VOTE CHALLENGE: The KMT-PFP alliance hoped that refiling a suit to declare the presidential election a fraud results in their getting new judges who see things their way
By Jimmy Chuang
The opposition alliance of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the People First Party (PFP) refiled a lawsuit yesterday to challenge the result of the presidential election, hoping to find more pan-blue friendly judges, court officials said.

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FOE OF BEIJING: Therese Shaheen quit her post as chairwoman of the de facto US embassy to Taiwan, as some analysts said she was forced out by the Bush team
By Charles Snyder
American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Chairwoman Therese Shaheen, one of the Bush administration's strongest supporters of Taiwan, resigned from her position Wednesday, and administration officials say US President George W. Bush personally ordered her dismissal after a long bout of policy disagreements and questions about her management abilities at the institute.

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By Joy Su
Taipei City's Department of Rapid Transit Systems (DORTS) must pay France's Matra Transportation Corporation NT$1.5 billion as compensation for construction delays on the Mucha line of the MRT, the Taiwan High Court ruled on Wednesday.

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Polish and Bulgarian troops battled Shiite militiamen in the Iraqi shrine city of Kerbala yesterday as US-led forces struggled to quell the worst violence since Saddam Hussein's fall a year ago.

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Portrayed as a shoo-in for re-election just months ago, Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri was fighting for her political life yesterday, scrambling to form a coalition following her party's poor showing in this week's parliamentary elections.

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