LODGING PROTESTS: The ministry said it is lobbying the UN's Geneva office to grant access for Taiwanese journalists who have been banned from the summit
By Melody Chen
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said yesterday it is working hard to persuade the UN Office in Geneva to issue press passes to Taiwanese journalists to cover the 58th World Health Assembly (WHA), which is scheduled to take place in Geneva from May 16 to May 25.

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REMEMBERING WAR: US President George Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao were some of the guests expected at an event to mark the end of World War II
Soldiers marched and medal-bedecked veterans waved from military trucks rolling down a main Moscow street yesterday, as Russia began a pomp-filled, high-security celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany.

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Taiwan was yesterday making "last-ditch efforts" to ensure that Premier Frank Hsieh's (謝長廷) trip to Europe goes ahead despite pressure from China which opposes foreign trips by Taiwanese officials, a report and official said.

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INSIDE ACCOUNT: A former translator for interrogation sessions has gone public with damaging revelations about abuse at the key facility in the US war on terror
A US soldier has revealed shocking new details of abuse and sexual torture of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay in the first high-profile whistleblowing account to emerge from inside the top-secret base.

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