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Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation reelects chairman
The Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) reelected Chiang Pin-kun as its chairman here Tuesday. Addressing the SEF board meeting after his election, Chiang, who just led the organization thr...
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DPP councilors block police chief
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chiayi County councilors on Monday physically blocked the newly appointed head of the county's police bureau outside the county hall, accusing him of mishandling cla...
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Environmental groups call for boycott of U.S. beef
Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) Several environmental groups in Taiwan on Tuesday protested against the imports of U.S. beef and called for a boycott against the products, arguing that they endanger public healt...
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President meets US envoys Talbott and Richard Bush
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) met Brookings Institution president Strobe Talbott and former American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) chairman Richard Bush at the Presidential Office on Monday, describi...
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Southern park achieves success in boosting jacana population
Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) The Pheasant-tailed Jacana Park in Guantien township in Tainan County, southern Taiwan has succeeded in boosting the population of the endangered species while developing as a saf...
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European Film Festival starts round-island tour in Taipei
Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) The fourth Taiwan European Film Festival kicked off Tuesday in Taipei, with the organizers announcing that 10 European films will be shown in free screenings at various universiti...
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Consumer voucher funding bill placed on legislative agenda
Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) The Legislative Yuan's Procedure Committee on Tuesday placed a bill that would allow the government to fund its consumer voucher program by issuing debt on the legislative agenda ...
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Exhibition on Silk Road artifacts from Xinjiang to kick off in Taipei
Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) Some 150 priceless artifacts from the Silk Road era, including a remarkably well-preserved female mummy unearthed in Xinjiang in northwestern China, will be exhibited at Taiwan's ...
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Chiang Pin-kung reelected as Straits Exchange Foundation chairman
Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) reelected as chairman Chiang Pin-kung during its board meeting on Tuesday. Kao Koong-lian, an incumbent SEF vice chairman, Fu Don-Cheng,...
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Legislature approves income tax cut
The Financial Committee of the Legislative Yuan on Monday passed the draft revision to the Income Tax Law that raises the four major reduction amounts for taxable income at a range of NT$22,000-54,000...
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FSC to help established banks issue subordinated bonds
In emulation of the bailout of the nine major U.S. banks by the U.S. government, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) plans to assist established banks in issuing subordinated bonds for purchase...
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Remote schools benefit from Web-based English learning program
Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) Five elementary schools in remote parts of the country that have been recipients of a Web-based literacy program donated by IBM have made improvements rated at over 60 percent in ...
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Agenda for next cross-strait meet to be ready by late December
Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said Tuesday the agenda for the third meeting between the top negotiators on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will be finalized by the end of thi...
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Premier hands out awards to people with disabilities
Premier Liu Chao-shiuan and Minister of the Interior Liao Liou-yi gave awards on Saturday to 10 physically challenged people for their outstanding performance in different areas, with the aim of raisi...
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Prices lower on Taipei futures market
Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) Prices on Taipei's stock futures market were lower sharply Tuesday, with the Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Index for December falling 216 points to end at 4,240, w...
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Lawmaker wants Kaohsiung port development included in special bill
Kaohsiung, Dec. 2 (CNA) Kuomintang (KMT) Legislator Huang Chao-shun called Tuesday for Kaohsiung City's air and sea ports to be included in an airport development bill so to sharpen the competitivenes...
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Kaohsiung hopes for forgiveness of NT$38b debt to central government
Kaohsiung, Dec. 2 (CNA) The Kaohsiung city government is hoping for debt forgiveness in respect of NT$38.1 billion in labor insurance fees and health insurance premiums that it owes to the central gov...
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* Former US athlete accused of threatening Sharapova
PHOTO: AP A former American college football player was charged on Monday with making threats against tennis star Maria Sharapova and her family in profanity-laced telephone messages to his former c...
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HIV infections through sexual contact rising in Taoyuan
Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) The number of people who were infected with HIV through sexual contact is rising in Taoyuan County, which indicated a lack of awareness about safe sex, Taoyuan health authorities ...
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City government begins site selection for damaged gondola tower
Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) The Taipei city government has begun the process of selecting a site for the possible relocation of a damaged support tower on the Maokong Gondola system, Mayor Hau Lung-bin said ...
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