DICTATORSHIP OVER: The government said that only the founding father of a nation or an individual who had made a great public contribution should be commemorated
By Shih Hsiu-chuan
Pan-green and pan-blue lawmakers exchanged heated words yesterday over the government's cancelation of anniversaries marking the birth and death of dictator Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石).

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HELP AND SUPPORT: The DPP presidential candidate also advocated subsidies to help low-income families pay for the tuition of their preschool-aged children
By Flora Wang
Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) yesterday vowed to push for the integration of kindergartens and daycare centers to provide better preschool education if elected president.

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By Shih Hsiu-chuan
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) faces an "uncertain future" if it fails to initiate personnel changes, Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) said yesterday.

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Illegal drug laboratories are gradually moving from China to Taiwan, posing a threat to the nation's social order, Coast Guard Administration (CGA) Minister Wang Jin-wang (王進旺) said yesterday.

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By Mo Yan-chih
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday voiced his support for allowing casinos to enhance Penghu's tourism industry and boost its economy.

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CAUTION: The bureau on Wednesday released a list of 27 agencies it considered in financial jeopardy, but those with lesser difficulties will not be named
By Angelica Oung
The Consumers' Foundation blasted the Tourism Bureau yesterday for not warning consumers about travel agencies with shaky finances.

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By Loa Iok-sin
Members of the local bedding industry staged a demonstration in front of the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection in Taipei yesterday calling for the destruction of "poisonous" Chinese bedding.

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The International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB), a self-governing group of Buddhists from more than 20 countries, will open its annual conference in Taoyuan County today.

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By Shelley Shan
The Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) announced yesterday that the Communication Navigation Surveillance (CNS)/Air Traffic Management (ATM) center, in Dayuan Township (大園), Taoyuan County, near the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport will be launched by 2011.

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MEDIA SPECULATION: Department of Health experts on Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease believe it is unlikely that a woman in Tainan has the disease
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) officials said yesterday that it is "exceedingly unlikely" that a Taiwanese woman contracted Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) -- the human form of mad cow disease -- after injecting herself with placenta extract.

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