WHO WILL PAY?: The pan-green and pan-blue alliances decided to re-tally all of the ballots from the presidential electin, but neither wanted to pay for it
By Jimmy Chuang
Both the pan-blue and the pan-green camps agreed to recount all the ballots from the presidential election, but neither political alliance wants to be responsible for paying the necessary expenses to conduct the process.

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Dow Jones & Co yesterday replaced three of America's oldest companies in its benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average in a move that reflects the growing importance of the financial and health care sectors to the US economy.

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South Korea's Constitutional Court held its first full public hearing on the country's unprecedented presidential impeachment yesterday, even though suspended President Roh Moo-hyun failed to attend.

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China's top legislative committee yesterday began a meeting hinting that it would reject growing calls in Hong Kong for more democracy, including direct elections for its next leader by 2007.

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The flags of seven new East European members were raised at NATO headquarters yesterday as foreign ministers prepared to confer on a growing list of global trouble spots where overstretched forces are involved.

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