COOPERATION: The Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese Nationalist Party made a deal regarding a visit by KMT Chairman Lien Chan, a Hong Kong paper said
By Joy Su
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) have agreed to allow KMT Chairman Lien Chan (連戰) to visit China, a Hong Kong daily said yesterday.

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Beijing should acquiesce in Taiwan's bid for World Health Assembly (WHA) observer status as a means to mend the new rift in cross-strait relations caused by China's recent enactment of its "Anti-Secession" Law, a think-tank China expert said Tuesday.

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By Melody Chen
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday expressed regret over the US' decision to drop a resolution condemning Beijing's human rights record this year at the UN Human Rights Commission.

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Firefighters freed a survivor trapped in a crumpled house on remote Nias island yesterday, as officials estimated 1,000 had died and the first foreign military help arrived for survivors of Indonesia's powerful magnitude-8.7 earthquake.

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STRICTLY BUSINESS: After the high-profile former CEO failed to boost profits at the computer maker, the company has hired Fiorina's `antithesis'
Hewlett-Packard Co named Mark Hurd, a low-key longtime NCR Corp executive, to replace the ousted Carly Fiorina as president and CEO. HP shares rose more than 10 percent.

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