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Thu, 23 May 2013 14:50:00 +0800 zh-TW China Post > Front Page http://www.chinapost.com.tw/rss/images/china_post.gif http://www.chinapost.com.tw Switching from scandals, Obama to address drones and Guantanamo http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/americas/2013/05/23/379339/Switching-from.htm (ChinaPost.com.tw) - President Barack Obama will seek to draw attention away from a series of domestic scandals with a speech on Thursday that defends the U.S. use of drones abroad and lays out a vision for closing the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/americas/2013/05/23/379339/Switching-from.htm Thu, 23 May 2013 14:22:00 +0800 British soldier hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/europe/2013/05/23/379338/British-soldier.htm (ChinaPost.com.tw) - A British soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street on Wednesday, in what the government said appeared to be a terrorist attack. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/europe/2013/05/23/379338/British-soldier.htm Thu, 23 May 2013 14:09:00 +0800 Feud not between peoples: president http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/05/23/379316/Feud-not.htm (ChinaPost.com.tw) - President Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday that a row between Taiwan and the Philippines is not a dispute between the two countries' peoples but between the people of Taiwan and the Philippine government. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/05/23/379316/Feud-not.htm Thu, 23 May 2013 00:01:00 +0800 Japan reaches historic low in April trade deficit http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia/japan/2013/05/23/379320/Japan-reaches.htm (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Japan on Wednesday posted its worst April trade deficit as a weak yen ramped up import costs and helped extend the run of monthly shortfalls to the longest in more than three decades. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia/japan/2013/05/23/379320/Japan-reaches.htm Thu, 23 May 2013 00:01:00 +0800 PTS row 'worst' int'l scandal: Lung http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/05/23/379324/PTS-row.htm (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Culture Minister Lung Ying-tai (龍應台) yesterday said that the lack of Public Television Service Foundation (PTS) board member candidates that is preventing it from operating is the “biggest international scandal that Taiwan has ever had.” http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/05/23/379324/PTS-row.htm Thu, 23 May 2013 00:01:00 +0800 Bernanke poker-faced on Fed pullback in testimony http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/americas/2013/05/23/379327/Bernanke-poker-faced.htm (ChinaPost.com.tw) - The Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus is helping the U.S. economy recover but the central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking its foot off the gas, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/americas/2013/05/23/379327/Bernanke-poker-faced.htm Thu, 23 May 2013 00:01:00 +0800 MOJ turns down Manila's mutual legal assistance http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/05/23/379330/MOJ-turns.htm (ChinaPost.com.tw) - The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) yesterday said it has declined a Philippine request for bilateral judicial assistance for the time being, as the Philippine government still refuses to provide a video of the entire killing incident of a Taiwanese fisherman on May 9. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/05/23/379330/MOJ-turns.htm Thu, 23 May 2013 00:01:00 +0800 Oklahoma residents come home to pick up the pieces http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/americas/2013/05/22/379252/Oklahoma-residents.htm (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Residents began returning home to their flattened Oklahoma town after a giant tornado killed at least 24 people, destroyed countless homes and reduced one elementary school almost entirely to rubble, killing seven children inside. Authorities said they were confident that all survivors and bodies had been found. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/americas/2013/05/22/379252/Oklahoma-residents.htm Wed, 22 May 2013 20:32:00 +0800 North Korea sends top Kim Jong-un aide to Beijing http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/korea/2013/05/22/379245/North-Korea.htm (ChinaPost.com.tw) - North Korea sent one of its top military officials as a "special envoy" from its leader Kim Jong-un to Beijing on Wednesday, accompanied by a high-powered delegation in what appeared to be a bid to mend frayed relations with its most important ally. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/korea/2013/05/22/379245/North-Korea.htm Wed, 22 May 2013 16:47:00 +0800