VOTING FEVER: The CEC secretary-general said there were concerns that if elections were held on a Sunday people may be too excited or depressed to work the next day
By Loa Iok-sin
The Central Election Commission (CEC) plans to conduct a survey to gauge the public's opinion on holding elections on Sundays, as opposed to the current practice of having them on Saturdays.

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By Ko Shu-ling
The two candidates vying on Sunday for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairmanship were busy soliciting support yesterday, with the female contender Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) appealing to young party members and the 82-year-old Koo Kwang-ming's (辜寬敏) appealing to old.

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By Mo Yan-chih
The office of president-elect Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) announced yesterday that former Taichung County commissioner Liao Liao-yi (廖了以) will be the new minister of the interior.

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By Jenny W. Hsu
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday announced that the newly appointed Charge d'Affaires of the Holy See to Taiwan, Paul Fitzgerald Russell, will assume the post at the end of next month — a statement made in response to speculation that there had been a change in bilateral relations between Taiwan and the Vatican.

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GRIM EXPERIENCE: The president-elect said that Taiwan's experience in dealing with the 921 Earthquake gave it the ability to help in Sichuan
By Mo Yan-chih
President-elect Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) proposed yesterday to "adopt" certain disaster zones that suffered during Monday's devastating earthquake in China and take responsibility for helping survivors and reconstruction.

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DANGER: Lawmakers are worried that buildings damaged in the 921 Earthquake were more vulnerable to collapse in the event of a new quake
By Flora Wang and Jimmy Chuang
Legislators across party lines yesterday urged the Ministry of Education and the central government to conduct a thorough inspection of school buildings that have not been repaired since the 921 Earthquake in 1999.

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By Jenny W. Hsu
Money can't buy you love, but perhaps a donation of NT$2 billion (US$65 million) could buy goodwill from across the Taiwan Strait, and this is what some people are hoping as the government on Wednesday pledged to donate cash and relief aid to China.

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HISTORICAL FIND: The newly discovered documents include correspondence between the dictator Chiang Kai-shek and then-KMT governor of Taiwan, Chen Yi
By Shih Hsiu-chuan
Two more collections of historical material on the 228 Incident, compiled by Academia Historica, were published yesterday, adding to a series of 16 collections previously published from the files kept by the National Archive Administration (NAA).

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Taiwan cooperated with Norway yesterday in repatriating a fugitive Norwegian pedophile wanted by Interpol, marking the first case of police cooperation between Taiwan and a Scandinavian country.

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Taipei-based Dutch puppet master Robin Ruizendaal draws his inspiration from Taiwanese folklore and Western fairy tales in his bid to promote the traditional art of glove puppetry.

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AGRICULTURAL SUCCESS: Exports are on the increase, with the nation's farmers looking to produce safer, better quality advanced goods for export overseas
By Meggie Lu
The nation's agricultural exports last year increased by US$134 million from 2006, the Council of Agriculture said yesterday at an award ceremony, lauding the achievements of a dozen outstanding agricultural enterprises.

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By Flora Wang
Kaohsiung Police Bureau yesterday unveiled a traffic control plan for president-elect Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) state banquet, tea reception and the inauguration fireworks on Tuesday.

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