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Taiwan’s ex-president awaits politicized verdict
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TAIPEI: The most controversial trial in Taiwan’s history reaches
its long awaited conclusion on Friday when a court in Taipei
announces its verdict in the graft case against former President
Chen Shui-bian.
It is a legal drama that has sharply divided the
island’s population of 23 million, with some seeing justice
prevailing but others suspecting a politically motivated plot to
lock 58-year-old Chen up for good.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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US Supreme Court may relax election-spending
regulations
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WASHINGTON, D.C: The US Supreme Court Wednesday eyed a strike-down
of century-old federal controls on corporate election spending, in a
case that could have far-reaching implications for US politics.
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Eight Years After 9/11,
Al-Qaeda Terror Group Still Haunts Americans
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Eight years after the September 11 attacks, a
weakened Al-Qaeda remains a tenacious enemy, US officials say, but
Americans are growing weary of the fight against terror.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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BRUSSELS: A top European Union team will travel to Zimbabwe this
weekend to work on normalizing ties, the first such visit since the
EU sanctioned its hardline leaders in 2002, EU officials said
Thursday.
-- AFP
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