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Friday, May 16, 2008



Taiwan will send four chartered flights to Chongqing to bring back all its nationals stranded in Sichuan, where the devastating earthquake hit Monday, Premier Chang Chun-hsiung said yesterday.
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Taiwan has provided rival China satellite images showing some areas devastated by the 7.9-magnitude earthquake in the mainland's southwest, officials and academics said Thursday.
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Taiwan shares satellite images with China





Taiwan is sending its first Red Cross rescue team to Sichuan today to help locate victims still buried under rubble after the worst earthquake in a century.
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Unification with China unlikely 'in our lifetimes': president-elect


Taiwan's new leader Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday that unification with longtime rival China is unlikely "in our lifetimes" because Taiwanese oppose the mainland's authoritarian rule.
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Jets lift life-saving aid materials to Sichuan


A China Airlines (CAL) cargo jet brought last night a planeload of 110 metric tons of life-saving aid materials from Taiwanese people to China's Sichuan Province hit by a devastating earthquake in the first ever direct flight service from the island to southwestern China in nearly 60 years.
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Tsai Ing-wen favored to win DPP leadership


With the election only two days away, Tsai Ing-wen, former vice premier, is favored to become the Democratic Progressive Party's first chairwoman.
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A child safety foundation executive yesterday upbraided the government for allegedly neglecting child safety over the long term, given the poor budget appropriated for the issue.
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A Norwegian pedophile was extradited to Oslo from Taiwan yesterday. Harry Larsen was the first European extradited from Taiwan, a spokesman for the Criminal Investigation Bureau said. Two Norwegian agents took Larsen under custody at Taoyuan International Airport in the evening.
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The Chinese American Press Institute (CAPI) in the United States has announced the 2008 winners of its Tsai Tung-yu Journalism Scholarship, including Chen Ya-ting studying at the Department of Journalism of Taipei-based Chinese Culture University (CCU).
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The RTC (resolution trust company) fund designed to deal with financially-troubled banking institution will have a balance of only NT$6.5 billion by the end of May, compared to its full amount of NT$234.3 billion, according to Hu Sheng-cheng, chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) said yesterday.
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