CONTROVERSIAL DEAL: A pan-blue politician attacked two pan-green lawmakers after they pointed out that the deal to buy US weapons was formulated by the KMT
By Debby Wu
Once again, violence marred the Legislative Yuan yesterday, as legislators exchanged shoves and blows over the statute governing the NT$610.8 billion special arms budget in the Procedure Committee.

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China demanded yesterday that the EU lift a 15-year-old embargo on weapons sales to Beijing, criticizing it as a Cold War relic after the latest French attempt to end the ban failed.

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PRECISION STRIKE: US forces raided mosques, bombed a restaurant and flattened 'safehouses' for insurgents, while 10 Turks were released after being held for weeks
US forces stepped up operations yesterday across a wide swath of the Sunni insurgent strongholds in the northwest of the capital, pounding targets in three urban centers from the air and supporting Iraqi troops in raids on mosques suspected of harboring insurgents.

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Crude oil prices hit the US$54 mark yesterday, fueled by continuing worries over supply in Nigeria and reduced output in the hurricane-hobbled Gulf of Mexico.

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