GOODWILL: President Chen Shui-bian said yesterday that he asked People First Party Chairman James Soong to act as his messenger during a visit to China this week
By Jimmy Chuang
President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) yesterday said that he hopes People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜) can act as his messenger when he visits China on May 5.

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Appealing to Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) party members across the nation, Taipei City Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) promised yesterday that if he is elected to the KMT chairmanship in July, he will push for the party's top decision-making body to make a tour of the nation and will establish a youth corps for the new generation of pan-blue supporters.

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UNCONFIRMED: Although the Japanese media said yesterday that North Korea fired a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan, more facts were not forthcoming
North Korea is believed to have fired a short-range missile yesterday into the Sea of Japan, Japanese news reports said, amid a standoff between the communist state and the outside world over its nuclear ambitions.

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By Paul Huang
Wang Chien-ming's (王建民) Major League debut for the New York Yankees on Saturday was a big success, even though he was not the winning pitcher in the 4-3 Yankees victory.

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By Amber Chung
A fire broke out yesterday afternoon at a building of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) Inc's factory in Chungli, Taoyuan County, and was extinguished approximately five hours later. No deaths were reported.

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