DILEMMA: Sources said the party could face pressure from its Hakka contingent if it refused to support Chung Jung-chi for nomination as Control Yuan vice president
Deputy Legislative Speaker Chung Jung-chi (鍾榮吉), a member of the People First Party (PFP), is likely to be named vice president of the Control Yuan, a source at the Legislative Yuan said Thursday.

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`NORMAL COUNTRY': While some say a public consensus on Taiwanese consciousness is forming and Hsieh should make his stand clear, others say he risks losing swing voters
By Flora Wang
Political analysts were divided as to whether the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) should actively support the party's draft "normal country resolution."

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By Shih Hsiu-chuan
President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) will leave on Tuesday on a nine-day trip to Central America aimed at boosting diplomatic, trade and investment cooperation with the nation's allies in the region, the Presidential Office said yesterday.

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By Shih Hsiu-chuan
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Kao Chien-chih (高建智) and DPP Taipei City Councilor Chuang Jui-hsiung (莊瑞雄) yesterday called on the police not to apply double standards to people who stage protests against politicians.

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BREAKOUT: A day after arranging getaway cars, 10 small and thin Vietnamese illegals fled after using a smuggled soldering iron to melt the bars over a window
By Max Hirsch
Another daring detention center escape in Ilan County involving 10 illegal Vietnamese immigrants yesterday rocked the National Immigration Agency (NIA), an agency press release said.

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By Loa Iok-sin
Exactly 10 years after part of the Lincoln Mansions (林肯大郡) complex was destroyed during a typhoon, the community still sits in ruins with promises of help remaining unfulfilled.

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EXPATS: A recent survey showed that while Taiwanese who emigrate to the US are relatively happy, a greater number than ever before are considering coming home
By Max Hirsch
Taiwanese immigrants in the US are known as "model immigrants" among immigration authorities there because most of them have high levels of education and are white-collar workers, Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission (OCAC) Chairwoman Chang Fu-mei (張富美) said yesterday.

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By Rich Chang
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Hsueh Ling (薛凌) and another 20 individuals were indicted yesterday by prosecutors for their involvement in an alleged loan scandal at the Sunny Bank.

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By Rich Chang
A Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) legislator yesterday filed a malfeasance suit against Department of Health (DOH) Minister Hou Sheng-mao (侯勝茂) and Bureau of Food Sanitation director Cheng Huei-wen (鄭慧文) after the recent uproar over the use of ractopamine in pigs.

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By Angelica Oung
Incense used in temples, home altars and on ceremonial occasions have been found to release benzene, among a host of other organic compounds, into the air when burnt, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials said yesterday.

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By Jimmy Chuang
President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) yesterday attended the grand opening of the National Defense University's new Bade campus and said that he was very satisfied with the recently completed facilities.

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By Huang Wen-huang
Many users of the MSN instant messaging service have received messages from friends lately with subject lines like "How drunk was I in this picture?" "Did you take this picture?" and "Is that your mom in this picture?" and containing an attachment named img807.zip.

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