YOU’VE GOT MAIL: The Presidential Office said that Chen Shui-bian has written a letter to be delivered with the application to WHO Director-General Margaret Chan
By Jenny W. Hsu
Taiwan will most likely send its membership application to the WHO in the next few days, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said yesterday, reiterating that the bid for membership was not an effort to change the country’s name.

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By Shih Hsiu-chuan
Government Information Office Minister Shieh Jhy-wey (謝志偉) called on the international community yesterday to defend the right of Taiwanese reporters to cover this year’s WHA meeting, which opens in Geneva on May 19.

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By Jimmy Chuang
Ministry of National Defense officials said yesterday that the Chinese navy will have its first aircraft carrier by the end of 2020.

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NEW RECRUIT: A group of DPP supporters asked former vice premier Tsai Ing-wen to run for chairman as a capable yet young leader and representing a break from the past
By Ko Shu-ling
Former senior presidential adviser Koo Kwang-ming (辜寬敏) is expected to announce his candidacy today as the registration period for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairmanship election closes.

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By Ko Shu-ling
A legislative committee yesterday approved a draft bill regulating the handover of the presidency, which empowers the incumbent president and the president-elect to form an ad hoc team to handle the transition.

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By Jenny W. Hsu
Beijing has intensified its efforts to woo Taiwan’s allies since last month’s presidential election despite a pro-unification candidate’s victory, a senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs official announced yesterday.

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SAFE AND SOUND: Government officials guaranteed the safety of dairy products, saying that all of the 243 samples tested last year met the nation’s legal standards
By Flora Wang
Council of Agriculture (COA) and Department of Health (DOH) officials yesterday assured the public of the safety of domestic dairy products and promised to publicize test results on Monday following a food scare involving AGV Corp (愛之味) products.

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An international research project has spotted a Parkinsonism-related gene mutation that only develops in Han Chinese that makes it twice as likely that carriers will develop Parkinson’s disease.

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By Meggie Lu
People can now opt to shop at “Green Stores” and buy home appliances and groceries in a more eco-friendly way, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) said yesterday.

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FORECASTING A PHENOMENON: El Nino affects the global economy in that it causes heavy rainfall in some parts of the world, while also inducing drought in other regions
By Meggie Lu
Climate change will increasingly affect the world’s economy, but with advanced calculations scientists can help predict future conditions and devise strategies to circumvent drastic economic losses, the National Science Council (NSC) said at a press conference yesterday.

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