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  • Philippines says to finish probe on shooting Taiwan fishermen soon

    The Philippine National Bureau of Investigations (NBI) is close to finishing its investigations on a Taiwan fisherman shot dead by Philippine coast guards, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III said Tuesday.Except for the physical examination of the fishing vessel, the NBI has already completed its probe on the case, said Aquino in a chance interview after the 115th anniversary celebration of ...

  • Taiwan publishes fishing boat log to refute Philippine claims

    TAIPEI -- Taiwan's top fishery official yesterday published the record of a Taiwanese fishing boat's voyage to refute claims that it was operating in the Philippines' territorial waters when it was attacked by a Philippine government ...

  • Philippines ready to pay NT$1 million over fishermans death

    Philippines ' de facto embassy in Taiwan in the absence of diplomatic ties between the two countries. Whether the money should be characterized as compensation or a donation was the sticking point in frantic negotiations the night before Taiwan imposed sanctions on ...

  • Court ruling in ex-officials graft case to be appealed

    Taipei, May 21 (CNA) The Special Investigation Division (SID) said Tuesday that it will appeal a court ruling for what many perceive to be an excessively light sentence for former Executive Yuan Secretary-General Lin Yi-shih on graft charges. The Taipei District Court in late April sentenced Lin to seven years and four months in prison for accepting bribes from a contractor. Lin helped ...

  • Swaziland condemns Manila over shooting

    Philippines over an incident in which a Taiwanese fisherman was shot and killed by a government vessel May 9. Describing the incident as "cold-blooded murder," Swaziland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said such criminal behavior is considered intolerable by the world. It expressed hope in a letter that the dispute between Taiwan and ...

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Where the Heart Is [DVD]

Where the Heart Is [DVD]

"Where the Heart Is" is a shamelessly contrived melodrama with so many bizarre plot twists and tragic occurrences--desertion, child abuse, child kidnapping, a killer tornado, insanity, alcoholism, a character 's legs being cut off by a train--that it could conceivably rank up there with the ultimate of all high-pitched melodramas, "Kings Row" (1942), which also plays like a laundry list of terrib ... ...

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  • Taiwan reports first imported enterovirus case this year

    Taipei, May 21 (CNA) The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported Tuesday the first imported case of enterovirus 71 (EV71) infection with severe complications this year. The victim, a 19-month-old boy living in central Taiwan, along with his mother and four-year-old brother went ...

  • Philippines to respond to Taiwans request for judicial aid

    Philippines will respond in writing to a Taiwanese request for mutual legal assistance within two days, as part of an investigation into the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman, ...

  • Woman sorry for claiming mistreatment of Filipino

    Taipei, May 21 (CNA) A woman apologized Tuesday for spreading a rumor that a Filipino worker in Taipei was allegedly refused service by a cafeteria owner angry with ...

  • Taiwan to amend law to block piracy websites official

    Taipei, May 21 (CNA) The government will amend the Copyright Act in order to block foreign web sites that engage in "flagrant copyright violation" including many BitTorrent and FTP sites, officials said Tuesday. The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs will ask local Internet service providers to block access to identified IP addresses and domain ...

  • U.S. calls for early release of Philippines shooting report

    Washington, May 20 (CNA) The United States is hoping to see the early release of final investigation reports on the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Philippine coast guard patrol, a U.S. State Department official said Monday. "We've yet to see the final reports from either of the investigations from either side," said Deputy State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell. ...

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