BRAINSTORMING: Officials at a two-day workshop hammered out plans that include forcing industry to go ‘green’ and requiring all taxis to run on liquefied petroleum gas
By Shih Hsiu-chuan
The Cabinet will make significant changes to housing, transportation and the structure of industry and energy sources to ensure the nation’s energy security as the world enters an era of high oil prices, Premier Liu Chao-shiuan (劉兆玄) said yesterday.

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‘terrifying’: Aviation officials were yesterday trying to determine what had punched a 3m wide hole into the side of the Boeing 747’s fuselage
A Qantas Boeing 747 flying to Melbourne made an emergency landing in Manila yesterday after a dramatic mid-air rupture that left a “gaping hole” in its fuselage, officials and passengers said.

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Taipei prosecutors raided Yuanta Securities Corp (元大證券) yesterday afternoon and detained several high-ranking officials of the nation’s largest brokerage firm for questioning over suspected trading irregularities, a company official said.

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A group representing Iraqi athletes will file a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice against the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over its decision to uphold its ban on Iraq at the Beijing Games, an Iraqi sports official said yesterday.

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The US Justice Department in 2002 told the CIA that its interrogators would be safe from prosecution for violations of anti-torture laws if they believed “in good faith” that harsh techniques used to break prisoners’ will would not cause “prolonged mental harm.”

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