SENATE BRIEFING: Admiral Timothy Keating said he had cautioned both Taiwan and China against `untoward military activity' ahead of this month's presidential election
By Charles Snyder
The commander of the US forces in the Pacific said on Tuesday he has seen no indication of unusual Chinese military movements in the Taiwan Strait ahead of Taiwan's presidential election, but his forces will monitor the situation "very carefully" in the period between March 22 poll and the presidential inauguration in May.

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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) campaign team yesterday again dismissed allegations that Ma's wife, Chow Mei-ching (周美青), stole newspapers from a library at Harvard University when she was a student there.

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HOT POT: DPP members cited examples from the agricultural sector to back their argument that the KMT proposal would not benefit Taiwanese
By Ko Shu-ling
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's (謝長廷) campaign team yesterday urged the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) to drop its "one China market" plan.

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By Jimmy Chuang
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday asked for a special task force to investigate whether any lawmakers hold dual citizenship.

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By Loa Iok-sin
The Central Election Commission (CEC) said yesterday that the British government had responded to its inquiry and confirmed that none of the candidates in the presidential election are British citizens.

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By Rich Chang
Eighty-five percent of respondents to a recent survey agreed that Taiwan should apply for UN membership, while 89 percent said Taiwan qualified for membership of the international body.

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WOMEN'S RIGHTS: The State Department's `Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2007' said that rape and domestic violence also remained serious concerns
The US Department of State has ranked Taiwan's human rights situation last year as "commendable," with the exception of continued problems in specific areas, including official corruption and human trafficking.

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TOP NOTCH: John Fithian of the National Association of Theatre Owners, said he hoped Lee's `Lust, Caution' would teach directors not to fear the NC-17 rating
Ang Lee (李安) opened up a new world of tolerance and compassion for gay cowboys with Brokeback Mountain. For his next act, the filmmaker helped take the pornography sting out of Hollywood's NC-17 rating, which is reserved for explicit adult-themed material.

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An exhibition featuring the only conifer named after Taiwan, Taiwania cryptomerioides, opened yesterday to mark the 100th anniversary of the tree's identification.

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By Angelica Oung
A certification should be developed for vegetarian foods to ensure consumers can trust labeling on packages, a legislator said yesterday at a meeting of the legislature's Sanitation, Environment, Social Welfare and Labor Committee.

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By Shelley Shan
The legislature's Transportation Committee yesterday asked the Ministry of Transportation and Communications to evaluate the possibility of reducing freeway tolls from NT$40 to NT$30 in parts of central and southern Taiwan.

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