ROTATION RUCKUS: The Presidential Office downplayed political interpretations of a holiday card that included a map that showed Taiwan’s northern end pointing west
By Mo Yan-chih and Shih Hsiu-chuan
The Presidential Office yesterday urged legislators not to politicize a map of Taiwan that was included in its holiday greeting cards.

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By Jimmy Chuang
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NO THANK YOU: Wu Po-hsiung said that he had invited DPP members to attend the economic forum, and that none of them accepted the offer
By Mo Yan-chih
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung (吳伯雄) yesterday promised to protect Taiwan’s national interests during the fourth KMT-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) economic forum scheduled for today and tomorrow in Shanghai.

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By Shih Hsiu-chuan
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Forty years ago, dictator Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) called on Taiwanese to fight communism and recover China.

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GET OUT: The Taipei County Government posted an eviction notice on Monday, giving Sanying Aboriginal Community residents seven days to vacate their homes
By Loa Iok-sin
Film director Hou Hsiao-hsien (侯孝賢) shaved his head to show support for residents of the Sanying Aboriginal Community (三鶯部落) who staged a demonstration yesterday to protest a Taipei County Government plan to demolish the community.

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CLOSURES: Roads along the race route will be closed from between 5am and 1pm tomorrow, while some overpasses will be opened to motorcycle traffic
By Mo Yan-chih
Large-scale traffic controls will be in force in many parts of Taipei City tomorrow for the ING Marathon, the Taipei City Government said yesterday.

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By Mo Yan-chih
Taipei City Fire Department Commissioner Hsiung Kuang-hua (熊光華) drew harsh criticism from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei City councilors yesterday for failing to arrive at the scene when a fire broke out at National Taiwan University Hospital on Wednesday.

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A highly educated US couple was seeking reconsideration from Taiwanese judges on their adoption of a developmentally delayed baby girl after a Kaohsiung District Court last week rejected their case, fearing the couple would be unsatisfied with the child once she grows up, local media reported.

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GROWING PROBLEM: While the council usually receives about 10 complaints a day, that number has ballooned to between 40 and 50, with most relating to unpaid leave
By Shelley Huang
Council of Labor Affairs Minister Jennifer Wang (王如玄) said yesterday that the council was mulling plans to provide subsidies to businesses that are unable to pay the minimum monthly wage for workers forced to take unpaid leave.

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By Shih Hsiu-chuan
The legislature yesterday passed an amendment to the Motion Picture Law (電影法) to extend tax breaks for businesses investing in film productions for another five years to 2014.

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By Rich Chang
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus yesterday asked the government to grant asylum to about 110 Tibetan refugees.

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By Shelley Huang
The Consumers’ Foundation yesterday named the six most important news stories of the year in merchandising, with unsafe food products, such as melamine-tainted milk products from China, topping the list.

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