WELCOME GESTURE: Despite the fact that the Web site of the grouping’s summit referred to Taiwan as ‘Chinese Taipei,’ the mention of Taiwan’s president was a first
By Jenny W. Hsu And Mo Yan-chih
The policies of “diplomatic truce” and “modus vivendi” were successful strategies that improved cross-strait relations and contributed to the goodwill and respect APEC showed to Taiwan this year, President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said yesterday.

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‘UNDER ATTACK’: The former presidential candidate and law experts created the organization to help ‘future victims’ of police abuse, such as students and workers
By Loa Iok-sin
Saying that human rights conditions in Taiwan are deteriorating and that the judicial system is biased, former premier Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) — himself an attorney — convened a group of lawyers yesterday and created an alliance to defend civil rights.

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By Loa Iok-sin
In a recent statement, Sunrise Records rebutted Taipei City police’s explanations of an alleged violation of civil liberties earlier this month and accused Beitou Precinct Chief Lee Han-ching (李漢卿) of lying.

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Supporters of former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) and Chiayi County Commissioner Chen Ming-wen (陳明文) yesterday rallied outside detention centers in Taipei and Chiayi counties to show their support.

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President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday called on several politicians, including former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), to end their hunger strikes.

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By Shih Hsiu-chuan
Vice Premier Paul Chiu (邱正雄) confirmed yesterday that a plan to issue purchase vouchers to stimulate the economy would be finalized this week.

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Twenty Taiwanese importers have applied to seek compensation for losses incurred as a result of melamine-tainted products imported from China earlier this year, the head of the Department of Health said in a report to be presented to the legislature tomorrow.

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NOT LIKELY: For a referendum to pass, more than 50 percent of a district’s voters must cast a ballot, of which 50 percent must be affirmative — a difficult prospect
By Flora Wang
The nation’s first local referendum initiated by a non-political group suffered a defeat yesterday with a low turnout.

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Kaohsiung City Education Bureau Director-General Tsai Ching-hwa sat down with ‘Taipei Times’ staff reporter Flora Wang in a joint media interview on Friday to discuss the city government’s stance on the class size referendum, which was held yesterday

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PROSECUTORS TAKE AIM: For allowing a child under 12 to sit in the front seat without a seatbelt, the boy’s 58-year-old father now faces charges of manslaughter
By Meggie Lu
An eight-year-old boy was killed sitting in the front seat of his father’s car while not wearing a seatbelt when a crash caused the airbags to deploy and hit him in the abdomen.

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By Mo Yan-chih
The Taipei City Government yesterday renamed the L-shaped alley between Sungshou Park and Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store “Novel Hall Lane” (新舞台巷) to recognize the long-term contributions the hall has made to the city’s arts and culture.

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