POSSESSED: The CEC says that its sole objective is to ensure convenience for voters and that the decision on whether to hold simultaneous votes is not a political issue
By Flora Wang and Loa Iok-sin
The dispute over the nation's UN bid continued yesterday, with the pan-green and pan-blue camps arguing over whether UN referendum ballots should be handed out simultaneously or separately from the presidential ballot during elections next year.

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REPRESSION: A former aide to Aung San Suu Kyi said that foreign investment is not helping the Burmese people, but only the corrupt junta generals and their families
By Shih Hsiu-chuan and Ko Shu-ling
Nyo Ohn Myint, former spokesman of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, yesterday called on the international community to review its investments which benefit only junta generals and their cronies and not the public.

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By Mo Yan-chih
The Taipei City Government yesterday accused the central government of violating the law by failing to acquire a permit for its UN torch relay next Wednesday.

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By Ko Shu-ling
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) said yesterday he has no problem with allowing Chinese capital on the local market, but emphasized that investment related to national security and certain agricultural technologies must be regulated.

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By Ko Shu-ling
Former senior adviser to the president Koo Kwan-min (辜寬敏) yesterday dismissed allegations that he had "sold out Taiwan" by selling two fishing boats to a Chinese company.

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BAMBOO: The assassin of historian Henry Liu had been living in self-imposed exile in Cambodia until his health declined. He then sought medical help in Hong Kong
By Jimmy Chuang
More than 1,000 police officers were yesterday stationed at the temporary funeral hall for former Bamboo Union gang leader Chen Chi-li (陳啟禮) in the Dazhi area (大直) of Taipei City.

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BACK TO THE EARTH: The Council of Agriculture has set up a project that sends young Taiwanese on an educational tour of farmsteads in Germany
By Angelica Oung
A German youth movement that dates back to the 19th century has provided the inspiration for a Council of Agriculture program that seeks to revitalize Taiwan's agriculture sector.

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SERIOUS PEST: The COA requested that the French authorities identify the cause of the infestation, with current shipments to be destroyed or returned
By Angelica Oung
The Council of Agriculture (COA) imposed a temporary ban on apple imports from France yesterday after discovering an infestation of codling moth larvae in a recent shipment.

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By Flora Wang
A survey has suggested that foreign visitors do not have a favorite tourist attraction in Kaohsiung, a Kaohsiung city councilor said yesterday.

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DISSATISFIED: Taipei City Councilor Hsu Chia-ching lashed out at the city's decision not to purchase more Fu-Kang buses for those in need
By Mo Yan-chih
A number of disabled groups yesterday protested against the scheduled fee increase of Fu-Kang Bus in Taipei City and expressed dissatisfaction over the difficulty in reserving one of the 126 buses provided by the city government to serve more than 100,000 disabled citizens.

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DISSATISFIED: Taipei City Councilor Hsu Chia-ching lashed out at the city's decision not to purchase more Fu-Kang buses for those in need
By Mo Yan-chih
A number of disabled groups yesterday protested against the scheduled fee increase of Fu-Kang Bus in Taipei City and expressed dissatisfaction over the difficulty in reserving one of the 126 buses provided by the city government to serve more than 100,000 disabled citizens.

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By Loa Iok-sin
More than two years after a group of Atayal Aborigines from Smangus Village in Hsinchu County were sentenced to prison terms by the Taiwan High Court for removing a fallen tree from the forest, the Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) made a "historic" announcement yesterday that defined boundaries of traditional domains belonging to Aboriginal villages in Hsinchu County.

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Tourist arrivals from Australia, Malaysia and South Korea registered double-digit growth in the first eight months of this year compared with the same period last year, statistics released by the Ministry of the Interior on Wednesday showed.

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