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TaiwanSun.com Friday 12th March 2010 Volume 2739
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"I believe the United States Congress owes the American people a final vote on healthcare reform. I ask Congress to finish its work, and I look forward to signing this reform into law."
Barack Obama
The U.S. president was speaking at the White House.

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United States, Dollar - 0.731 31.82 6.831 90.55
Euro 1.366 - 43.49 9.337 123.7
Taiwan, New Dollar 0.031 0.022 - 0.214 2.845
China, Yuan Renminbi 0.146 0.107 4.658 - 13.25
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Justice Minister Wang Refuses To Approve Executions

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God-men of India under a cloud
Tourists enjoy paragliding in Solang Nala
New Delhi hosts first invitational archery contest before Commonwealth Games
Sports Club Pleads No Contest In Boy's Uzi Death

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11 Siberian tigers die of malnutrition in China zoo
China accuses Dalai Lama of `separatism' in anniversary speech
China trying to annihilate Buddhism in Tibet: Dalai Lama
Google says it is prepared to leave China if censoring continues
Chinese Navy has no plan for overseas bases: Ex-deputy chief
Tibetans rounded up ahead of crackdown anniversary

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bullet Don't use Taiwan to interfere in internal affairs, says China to US corner

Li Zhaoxing, the chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Foreign Affairs Committee, has said the use of the Taiwan issue by certain country to interfere into China's internal affairs is "unacceptable".

"The use of Taiwan issue to interfere into China's internal affairs and disrupt the great cause of reunification of the Chinese motherland hurts the feelings of the Chinese people across the Taiwan Strait and this is completely unacceptable," The China Daily quoted Zhaoxing, as saying.

Earlier in January, Washington had announced plans to sell an arms package to Taiwan, which included Patriot missiles, Black Hawk helicopters and mine sweepers.

"At a time, when the Chinese people across the Taiwan Strait are carrying out friendly exchanges as brothers, the advanced arms sales to Taiwan by a certain country is like handing a dagger to one person when he is hugging his brother," Zhaoxing added.

"The Taiwan issue concerns China's core interests and the feelings of all Chinese people across the Taiwan Strait," he added. (ANI)


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