ELECTION-EVE SHOOTING: Chen Shui-bian said in a CNN interview that if he had not needed medical care, he could have gone on more rallies and won by a wider margin
By Ko Shu-ling
President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) said he would have won more votes in the 2004 presidential election had it not been for the attempt on his life.

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REFORMS: The proposed constitution seeks to limit the office of the president toTaiwan-born citizens and restrict political parties from profit-making activities
By Ko Shu-ling
A private constitutional reform group yesterday made public a draft constitution which proposed calling the country Taiwan and advocated a presidential system.

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EDUCATING TU: The controversial education minister was in the spotlight again when a tabloid ran a story of his son `partying' with scantily clad escort girls in a private bar
By Max Hirsch
Not all of his offhand proposals have met with disaster, but when Tu Cheng-sheng (杜正勝) steps down as education minister next year, assuming that he serves out his full term, he will leave in his wake a Cabinet career riddled with gaffes, critics said.

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UN DREAM: The Taiwan UN Alliance and FAPA were confident that dumping the name ROC in favor of Taiwan would work in the nation's favor
By Max Hirsch
Members of the Taiwan United Nations Alliance (TAIUNA) submitted a letter to President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) yesterday calling on him to apply for UN membership under the name "Taiwan."

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By Flora Wang
The sinking of the ferry Taiping (太平輪) on Jan 27, 1949, may not be as famous as that of the Titanic, but it holds profound significance as it showed that all different ethnic groups in Taiwan "are bound as families" in the pursuit of a common goal -- freedom, a panelist at a forum said yesterday.

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SLOW GOING: Some customers complained that it took almost an hour to complete their online purchases, but phone purchases were proceeding more smoothly
By Shelley Shan
The Taiwan Railway Administration launched advance ticket sales yesterday for trains scheduled to operate along the east coast for the Lunar New Year holidays.

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By Flora Wang
More than 400 public buses that run on a new fuel, 2 percent of which is bio-diesel made from soybeans, sunflowers and rape, made their debut in Kaohsiung City yesterday.

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By Angelica Oung
Traces of the pesticide chlorphrifos have been detected in organic rice from two of the nation's regions that produce rice, prompting the government to issue a demand that all the rice left on shelves be pulled.

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SEE NO EVIL? : During a public hearing on Friday night a Taipower director said that the high-voltage substations will pose no danger to communities
By Mo Yan-chih
Taiwan Power Company's (Tai-power) plan to set up four extra-high-voltage substations in downtown Taipei has met with opposition from local residents and city councilors, who have urged the Taipei City Government to prevent their construction.

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By Loa Iok-sin
A Hakka organization with the ambition to promote Taiwanese consciousness, democracy and solidarity was inaugurated yesterday in Taipei.

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