STEP BACKWARD: Frank Hsieh said that if Ma Ying-jeou wins this month's election, Ma would not be able to stop the checks and balances mechanism from collapsing
By Ko Shu-ling
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) yesterday warned of the danger posed by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) one-party rule a day after the KMT legislative caucus dominated the Legislative Yuan's committee head elections.

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Chow Mei-ching (周美青), the wife of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), yesterday filed a lawsuit against Chin Heng-wei (金恆煒), the vice-president of the pro-independence Northern Taiwan Society, for saying she stole newspapers from Harvard University's Harvard-Yenching Library when she was a student there.

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By Shih Hsiu-chuan
Euro News, a pan-European TV news channel, has called off plans to send its Brussels correspondent to Taiwan to cover the presidential election after local newspaper reports were deemed an "insult" to the station's independence, the Government Information Office (GIO) said yesterday.

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SET BACK: In a recent interview, Lee Teng-hui described the election as `thought-provoking' and said the nation's democracy would be set back 20 years if Hsieh loses
By Ko Shu-ling
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) yesterday said that the concerns recently expressed by former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) about the March 22 presidential election are shared by many people.

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By Ko Shu-ling And Jimmy Chuang
The Ministry of National Defense yesterday said that based on information gathered by the ministry, no unusual deployments or activity by the Chinese military have been observed in the leadup to the presidential election.

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WITHIN SIX MONTHS: KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou said he would open the nation's real estate market to Chinese investors if he is elected president this month
By Mo Yan-chih
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday promised to open up the nation's real estate market to Chinese investors in no more than six months if he is elected president on March 22.

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China yesterday warned Taiwan that its planned referendum this month on UN membership was putting peace between the two sides at risk.

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NO RUSH: Ma Ying-jeou advised the government to avoid making any rash decisions, while Frank Hsieh stressed the need for further review to assess the project's impact
By Flora Wang
Premier Chang Chun-hsiung (張俊雄) yesterday dismissed media reports that construction of the Suhua Freeway had received the go-ahead after the Environmental Impact Assessment committee conditionally approved the project during a meeting on Monday.

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By Meggie Lu
Environmental groups yesterday accused the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) of rushing to approve construction of the Suhua Freeway to woo voters in the run-up to the presidential election on March 22.

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BIRTH RISK FUND: The premier also vowed to support the creation of a compensation fund to help women who suffer from labor complications
By Flora Wang
The Taiwan National Women's Hall will open on Saturday to coincide with the celebration of Women's Day around the world, Premier Chang Chun-hsiung (張俊雄) said yesterday.

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By Shelley Shan
A recent survey by the National Communications Commission (NCC) found that the quality of television broadcasts in the nation's remote areas is extremely low.

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Government efforts to promote the tourism industry suffered a blow yesterday, with a global survey showing Taiwan plunging 22 places to 52nd and falling three notches to seventh in Asia in a world ranking of competitiveness.

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MAKING IT CLEAR: The deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dismissed rumors of the Vatican normalizing relations with China before the Olympics in August
By Jenny W. Hsu
Taiwan will seek ways to assist Kosovo in its rebuilding efforts but is still mulling over the best way to play a role in the project, said Sun Wen-cheng (宋文城), deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of European Affairs yesterday.

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By Flora Wang
The pan-blue-dominated Procedure Committee yesterday decided to include in Friday's plenary agenda an amendment proposed by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus to the National Pension Law (國民年金法) that would allow farmers to choose whether to join the national pension system.

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By Angelica Oung
A 4cm tapeworm was found inside the brain of a Hualien County woman after she complained of severe headaches and epileptic seizures, doctors at Hualien's Tzu chi Hospital said.

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