`PARTNER IN CRIME': A group of DPP legislators said Chou Mei-chin had spent the money her husband put in her bank account from his special mayoral allowance
By Shih Hsiu-chuan and Mo Yan-chih
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers demanded yesterday that Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) wife be listed as an accomplice in his corruption trial.

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LOOK-SEE VISIT: The DPP presidential candidate has planned a low-key trip to the US capital, but his every step will inevitably be compared to Ma Ying-jeou's visit last year
By Charles Snyder
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) left for the US yesterday on a visit that will give him and US officials the chance to size each other up.

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Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Hung Chi-chang (洪奇昌) on Thursday suggested the foundation and its Chinese counterpart exchange representative offices.

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The Executive Yuan will announce measures next week to tackle soaring consumer product prices, Cabinet Spokesman Shieh Jhy-wey (謝志偉) said yesterday after Consumers' Foundation chairman Cheng Jen-hung (程仁宏) visited the Executive Yuan.

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Britain's representative office will inaugurate two visa application centers next Thursday, one in Taipei and one in Kaohsiung.

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BURIED TREASURE: The already controversial location chosen for a future MRT maintenance depot is home to centuries-old tombs and fossils of prehistoric sealife
By Loa Iok-sin
A historian called yesterday for stronger conservation measures for Lo Sheng ("Happy Life") Sanatorium after discovering fossils at the construction site of an MRT maintenance depot last month.

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STRICT MEASURES: In order to prevent a repeat of last year's debacle, all batches of hairy crabs from China will be tested for carcinogenic residue
By Angelica Oung
The public can enjoy hairy crabs from China this fall without reservations, Bureau of Food Safety officials said yesterday.

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The average age of colon cancer patients in Taiwan is falling and the number of patients has increased by an alarming rate of 9.8 percent year-on-year, a Taichung-based surgeon said yesterday.

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By Max Hirsch
The nation has entered a new phase in its development marked by immigration, National Immigration Agency (NIA) deputy director Steve Wu (吳學燕) said yesterday, while promising to welcome a new wave of immigrant spouses to foster cultural diversity.

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Seven Taiwanese tourists who were injured in a traffic accident in northern China on Sunday came home yesterday on a direct medical charter flight.

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HEADING FOR THE HIGHWAY: Amendments allowing motorcycles onto the expressways that were scheduled to take effect in August have been delayed to December
By Shelley Shan
Owners of large motorcycles said yesterday they will take to expressways across the nation next month to ride in protest against the slow progress made by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) in expanding their road rights.

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By Shih Hsiu-chuan
The legislature yesterday passed the Lobbying Act (遊說法) designed to create a system to scrutinze lobbying.

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By Rich Chang
Taichung District Court yesterday detained alleged gangster Kuo Ping-hui (郭平輝), whom police suspect was the mastermind behind a televised video threat in March.

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