US leaves open more arms for Taiwan - YAHOO!
... administration in January approved a 6.4 billion dollar arms package for Taiwan including helicopters, Patriot missiles and mine-hunting ships, angering Beijing . State Department official David Shear ... and Security Review Commission, US ...
Taiwan’s Steaming Pools of Paradise - New York Times
The odor, which courses through the lobby and rooms of some of the finest hotels on Taiwan ’s northern end, is a telltale indication that you’ve arrived in hot spring country — a lush and mountainous region that forms the island’s volcanic ...
Caught in a culture clash: Taiwan is thriving in China ... - The Independent
My favourite fact about Taiwan's capital, Taipei, is this: within two years no resident nor office worker will be further than 50 metres from an entrance to an underground station. It puts the estimate that Londoners are never more than 20 yards from ...
Amnesty urges Taiwan to scrap death penalty - Monsters and Critics
... death penalty sparked by former justice minister Wang Ching-feng's open support for a moratorium on executions and her subsequent resignation, said the letter written by AI secretary general Claudio Cordone. 'We ask you to ensure that Taiwan ...
CD Reviews: Taiwan - Taipei Times
Having been together for more than a decade — practically an eternity for a Taiwanese indie band — the Peppermints (薄荷葉) are showing their age, and in a good way. Their third and latest release, Banished (流放地), is a solid album of ...
BASEBALL: Ramirez shines in Taiwan - Whittier Daily News
Right now, this is practice and I'm not quite in form yet, but I'm getting into shape," said Ramirez, who again was the designated hitter. "I still need to play outfield ... In Glendale, Ariz., Matt Kemp hit a towering two-run home run, his second of ...
SEC boss: Agency examining companies - Associated Press
Investors were unnerved overnight by new signs European indecision ... Korea's Kospi was up 5.98 points, or 0.4 percent, at 1,681.15. Elsewhere, Shanghai's market eased 0.4 percent, Australia's index ticked 0.1 percent higher and Taiwan's market ...
Taiwan riled after Vancouver airport refuses woman ... - Edmonton Journal
... was turned away from Canada by border agents at Vancouver International ... throughout Taiwan in recent days. "Everyone is talking about this. I think that it is not very good for relations between Taiwan and Canada," said Matthew Chou, director ...
Paraguay, El Salvador tied to derecognise Taiwan, says ... - Monsters and Critics
Taipei - Paraguay and El Salvador tried to cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in order to recognize China, but China rejected the offer due to improving Taipei-Beijing ties, a Taiwanese official said Saturday. Taiwan is currently recognized by only 23 ...
D&O Green unit, Taiwan firm to merge RFID ops - Business Times Malaysia
D&O GREEN Technologies Bhd’s unit Omega Semiconductor Sdn Bhd has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Taiwan’s Securitag Assembly Group Co Ltd (SAG) to merge their radio frequency identification (RFID) operations. Under the MOU, Omega ...
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Spain says video shows firefighters on holiday
A Spanish firefighting force says a video released by French officials investigating an alleged ETA shooting does not show the suspected gunmen, but rather a group of Catalan firefighters on holiday.
Thousands rally in Russia against Putin
 Thousands rally across Russia to denounce government economic policy and demand more freedom in a new challenge to the Kremlin reflecting increasing disillusionment.
Obama appeals to Iranians in online video
In a fresh appeal to the Iranian people, President Obama says in an online video that the U.S. wants more cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.
Nepal leader who helped end king's rule dies at 86
Nepal's former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, who served five terms, led mass protests that ended the king's authoritarian rule and was a key figure in peace negotiations with communist rebels, died Saturday. He was 86.
Thai protesters' caravan wends through capital
A crimson tide of protesters snaked its way through the streets of the Thai capital Saturday, traveling in a caravan of thousands of cars, trucks and motorbikes to drum up support for their campaign to oust a government they call illegitimate.
Saving lives — one Afghan mother at a time
Pakistan official: 3 Taliban militants arrested
Police arrested three Taliban militants Saturday and seized a bomb-making factory in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi, a counterterrorism official said.
Married at 9, divorced at 10: Girl's memoir
In a harrowing memoir she has yet to read herself, Nujood Ali tells how at age 9 she was forced to marry a man three times her age, raped and beaten, then made Yemeni history by getting a divorce.
Thousands of BA flights canceled as crew on strike
Retiree Richard Moore arrived at Heathrow with a suitcase of summer clothes for a Miami cruise only to be sent to Denver. Susan Danby wondered if plans for a joint 50th birthday celebration in Las Vegas would be a losing bet.
Avalanche engulfs sledders, at least 1 dead
At least one person was killed and several others are feared buried after a massive avalanche engulfs a group of snowmobilers in western Canada, according to reports.
Sandstorm turns Beijing sky orange
 China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies Saturday as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country’s north, making breathing the air “very bad for health.”
U.N. chief: Israel must stop settlements
 Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal and must be stopped, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said Saturday.
Little fanfare for 7th anniversary of war in Iraq
 Almost seven years after the first bombs in the war to oust Saddam Hussein, Iraqis went about their business Friday with little observance of the anniversary, looking to the future with a mixture of trepidation and hope.
Pope blasts Irish bishops for ‘grave errors’
 Pope Benedict XVI rebuked Irish bishops Saturday for "grave errors of judgment" in handling clerical sex abuse cases and ordered an investigation into the Irish church.
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