DIPLOMATIC ALLY: A bill called for high-level exchanges at the Cabinet level and for the Bush administration to drop its insulting policy toward a democratic friend
By Charles Snyder
The US House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution urging the administration of President George W. Bush to allow top Taiwanese officials to visit Washington freely in order to enhance bilateral communications.

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The US House of Representatives has rebuked US ally Japan and called for an apology for the sexual slavery inflicted by its wartime military on 200,000 Asian "comfort women."

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By Jewel Huang
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said that a new US bill that would expand its visa-waiver program to include several allies in its war on terror could benefit Taiwan.

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'LYING AND CHEATING': Having set a new deadline, the Taliban said they would kill one, two or all the remaining captives if their demands were not met
Police discovered the body of a second South Korean hostage yesterday slain by the Taliban in central Afghanistan, while relatives of the remaining captives pleaded for the US to help to resolve the crisis.

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By Jessie Ho
Drivers and motorcyclists can take a break from rising fuel prices, as the Ministry of Economic Affairs yesterday ordered state-run CPC Corp, Taiwan (CPC) to leave gasoline prices unchanged until an improved floating price mechanism is determined within two weeks.

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A former Khmer Rouge prison chief was charged yesterday with crimes against humanity and placed in detention by Cambodia's UN-backed tribunal in the first legal action against regime leaders.

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