The 228 Incident: Sixty years on - Taiwanese take `228' to the US
GIVING HIS ALL:
Misjudging the weather, 66-year-old Liu Chin-chen, `Taiwan's Forrest Gump,' ran 40km through heavy snow in Delaware wearing short pants
By Charles Snyder
A drive by Taiwanese-Americans to make other Americans aware of the 228 Incident and promote Taiwanese independence was set to come to Capitol Hill yesterday, as dozens of organizations made last minute preparations for a memorial service in a House office building.
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The 228 Incident: Sixty years on - Web-based project commemorates the 228 Incident
HOMAGE:
Taiwanese from around the world put the collaborative nature of the Internet to good use by creating a joint tribute to the victims of the 228 Incident
By Loa Iok-sin
Ninety people from different corners of the world -- most of whom have never met each other -- joined forces to commemorate the 228 Incident by creating an online video.
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The 228 Incident: Sixty years on - Lin I-hsiung mourns his lost loved ones
By Flora Wang
Yesterday was not only a day of national mourning for the victims of the 228 Incident, but also a day of personal grief for former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairman Lin I-hsiung (林義雄), who on this day in 1980 lost his mother and two daughters to unknown killers.
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The 228 Incident: Sixty years on - DPP's Hsiao says KMT needs to set the record straight
By Flora Wang
On the 60th anniversary of the 228 Incident yesterday, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) urged the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) to avoid oversimplifying the incident by saying that it was the result of government suppression.
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Lien supporters mobilize
WHO WILL LEAD?:
The vacuum created by Ma Ying-jeou's resignation has forced the KMT to ask serious questions about who would best serve the party as elections loom
By Mo Yan-chih and Shih Hsiu-chuan
A group of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers yesterday launched a signature campaign calling on former KMT chairman Lien Chan (連戰) to resume chairmanship of the party, which they say is aimed at avoiding possible division of the party.
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China a threat to US: intelligence chief
China's military modernization is aimed at achieving parity with the US and not limited to its drive for unification with Taiwan, the US intelligence chief said on Tuesday.
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Ex-BOI clerk indicted for role in prostitution ring
A former clerk with the Bureau of Immigration (now the National Immigration Agency) was indicted on Tuesday on charges of colluding with "snakeheads" in smuggling Chinese prostitutes into Taiwan in exchange for cash rewards.
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Collectors compete for newly issued 228 stamps
LIMITED SUPPLY:
The Taipei Post Office had only 500 sets of memorial stamps, all of which it sold to eager customers within half an hour of opening its doors
By Shelley Shan
Excited stamp collectors lined up in front of the Taipei Post Office early yesterday morning to be among the first to acquire freshly printed 228 Memorial Hall Stamps issued by the Taiwan Post Co.
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Feature: Red poodles just another here-and-gone fad
By Angelica Oung
"It's over for red poodles," dog breeder and proprietor of the Master Dog salon Lin Chiu-li (林秋麗) said.
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High school coach suspected of having sex with students
By Rich Chang
A Hualien senior high school volleyball coach faces criminal investigation after staying in the same room with female students at love hotels on trips to attend out-of-town volleyball competitions.
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Dead body found in water tank
By Max Hirsch
The water ran red and stinky from the faucets in an elderly Kaohsiung woman's home yesterday after a man drowned in her water tank, the Liberty Times (the Taipei Times' sister newspaper) reported.
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