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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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HIGHTLIGHT
 
Wang says Yankees still his first choice  
New York Yankees Taiwanese right hander Wang Chien-ming yesterday said that he was ready to return to the mound after the surgical operation on his
Obama's Asia trip yields few concrete achievements  
President Barack Obama ended his trip to Asia on Thursday much as he'd begun it a week earlier, surrounded by U.S. forces as he sought
EU names Belgium's PM Rompuy as its 1st president  
European Union leaders on Thursday selected Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the first president of the 27-nation bloc. Meeting behind closed doors in Brussels,
 
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TAIWAN
 
 
photo Wang says Yankees still his first choice  
New York Yankees Taiwanese right hander Wang Chien-ming yesterday said that he was ready to return to the mound after the surgical operation on his
Taiwan shares close down 0.99 percent  
Taiwan share prices closed down 0.99 percent yesterday as investors followed a retreat on Wall Street overnight, dealers said. The weighted index fell 77.01 points to
Taiwan donates funds for global bird conservation  
In a move to contribute to global wildlife conservation, Taiwan has again donated funds to Bird Life International (BLI) , a London-based organization working to
 


WORLD  
 
Senator: Letters to Santa in N. Pole to resume  
North Pole elves have good reason to celebrate again, thanks to a decision by the U.S. Postal Service to resume a Santa Claus letter program
Levi Johnston's mother gets 3 years in drug case  
The mother of the man former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol had planned to marry has been sentenced to three years in
Chinese activist detained during Obama trip  
A leading Chinese human rights lawyer who tried unsuccessfully to meet with President Barack Obama in Beijing this week was detained and interrogated twice during
 

BUSINESS  
 
Ex-Vivendi CEO: I made mistakes but never misled  
Former Vivendi CEO Jean-Marie Messier told a jury Friday he made mistakes in his troubled bid to turn the French water company into a global
Treasury prices fall, yields inch off lows  
Treasury prices mostly fell Friday, pushing their yields higher. Yields on short-term bills hovered near their lows of the year. The yield on the three-month T-bill,
SC jury finds '3 Hebrew Boys' guilty in scam  
Three U.S. men have been found guilty of bilking thousands of investors out of more than $80 million. A federal jury in South Carolina of four
 
 

ASIA  
 
Points, Bettencourt lead at Pebble Beach  
D.A. Points shot a 2-under 70 at Del Monte, and Matt Bettencourt had a 71 in wind and rain at Spyglass Hill to share the
Ex-Vivendi CEO: I made mistakes but never misled  
Former Vivendi CEO Jean-Marie Messier told a jury Friday he made mistakes in his troubled bid to turn the French water company into a global
Army relents, will allow media at Palin book event  
The U.S. Army has reversed its position and now says it will open former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to
 

POLITIC
Chavez praises Carlos the Jackal  
Hugo Chavez is defending alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was a "revolutionary fighter." Chavez mentioned the Venezuelan _ whose
SOCIETY
Wang says Yankees still his first choice  
New York Yankees Taiwanese right hander Wang Chien-ming yesterday said that he was ready to return to the mound after the surgical operation on his
 
 
SPORTS
Wang says Yankees still his first choice  
New York Yankees Taiwanese right hander Wang Chien-ming yesterday said that he was ready to return to the mound after the surgical operation on his
TRAVEL
Joshua Tree National Park is an often-overlooked treasure  
Yosemite, Yellowstone and Grand Canyon get the publicity, and the visitors. But there are plenty of lesser-known national parks that offer gorgeous vistas and pristine
 
 
CULTURE
Bergman film festival kicks off on Nov. 28 in Taipei, Taiwan  
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Bergman Film Festival will kick off on Nov. 28 at Spot Taipei Film House. A series of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman's
ENTERTAINMENT
Drilling for Scotch whisky on frozen continent  
A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica's ice for a lost cache of some vintage Scotch whisky that has been on
 
 
EDITORIAL
KMT must not toss Taiwan TFT-LCD sector to PRC  
Since assuming office in May 2008, President Ma Ying-jeou's right-wing Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) administration has launched a wave of moves to "liberalize" and "deregulate"
OPINION
Health care and illegal immigrants in the U.S.  
Few issues have caused as much of a stir this year as the question of whether illegal immigrants will be included in the Democratic healthcare
 
 
PERSPECTIVE
Council of Europe debates draft on gay adoption and gender re-assignment  
Next week in Europe, a committee of human rights "experts" will discuss a draft recommendation on measures to "combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation
 
 
 

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