Sat, May 25, 2013
Official confirms cyberattack on system
The government experienced a cyberattack on the electronic interchange system for official documents early this month, but no confidential information was stolen, an Executive Yuan official confirmed yesterday following local media reports. While keeping mum on its findings in tracing ...FULL STORY
DGBAS slashes annual growth forecast to 2.4%
The government yesterday cut its GDP growth forecast for Taiwan to 2.4 percent this year, down from its...FULL STORYCars tumble into river as bridge collapses in US
The major link between the US and Canadian sides of the Pacific Northwest region was severed after a...FULL STORY
UK braces for possible copycat attacks, Islamophobia
CRIME SPIKE: A hotline for recording Islamophobic crimes said 38 incidents were reported on Wednesday,...FULL STORYDebris from China Airlines flight hits Atlanta house
A 6m long piece of material fell from the right wing of a China Airlines (CAL, 中華航空) Boeing 747-400 freighter...FULL STORY
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Legislature agrees to hold extra session
With the current legislative session due to end on Friday next week,...FULL STORY
- Anti-nuclear alliance criticizes nuclear referendum
- Taipei city councilors criticize police tactics
- DPP defuses ‘Chen bomb’ ahead of party congress
- DPP to be more inclusive in China-policy discussions
- Heritage analyst urges US sale of F-16C/D jets
- Cross-strait service trade pact likely to be inked in June
- Hospital releases avian flu patient after 35 days
- Law professor pans handling of fake stories
- Author fulfils boxed-meal pledge despite false rumors
- Foundation hopes to change attitudes toward assaults
- Extreme weather causes agricultural losses of NT$136m
- Mayor pledges to release documents
- Lawmakers pan ‘dozing’ authorities
- Report sheds light on telecom complaints
- Filipino worker praises shot Taiwanese fisherman
- Hospital visit leads couple to remarry
- FEATURE: Homeless man starts new life after acts of kindness
Life insurers keen on regulatory easing
Major life insurance companies yesterday welcomed the government’s planned regulatory easing that...FULL STORY
- HannStar shares margin trading rules tightened
- Singfore Life fined for land hoarding
- TEEMA chairman supports a weaker New Taiwan dollar to bolster exports
- Largan benefitting from demand for high-end lenses
- M1B, M2 money supply expansion slowed in April
- Lenovo can buy ‘almost any size’ asset
- Nokia sues HTC in US over alleged patent infringement
- TransAsia shares rise on hopes of a strategic investor; lower oil prices
- Taiwan Business Quick Take
- Japan defends PM’s economic policies
- Germany ekes out growth in Q1
- Amazon expands Kindle tablet sale to 170 countries
- Former CEO Lafley returns to P&G
- Google faces new federal antitrust probe: source
- World Business Qucik Take
- Industrial production declines
- MOF, Huaku sign lease agreement
EDITORIAL: Protecting a nation’s dignity
China fired a shot across the bow of legal activist Chen Guangcheng...FULL STORY
- South Asia and the new geopolitics
- ‘One China’ against the Philippines
- Batan isles have never been part of Philippines
- Harnessing the Asian remittance boom
- A lack of water and government inaction fuel uprising in Syria
- EDITORIAL: Careless wording harms diplomacy
- Conservation, not confrontations
- Surprises in the crises with the Philippines
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- Examining Islamophobia
- The endangered Arab Christian reflects instability for all Arabs
- EDITORIAL: Ma needs to proritize presidency
- Enforce anti-discrimination rules
- Taiwan must keep a cool head in dispute
- [ LETTER ]
- Will there be any jobs left for humans?
- Sovereign wealth funds can play key role in ‘green’ investment
Red Wings push Blackhawks to brink
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 on Thursday to...FULL STORY
- Taiwan edge India to set up must-win Myanmar tie
- Nibali wins uphill time trial to open a four-minute lead
- Rain delays second Test at Headingley
- Chiefs survive huge Crusaders onslaught to earn crucial win
- Kingston claims early lead in England
- Cleveland cruise past Boston, stay top of AL Central
- Palmer hits bogey-free 62 to seize lead at Invitational
- Lucky Irish hold Pakistan to a draw
- Peng Shuai stuns Sloane Stephens 6-2, 6-3 in Brussels
- Monfils advances as Querrey, Simon stumble in France
- Tardelli inspires Atletico Mineiro rally
- LIGUE 1: ‘Les Verts’ still eyeing third place
- City fight back to edge Blues in US
- LA LIGA: Sociedad look to bounce back against Real Madrid
- BUNDES LIGA: Firmino gives Hoffenheim edge in Bundesliga playoff
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- James saves Miami in the final seconds
Magnitude 8.2 earthquake hits Russia
A massive undersea earthquake yesterday in Russia’s far east prompted a tsunami...FULL STORY
- UN troops in DR Congo in ‘one or two months:’ Ban
- N Korea says it will take ‘positive steps’ for peace
- South Sudan says war crimes court persecutes Africans
- ‘Comfort women’ cancel meeting with Japan mayor
- Obama defends CIA’s drone program
- Syria ‘agrees’ to attend peace talks: Russia
- Boy Scouts in US vote to end ban on gay members
- Space fender-bender sends Ecuador’s tiny satellite spinning out of touch
- Archeologists find thousands of cave paintings in Mexico
- World News Quick Take
- US admits to having killed Americans in drone strikes
- Iran expanding nuclear weapon program: IAEA
- Japanese octogenarian is oldest to summit Everest
- Myanmar’s ‘goldrush’ lures foreigners
- Nations to boost aid to Syria rebels until al-Assad goes
- IMF’s Lagarde appears in court over payout scandal
- FEATURE: From opera to drills, US-China ties deepen
Leisure: Not the Holiday Inn
Isis Lee (李明俐) is worried about inns. These days, Taiwanese want someplace...FULL STORY
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- Bringing Taiwan to life
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- Top Five Mandarin Albums
- Taking it easy, taking it slow
- A tale of two voices
- Into the mystic
- Opera: Trying something old
Test tube babies celebrate Mother’s Day at hospital
試管嬰兒回娘家 媽媽分享幸福
Nearly 100 test tube babies and 140 parents attended the “Welcome Back...FULL STORY
- Thousands in need of ‘immediate’ food assistance in Niger
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- names new music director
波士頓交響樂團 新任音樂總監接掌 - Price surge for tomatoes has Brazilians up in arms
番茄價格飆漲 巴西人群起抗議 - BUSINESS ENGLISH
- Blogger charged with libel for lambasting novel’s translation
罵人亂翻譯 不懂日文當庭漏氣 - In landmark for US sports, Collins says he is gay
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- Spaniards take fight against evictions to politicians’ doorsteps
西班牙人在政客家門前反對房屋驅逐令 - Ogooglebar! Sweden’s spat with Google inspires ‘ungoogleable’ fun
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- Design student creates appealing fruit-shaped flytraps
大學生玩設計 西瓜造型捕蠅紙飄香 - BUSINESS ENGLISH
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- Britain to honor Winston Churchill on new banknote
英國新鈔印邱吉爾肖像表敬意 - Exercise, less sitting time, linked to better sleep
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