IDENTIFIED: The man who police believe shot and wounded the president on March 19 last year killed himself almost a year ago, and the authorities dogged investigation has finally pieced together the puzzle
By Rich Chang
Police said yesterday that they believed a man named Chen Yi-hsiung (陳義雄) shot President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) and Vice President Annette Lu (呂秀蓮) on March 19, but that he committed suicide shortly after his failed assassination attempt.

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TORTURE STRATEGY: The White House allowed the CIA to deal with terror suspects without scrutiny, as one detainee reported the use of a jet for taking suspects to be tortured
The Bush administration's secret program transferring scores of suspected terrorists to foreign countries to be imprisoned and interrogated has been carried out by the CIA under broad authority to act without case-by-case approval from the White House or the State or Justice departments, according to current and former government officials.

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By Ko Shu-ling
Despite complaints from the ruling party and legislative reform groups, indicted Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Ho Chih-hui (何智輝) was elected head of the legislature's judicial committee yesterday.

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China will keep controversial exchange-rate controls and hold down industrial investment this year as it tries to rein in surging growth and restrain inflation, officials said yesterday.

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