FIRM STANCE: The DPP candidate said Ma Ying-jeou's policy flip-flops showed his lack of experience in dealing with national affairs, while his staff want Ma to apologize
By Ko Shu-ling
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) yesterday urged his Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) rival Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) to abandon the goal of unification with China and relinquish the "one China market," instead of talking about boycotting the Beijing Olympics.

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By Mo Yan-chih
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday clarified his warning on Tuesday that he would not rule out a boycott of the Beijing Olympics over Tibet if elected.

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The government must do more to ensure disabled people will be able to vote on Saturday, the Eden Social Welfare Foundation said.

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AWARE: The DPP said it suspected Ma campaign offices of buying votes, while the KMT called on security officials to prevent a repeat of the `319' assassination attempt
By Ko Shu-ling and Mo Yan-chih
Both the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday called on voters to be on the lookout for "dirty tricks" played by their rival camps in the run-up to Saturday's presidential election.

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By Rich Chang
Two men being watched by security authorities because of alleged plots against Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) proclaimed their innocence yesterday.

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GIVING A BOOST: The Cabinet agreed the government would not investigate businesspeople suspected of evading taxes by funneling funds into Chinese banks
By Shih Hsiu-chuan
In an attempt to promote the development of tourism in Kinmen and Matsu, the Executive Yuan yesterday gave a conditional green light to people living in Taiwan proper to make stopovers on the two islands before traveling on to China.

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YEARLY VISIT: Officials at Kenting National Park said that at least 400 of the birds had been seen soaring over the Sheding deer reproduction area
Gray-faced buzzard eagles have been observed flying over the Hengchun Peninsula on their way to their breeding ground in northern East Asia, after spending the winter in Southeast Asia, national park officials said.

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By Angelica Oung
The Executive Yuan yesterday approved amendments to the Labor Insurance Law (勞工保險條例) extending maternity leave to three months and raising the maximum mandatory labor insurance age from 60 years to 65 years.

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By Meggie Lu
Thanks to advanced technology and a little creativity, waste treatment facilities -- and their by-products -- ?are shedding their smelly image, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) said yesterday.

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Taiwan-raised biochemist Joyce Shen (沈悅), who has been battling breast cancer for more than a decade, received the Chou Ta-kuan Foundation's 11th Fervent Global Love of Lives Award at a ceremony on Tuesday night.

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LOAN: The Taiwan Post Co deposited money in Sunny Bank in a bid to maintain overall financial order, the postal agency's president, Wu Min-yu, said
By Shih Hsiu-chuan and Flora Wang
Government officials yesterday clarified accounts following a media report that said the state-owned Taiwan Post Co was asked by the government to deposit NT$10 billion (US$324 million) in a bank affiliated with a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker.

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A "super toilet" developed in Taiwan that uses less than half the amount of water per flush of a regular toilet is set to hit the US market early next year.

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Some 400 to 500 admirers of late first lady Soong Mayling (宋美齡) gathered to commemorate the 111th anniversary of her birth.

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