ACCOMPLISHMENT: Never before had the issue of Taiwan's representation at the UN been discussed so extensively at a plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly
The UN General Assembly upheld on Friday the General Committee's decision to exclude the Taiwan membership issue from the agenda of its 62nd session opening this week, despite efforts by some of Taiwan's diplomatic allies seeking a reversal of the decision.

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CLEARED: A Ma Ying-jeou spokesman said a prosecutor had used different standards while probing Frank Hsieh and Su Tseng-chang's use of their own dodgy allowances
By Rich Chang
Three prosecutors in charge of the investigation into the special allowance case involving Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) heavyweights yesterday defended the results of their inquest, saying bias or political motivation had played no part in their probe.

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By Mo Yan-chih
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) shared his concerns with the nation's airline industry yesterday about the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government's reluctance to implement direct links with China, pledging to implement them if he were elected next year.

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ANSWERING THE CALL: The project was launched after the Bureau of Energy urged government agencies to use `green' energy and offered to subsidize their efforts
By Shelley Shan
The Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) said yesterday that it will soon install a large solar energy panel at the Taipei Railway Station to generate electricity for its own use.

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By Angelica Oung
A committee of specialists assembled by the Department of Health (DOH) decided on Friday not to approve cohesive gel silicon breast implants until the manufacturers can prove that the implants, which sometimes rupture, are safe.

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FACTS OF LIFE: Chen said that since the KMT believes Mongolia and China are part of the ROC, Taiwan is not the same thing as the ROC
By Ko Shu-ling
President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) yesterday criticized Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), calling his statement that "Taiwan is the Republic of China" (ROC) a "naive fantasy."

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By Loa Iok-sin
For Liu Yi-shin (劉宜鑫), a junior at National Taiwan University, the past few weeks were perhaps the most unforgettable part of his summer vacation.

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The government will not raise water and electricity rates, despite skyrocketing oil prices, a Cabinet official said on Friday.

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