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All eyes on Taiwan’s presidential frontrunner
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TAIPEI: Ma Ying-jeou, the soft spoken former graft buster running
for Taiwan president, is the man to watch after his opposition
nationalist Kuomintang won weekend legislative polls in a landslide.
The Harvard-educated family man with
matinee-idol looks is the candidate to beat in the March 22 polls,
but corruption allegations threatened his chance to run for the
right to succeed outgoing President Chen Shui-bian.
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Taiwan’s president lashes
out at China after defeat
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TAIPEI: Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian on Sunday lashed out at
China, accusing it of trying to undermine Taipei one day after his
independence-leaning party took a beating at the polls.
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Mubarak urges for flexibility
on Palestinian issue
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CAIRO: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has on called on the
Palestinian and Israeli parties to show flexibility to reach an
agreement on the Palestinian issue, the Egyptian MENA news agency
reported.
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Freed Colombian hostage doesn’t
know fate of child’s father
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CARACAS, Venezuela: Clara Rojas, the Colombian politician released
last week by leftist guerrillas, said she does not know what
happened to the rebel who fathered the child she gave birth to
during her nearly six years in captivity.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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JAKARTA: The condition of Indonesia’s ex-President Suharto
worsened on Sunday, two days after he suffered multiple organ
failure, and was now “very critical,” the doctor leading the
team treating him said.
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