610.8 billion (US$18.25 billion) arms budget the Cabinet is seeking from the legislature is necessary to prevent Beijing from launching a military assault against the island, Premier Yu Shyi-kun said yesterday.
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Braving a storm to cross the new Strait
Annette Lu astonished many people with her stubborn suggestion that residents in mountainous areas -- mostly Aborigines -- emigrate to Central America to allow ``overdeveloped'' land to recover. But these comments were part of a greater agenda of Pacific Rim diplomacy which has received less publicity. Lu talked with 'Taipei Times' staff reporters Lin Chieh-yu and Huang Tai-lin about the Democratic Pacific Union, floating universities and using the Pacific to forge ``cross-strait'' relationships"
Taipei Times: How is the proposed Democratic Pacific Union (DPU) different to other international organizations?
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Deputy mayor rebuts health claim
By Jewel Huang
Taipei Deputy Mayor Yeh Chin-chuan (葉金川) yesterday denied he has shifted his viewpoints about the payment of health insurance subsidies. His denial came after he served as the right-hand man of Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), who refused to pay about NT$10.7 billion in health insurance subsidies to the Bureau of National Health In-surance (BNHI) since 1999.
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Name-change lobby group changes tack
SOFTER FOCUS:
Alliance members have decided to play down the more aggressive elements of their campaign and concentrate on a strategy of embracing everybody
By Chang Yun-ping
The campaign to change the national title from "Republic of China" to "Taiwan" will soften its stance and instead focus on continuing the themes of the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally -- national identity and ethnic harmony.
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US Democrats are bound by US law: foreign ministry
By Melody Chen
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday played down the absence of an endorsement of the Taiwan Relations Act in the US Democratic Party's campaign book for the presidential election, saying that the law would be followed no matter which party was in power.
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Constitutional reform bill set to stall all over again
By Debby Wu
A constitutional amendment bill on legislative reform and downsizing which was to be voted on in an extra sitting later this month may be in limbo again as the demands of rival party caucuses diverge.
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Public requested to help find lost kids
FAMILY RELATIONS:
Noting the growing trends of runaway children and family abductions, child welfare groups urged better parent-child understanding
By Evelyn Shih
Chou Han-chang (周漢章) would like to hear from his son. Thirteen-year-old Chao-wei (周兆威) left home on July 1 and disappeared without a trace. Every attempt to contact the boy -- even in the virtual world of Heaven, his favorite online game -- has been in vain.
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Smuggled animals from China could pose rabies risk
HEALTH THREAT:
Although Taiwan has been free of rabies for decades, animals smuggled from China's coastal provinces could infect pets and even humans
By Chiu Yu-Tzu
The smuggling of pet dogs and cats from China -- where the number of rabies-related deaths has increased dramatically this summer -- is a threat to Taiwan, a rabies-free country, the Council of Agriculture said yesterday.
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Promote Taiwan through `soft' issues, Hu says
By Caroline Hong
Taichung city mayor Jason Hu (胡志強) said yesterday that the problem with cross-strait relations is China's refusal to separate resolvable issues from the hot potato of Taiwanese politics: independence.
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