IN A TIGHT SPOT: The two bills, which target the KMT's stolen assets and its former chairman, Ma Ying-jeou, were put on the Procedure Committee's agenda on Tuesday
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has shifted into full gear to mobilize party lawmakers in the hope of blocking two key draft bills in a legislative committee meeting to be held today.

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By Mo Yan-chih and Shih Hsiu-chuan
Former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) camp and KMT Secretary-General Wu Den-yi (吳敦義) yesterday rebutted reports that the party had reached an agreement with the People First Party (PFP) to give it precedence in 10 electorates in the year-end legislative election.

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The infighting between Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential hopefuls Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) and former premier Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) has led the public to believe they are only interested in the power that comes with the presidency, former presidential adviser Koo Kwang-ming (辜寬敏) said yesterday.

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DANGEROUS? : In February 2003, 80 Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioners arrived in the territory for a conference, but were denied entry, allegedly for `security reasons'
By Shih Hsiu-chuan
Taiwanese traveling with legitimate visas are no longer guaranteed entry to Hong Kong, a recent spate of incidents would seem to indicate.

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Joining the WHO under the name "Taiwan" is the will of the people of Taiwan, with 95 percent of the population supporting the idea, Minister of Foreign Affairs James Huang (黃志芳) said yesterday.

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By Mo Yan-chih
The former residence of dictator Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石), the Grass Mountain Chateau, will be restored according to its original design within two years, at a cost of more than NT$30 million (US$900,000), the Taipei City Department of Cultural Affairs said yesterday.

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The Supreme Court upheld yesterday the Taiwan High Court's ruling that former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) should apologize to People First Party Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜) and compensate him for defamation.

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FALLOUT: Fearing a backlash against individuals of Asian origin following the Virginia Tech massacre, TECRO has sent an official to warn Taiwanese students to be on alert
By Charles Snyder
A senior official of Taiwan's representative office in Washington was on his way to Virginia Tech yesterday to meet Taiwanese students and faculty in the wake of Monday's shootings, which left 33 people dead and many wounded.

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UNPALATABLE: A number of slaughterhouses around the country are killing pigs and other animals in ways that prompted a group to call for stricter enforcement
By Loa Iok-sin
An animal rights group asked the government yesterday to strictly enforce regulations to prevent inhumane practices in slaughterhouses across the nation.

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By Shelley Shan
Six members serving on the environmental impact review committee of the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) asked the Executive Yuan yesterday to "get its hands off" the supposedly independent group.

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