SUPPORT: The US Postal Service will release 1,000 stamps to mark the 120th anniversary of the building, which has been used by ROC ambassadors since 1937
By Nadia Tsao
The nation's deputy representative to the US, Stanley Kao (高碩泰), unveiled on Friday a new US stamp featuring the Twin Oaks estate -- an upscale mansion in northwest Washington used by Taiwanese officials to entertain foreign dignitaries -- to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the 7.3-hectare property.

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The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed President Chen Shui-bian's (陳水扁) "confidentiality privilege" and revoked a Taiwan High Court ruling that failed to properly address Chen's petition to reclaim a collection of documents and articles held by the Taipei District Court in its probe into alleged misuse of the "state affairs fund."

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EDUCATION: The MOU was part of the ministry's ongoing program to expand prosecutors' legal knowledge and foreign language proficiency
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with the law schools of Stanford and Cornell universities in the US under which the ministry will send outstanding prosecutors as visiting scholars to receive training at the two institutes.

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By Su Yung-yao and Chen Shang-jung
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislative candidate John Chiang (蔣孝嚴) on Friday shrugged off criticism about pens distributed by his campaign headquarters containing 2008 calendars printed in simplified Chinese, with Oct. 1 -- the People's Republic of China's (PRC) National Day -- marked in red as a national holiday.

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MADE: Hungkuang University is still reeling from the bogus professor who used fake documents to obtain a teaching position at its department of linguistics
By Jenny W. Hsu
A South African is wanted by authority for posing as an English professor at a university in Taichung County for the past two years.

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HUMAN RIGHT: A shortage of trained dentists and lack of structure have severely hindered the right of disabled persons to accessible and dignified dental treatment
By Meggie Lu
Starting in early childhood, we have all been told to brush our teeth and floss daily and that oral health is important.

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A young Taiwanese pianist living in Berlin came in second and won the Audience Choice Award at the first International Beethoven Piano Competition in Arad, Romania, on Thursday.

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Indigenous teachers in Taipei launched a language program last year to keep native languages alive among indigenous people living in big cities.

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By Meggie Lu
Contrary to popular belief, people with cancer can improve their survival rates with a healthy appetite and a balanced diet, chief specialist in hematology and hematological oncology at Taipei Medical University Hospital Tai Cheng-jeng (戴承正) said yesterday.

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