PARTY OF REALIZATION: Tsai Ing-wen dismissed Chai Trong-rong's criticisms of factional support for her bid, said the winner must put ideas into practice
By Ko Shu-ling
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairmanship election became a two-way race between the young and the old as one of the conservative candidates yesterday withdrew to form an alliance with the 82-year-old former presidential adviser Koo Kwang-ming (辜寬敏).

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THAT'S NEWS TO ME: The chairman of the PFP said that the KMT has not discussed personnel appointments with him since the March 22 polls
People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜) yesterday denied a media report that he is likely to be appointed president of the Control Yuan under the incoming Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) administration.

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By Shelley Shan
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The country's state-run tobacco company said yesterday that to avoid controversy, it has decided to remove the number "520" from its newly launched cigarette.

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By Jenny W. Hsu
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TIME TO ACT: From fewer hours of sunlight to less light rain and more frequent sand storms, global warming is not to be taken lightly, forum participants said yesterday
By Meggie Lu
Michael Nobel, the great-grandnephew of Nobel Prize founder Alfred Nobel, joined a group of local governmental officials and business leaders yesterday in Taipei to call on the public to take the battle against climate change seriously, a subject they said could affect the survival of humanity.

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By Meggie Lu
Sixteen thousand pieces of furniture avoided the incinerator and were refurbished by the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) and resold around the country last year, the administration said yesterday.

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FOREIGNER-FRIENDLY: Despite some inconsistencies, residents have responded well to the English signs; now 4,451 index doorplates will be added to 24 major streets
By Mo Yan-Chih
By next year, the Taipei City Government will have integrated Romanization of its "index doorplates" on 24 major streets and replaced the numbering street system with the Romanization of street names.

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By Rich Chang
Police arrested five individuals yesterday who pretended they were diplomatic officials from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and defrauded people by encouraging them to invest in diamond mines in the African country.

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With the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreak reaching alarming levels in China, Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control (CDC) advised parents yesterday against traveling with their children to affected areas in China.

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