CHAMPION: Tom Tancredo, who has for years been generating legislative proposals favorable to Taiwan, is set to turn his attention to pursuing the presidency next year
By Charles Snyder
Taiwan will lose one of its best friends in the US Congress next year when Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo is to resign his seat after years of consistently championing Taiwan's cause in the House of Representatives.

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By Mo Yan-chih and Flora Wang
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday accused prosecutors of applying double standards in handling probes into government officials' use of their special allowance funds.

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RELAXED STANDARDS: Minister of the Interior Lee Yi-yang said law enforcement officers were prepared to follow the Ministry of Justice's proposed revisions
By Flora Wang
Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) yesterday lauded the Ministry of Justice's proposed amendment to its definition of vote-buying, saying that relaxing the standards of vote-buying investigations was a "benevolent policy."

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By Ko Shu-ling
Former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator Luo Wen-jia's (羅文嘉) wife will go to the US to avoid the election campaign while he runs for public office.

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By Ko Shu-ling
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said yesterday that it had collected 2.45 million signatures in the second phase of its petition on a referendum proposal seeking UN membership for Taiwan.

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UNEXPECTED: Common causes of death are more likely for fishermen across the board, from malignant tumors to pneumonia to accidents, the study found
By Angelica Oung
Fishermen, Aborigines and drivers suffer significantly higher mortality rates than the average worker, according to recent research conducted by the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).

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WORST OFF: The project prioritizes the 500km2 of land where measures to alleviate flooding are most urgently needed, the Cabinet said yesterday
The Cabinet will carry out the second phase of a national flood control and management project starting next year, with the goal of completing work in 90 percent of targeted areas by the end of June, Premier Chang Chun-hsiung (張俊雄) said yesterday.

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Motorcycles with engine capacities of more than 550cc will be allowed on the country's expressways from today, but will still be excluded from freeways, a Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) official said yesterday.

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By Shelley Shan
The National Communications Commission said yesterday that it had yet to decide when and how it would issue operating licenses for mobile television service operators.

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By Ralph Jennings
Green Island has become a victim of its own success as pollution caused by a recent spike in tourism threatens its reputation as the best diving spot in East Asia.

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'FULLY RESPONSIBLE': The dictator's intransigence and refusal to consider alternative options in 1971 led to the expulsion of Taiwan from the UN, Chen Lung-chu argues
By Ko Shu-ling
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration has pinned the blame for the nation's series of failed UN membership bids on dictator Chiang Kai-shek's (蔣介石) mistake of relinquishing the UN seat in 1971.

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