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<title>CULTURE &amp; MORE: Highway buses shift into high gear</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184452080</link>
<pubDate>22 Aug 2008 03:20 GMT</pubDate>
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...  by train. Behind it all is the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, which  ...  JR Bus conglomerates. Once part of the government-run Japan National Railway (now Japan Railways), JR  ...  tourists are already on board. Visitors from Taiwan, South Korea and China are a regular  ...
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<title>Lawmaker Yen reports to prison following delays</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184451406</link>
<pubDate>22 Aug 2008 03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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...  news staff Friday, August 22, 2008 TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Legislator Yen Ching-piao voluntarily reported to  ...  result. Prosecutors in Taichung County, Yen&apos;s major political power base, said they will verify with  ...  He generally cast his votes in the parliament as an ally of the ruling Kuomintang.  ...
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<title>Government expense budget for 2009 fiscal year up 6.9%</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184451402</link>
<pubDate>22 Aug 2008 03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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... Government expense budget for 2009 fiscal year up  ...  news staff Friday, August 22, 2008 TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Cabinet yesterday approved the central  ...  the nation&apos;s highest administrative body. Shih Su-mei, minister of the DGBAS, said that Premier Liu  ...
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<title>Chen has tarnished Taiwan&apos;s int&apos;l image</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184448817</link>
<pubDate>22 Aug 2008 02:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Post news staff Friday, August 22, 2008 Taiwan used to be referred to as one  ...  a slowdown in economic growth and increasing government corruption. These days, a sense of shame  ...  will certainly deepen negative impressions of Taiwan politics. The repercussions of this event on the  ...
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<title>Chiang charms local Dems</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184445941</link>
<pubDate>22 Aug 2008 01:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Chiang said organizers were more interested in his own biography &amp;mdash; a son of Taiwanese immigrants who worked his way up through the ranks of government and Democratic politics to become one of the highest-ranking Asian-American officeholders in the continental United States &amp;mdash;  ...
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<title>Vancouver Film School goes global</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184431903</link>
<pubDate>21 Aug 2008 23:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  (VFS) launched three new international offices in Taiwan, South Korea and Mexico City, as well  ...  an attempt to bolster Indias animation/entertainment industry, Minister of State for Education Vasu Deo Devnani  ...  which was opened last year by the government in a private partnership deal. Not surprisingly,  ...
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<title>Japan to start overseas cell phone technology push</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184424534</link>
<pubDate>21 Aug 2008 22:57 GMT</pubDate>
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...  especially the nation&apos;s popular &quot;wallet phone,&quot; a government official said Tuesday. Although Japan boasts some  ...  users, said Masayuki Ito, official at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Among the  ...  quirky services. &quot;But Asian nations such as Taiwan and South Korea have for years expressed  ...
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<title>Universal health makes &apos;cents&apos;</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184418119</link>
<pubDate>21 Aug 2008 22:12 GMT</pubDate>
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...  experts at Princeton University. A native of Taiwan, Cheng says, &quot;In Taiwan, when National Health  ...  correct. Reinhardt says, &quot;This is what some politicians cannot get through their heads. They talk  ...  employers; the others pay flat rates with government help. The poor and veterans are fully  ...
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<title>Local record-setter features at Taipeis world robot show</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184392104</link>
<pubDate>21 Aug 2008 19:18 GMT</pubDate>
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...  World Record as the smallest humanoid robot. Ministry of Economic Affairs statistics indicated that local  ...  the intelligent robot industry. Since 2005, the government has included the robotics industry in its  ...  national development plan and aims to make Taiwan a global manufacturing and design center for  ...
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<title>Dont let our guard down: defense minister</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184390604</link>
<pubDate>21 Aug 2008 18:58 GMT</pubDate>
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... Minister of National Defense Chen Chao-min, right, yesterday  ...  (F) warned yesterday against a relaxing of Taiwans military preparedness in the face of decreasing  ...  the 823 Artillery Bombardment Association, said the government should make Aug. 23 a national memorial  ...
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<title>Next years budget approved, defense spending gets cut</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184390603</link>
<pubDate>21 Aug 2008 18:58 GMT</pubDate>
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...  General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) Minister Shih Su-mei () said without elaborating. Shih  ...  Shih said. The budget earmarked for the i-Taiwan 12 projects, one of President Ma Ying-jeous  ...  into the statement as possible. Meanwhile, the government estimated that state-owned firms would suffer a  ...
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<title>Northern Taiwan facing more dengue fever cases</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184390602</link>
<pubDate>21 Aug 2008 18:58 GMT</pubDate>
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... Northern Taiwan facing more dengue fever cases The Taipei City Government will spray Shezidao in Shilin tomorrow and  ...  total number of cases to 11, CDC deputy chief Shih Wen-yi (I) said. Yesterday, four  ...
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<title>Delegation receives good feedback on ASEAN hope</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184390600</link>
<pubDate>21 Aug 2008 18:58 GMT</pubDate>
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...  received positive feedback about the possibility of Taiwan participating in the group. Vice Legislative Speaker  ...  of Thailands Royalist Peoples Party, and Indonesian parliament member Theo Sambuaga both promised full support  ...  Tseng said it was important for the government to focus on participation in ASEAN because  ...
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<title>Government sets the stage for return to CKS Memorial</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184390599</link>
<pubDate>21 Aug 2008 18:58 GMT</pubDate>
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... Government sets the stage for return to CKS  ...  toward changing the name of the National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall back to Chiang Kai-shek  ...  Democracy Hall name. Asked to comment, Vice Minister of Education Lu Mu-lin (fY) said The  ...
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<title>Indictments expected soon in missing PNG fund case</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=184390598</link>
<pubDate>21 Aug 2008 18:58 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the eight accounts had been wired to Taiwanese officials. The Singaporean report said that a  ...  be transferred to the Papua New Guinea government after both countries had signed a diplomatic  ...  funds and has since disappeared. Chiou, former minister of foreign affairs James Huang () and  ...
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