SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL: The ex-president said the Mongol emperor showed that a small country could become the driving force to lead the world as long as it strives to do well
By Chang Yun-ping
Former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) yesterday drew on the example of the great Mongol emperor Genghis Khan (成吉思汗) to outline a goal for Taiwan's national development.

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A senior official of the Presidential Office expressed deep regret that a former military attache stationed in Guatemala protested while Vice President Annette Lu (呂秀蓮) was receiving an honorary doctorate from Guatemala's San Carlos University on Friday.

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FRIENDLY VISIT: The US leader was buoyed by his meeting with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as he pushed for endorsement of Iraq's new government
US President George W. Bush said yesterday that he sensed a "spirit of unity" in the international community to help Iraq's new government and expressed optimism that a UN Security Council resolution would be approved soon.

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A majority of people fear Beijing's hostility towards pro-independence Taiwanese enterpreneurs in China would undermine the nation's economic outlook, a survey showed yesterday.

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A roadside bomb killed an Amer-ican soldier and wounded three others yesterday in the second fatal attack on US troops in the capital in as many days. Iraq's new leader called for a halt to attacks on foreign troops, saying their rapid withdrawal would be a "major disaster."

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