SCOLDING: The Taiwan High Court said lawyers for the pan-blue camp would have to build a better case before proceeding with their suit aiming to overturn the election
By Jimmy Chuang
Taiwan High Court judges said the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)-People First Party (PFP) alliance hadn't prepared properly for their case trying to overturn the result of the presidential election and gave the alliance's lawyers two weeks to get their act together.

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By Jimmy Chuang
A former China Times employee was hauled in for questioning yesterday for allegedly calling seven foreign representative offices and threatening their diplomats on April 16, warning them not to attend President Chen Shui-bian's (陳水扁) inauguration on May 20.

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PRISONER TREATMENT: The US president plans to give interviews on Arab television to condemn behavior at the Abu Ghraib prison that has led to an international outcry
US President George W. Bush yesterday took personal command of efforts to counter a backlash in the Arab world to US soldiers murdering and abusing Iraqis in what was once Saddam Hussein's most notorious jail.

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World oil prices forged to their highest level for 13 years on Tuesday as Middle East violence stoked concern over supply security with US fuel inventories already running low.

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Three bombs exploded outside a police station yesterday in a series of timed blasts, causing serious damage and rattling security forces just 100 days before the Olympic Games. No injuries were reported.

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