'FARMAGGEDON': Pig farmers countrywide were on high alert, with emergency measures kicking in after news broke that swine flu had struck more than 150 pigs
More than 150 pigs at a Taitung farm have tested positive for the A(H1N1) virus, marking the country’s first case of pigs being diagnosed with the influenza strain, Council of Agriculture (COA) officials confirmed yesterday.

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By Shelley Shan
An earthquake struck Nantou County yesterday near the epicenter of the 921 Earthquake and was felt nationwide, with a maximum intensity of 7.0 on the Richter scale in Nantou’s Mingjian Township (名間). The temblor was followed by aftershocks as strong as 5.7.

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By Ko Shu-ling, Jenny W. hsu and Flora Wang
The National Security Council secretary-general, Su Chi (蘇起), yesterday apologized for causing panic over the government’s relaxed beef policy.

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An Italian judge convicted 23 US and two Italian secret agents or military officers for the CIA’s kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in 2003, as Washington expressed dismay over the ruling.

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Hideki Matsui produced one of the greatest big-game performances in Major League Baseball playoff history as the New York Yankees beat Philadelphia 7-3 on Wednesday to win their 27th World Series title.

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Israel said on Wednesday that commandos had intercepted a ship carrying “hundreds of tonnes” of arms from Iran to Hezbollah in a raid dozens of kilometers off its coast, but both Iran and Syria denied the cargo was headed to the Lebanese militia.

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