HAND IN HAND: Describing five ethnic groups in Taiwan as the five fingers on a hand, the president urged people to join the million-person rally to protest China's missiles
By Chang Yun-ping
President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) yesterday encouraged Taiwanese people of all ethnic backgrounds to join hands in a 1-million-person chain at a rally on Feb. 28 as an expression of Taiwan's opposition to the missile threat posed by China.

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By Joy Su
The first of the newly completed passenger cars for the Taiwan High Speed Railway were unveiled to the public yesterday morning in Kobe.

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GOING HUNGRY: Confidence in beef and chicken has been undermined by animal diseases, spurring sales of things such as pork, fish, fruit and vegetables
By Amber Chung
Scared off beef by mad cow disease and shunning chicken because of bird flu, consumers are turning to pork and seafood as safe alternatives, retailers say.

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US President George W. Bush's national security adviser acknowledged on Thursday there may have been flaws in prewar intelligence about Iraq but brushed aside calls for an independent investigation into the matter.

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Indonesia warned yesterday that it could lose a million jobs because of an outbreak of bird flu while China, stung by criticism of its slow response to SARS last year, ordered its officials to act quickly and honestly in telling people about the outbreak of the disease.

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