STRUGGLE: Cynthia Maung said that without help from the international community, Burmese will continue to live in misery and democratization would remain stalled
By Shih Hsiu-chuan
Cynthia Maung, the founder of Mae Tao clinic in the town of Mae Sot, Myanmar, yesterday received the 2007 Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award (ADHRA) in Taipei for her commitment to Burmese refugees suffering under the military junta that rules the country.

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By Ko Shu-ling
President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) said yesterday that the will of Taiwanese to join the UN will not falter despite Chinese pressure imposed on China-based Taiwanese businesspeople.

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REPERCUSSIONS: Fearing that participating in the two-step voting system could hurt their career, many would-be poll station workers have been backing off
By Lin Shu-hui, Fan Cheng-hsiangand and Hung Mei-hsiu
Amid a continuing dispute between the central and local governments over the manner in which the legislative elections and referendum ballots should be handed to voters, the constituencies that have insisted on using the two-step format are facing a shortage of poll station staff.

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By Flora Wang
Two Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators yesterday urged the Ministry of National Defense (MND) to charge Marine General Chi Lin-liang (季麟連), strategy adviser to the president, with violation of military law after Chi participated in a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) campaign event for one of its legislative candidates earlier this month.

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By Ko Shu-ling
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) will embark on a four-day visit to Japan on Sunday, during which he intends to meet former Japanese prime minister Mori Yoshiro, among others.

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By Ko Shu-ling
The Presidential Office strongly condemned all forms of violence yesterday after receiving a letter from someone who threatened to kill President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), rape his daughter and kidnap her family.

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COLLABORATION: The council emphasized the need for international cooperation to share resources and information in order to boost the quality of domestic research
By Meggie Lu
The National Science Council (NSC) said yesterday it had taken another step forward in improving the quality of Taiwanese research with the establishment of a diplomatic science division in South Korea.

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CLEANING UP: Representatives from three Taiwanese cities pledged to make the big cuts as part of an agreement reached at an international meeting in Bali
Taipei City, Taichung City and Kaohsiung City have vowed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent from 1990 levels by 2050 at a global meeting being held in Bali, Indonesia, government sources said yesterday.

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By Mo Yan-chih
A Taipei City councilor yesterday accused the city government of ignoring the financial problems of one of its contractors, which recently shuttered seven municipal swimming pools, and urged it to take over management of the pools.

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A new law is needed to ensure that only Aborigines can be elected as chiefs of Aboriginal autonomous regions, the head of the Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) said yesterday.

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NOSEDIVING PROFITS: The Taiwan High Speed Rail has had a disastrous effect on demand for seats on flights between the north and south of the country
Far Eastern Air Transport Corp (遠東航空) is waiting for a reply from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) regarding its application to terminate air services between Taipei and Tainan.

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