UNANSWERED QUESTIONS: A senior US diplomat is at the center of a long tale of international intrigue that has people scratching heads in Foggy Bottom and Taipei
By Charles Snyder
A week after it broke, the Donald Keyser story still has the army of Taiwan and China experts and policymakers scratching their heads for answers to the many questions the case has raised. And it is likely to take until Oct. 13, when the preliminary hearing in the FBI's criminal complaint against Keyser takes place, for the answers to begin to become apparent.

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By Joy Su
The outcome of the upcoming US presidential election will not bring any significant shift to its Taiwan policy, election observers said yesterday.

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By Jewel Huang
President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) yesterday said that strong public support for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) showed that the people of Taiwan approved of the party's efforts to stabilize the country by carving out new prospects in diplomacy and improving the domestic economic situation.

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By Melody Chen
President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) expressed his condolences to the Haitian government as the death toll in the storm-ravaged country passed 700, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.

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SIMULATION: With Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou at the helm, military troops and police prevailed over mock terrorists and invisible, bridge-busting Chinese missiles
By Lin Chieh-yu
The Taipei City government and the military yesterday completed the Taipei leg of the annual Wanan drill, which integrated government and military resources in preparation for an air attack by China and terrorist threats.

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NO SHOW: It's a common tactic -- smear someone as a wrongdoer, then mysteriously fail to provide evidence; the latest example may undo an independent lawmaker
By Jimmy Chuang
Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chen Tsung-yi (陳宗義) yesterday filed a slander suit against independent Legislator Su Ying-kuei (蘇盈貴) for refusing to identify a grand justice who allegedly attempted to persuade him not to support a controversial piece of legislation.

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NATIONAL DEFENSE: The ministry said current funds do not cover weapons or maintaining troops and that a shortfall had to be filled to maintain security
By Ko Shu-ling
Taiwan's defense budget must be expanded as expenditure will exceed the proposed NT$1.67 trillion (US$49.35 billion) budget over the next five years, the Ministry of National Defense said yesterday.

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Taiwan has taken delivery of 200 US AIM-120 missiles to boost defenses against China, a Chinese-language newspaper reported yesterday.

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By Jimmy Chuang
A teenage college student was arrested on charges of fraud yesterday after allegedly using an Internet "phishing" scam to hack into a bank account and steal money.

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By Jewel Huang
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday held a campaign rally to introduce its female nominees for legislator-at-large positions.

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PETITION: Members of the 10 `pingpu' tribes yesterday called for formation of a committee under the Cabinet to help preserve their heritage
By Ko Shu-ling
The 10 pingpu (平埔) Aboriginal tribes yesterday launched a signature drive to petition for the establishment of a pingpu Aboriginal tribe committee under the Executive Yuan to preserve their languages and heritage.

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