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  • Depression behind Taiwan ex-President suicide attempt DPP lawmaker

    TAIPEI (Taiwan News) - Former President Chen Shui-bian's recent suicide attempt was motivated by depression and not by changes in the Accounting Act, an opposition Democratic Progressive Party lawmaker said Tuesday. Chen reportedly tried to hang him himself at the Taichung Prison's Pei Teh Hospital last June 2 after the passage of an amendment to the Accounting Act which would have ...

  • Taiwan U.S. work closely on mutual legal assistance minister

    New York, June 17 (CNA) Justice Minister Tseng Yung-fu said in the United States on Monday that Taiwan and the United States have cooperated closely on legal issues since signing a mutual legal assistance agreement in 2002. From the time the deal was signed to the end of April 2013, the two sides have requested assistance in 160 cases and received the required help in 146 of them, Tseng said. ...

  • Chinas LED market held back by uninformed consumers survey

    China 's light-emitting diode (LED) lighting market, according to the results of a recent survey. The survey conducted by consumer research specialist Avanti found that only 25 percent of the Chinese consumers questioned were able to identify LED light bulbs. Even among that group, many were still unclear about the basic properties of LED light bulbs, such as their benefits, prices and ...

  • Taipei residents clamor for change to road name

    Residents in Fude Street, Taipei, recently showed overwhelming support in a petition to have their street annexed as a section of Xinyi Road. According to a local media report, the petition has passed the threshold of three-quarters of all residents required for a change of address, with some of the neighborhoods seeing support rates of around 80 to 90 percent. Fude is not a bad name. Fu (?) and ...

  • Hon Hai to bid for 4G spectrum license official

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Rumors that Hon Hai Precision is keen on getting a 4G license in Taiwan was confirmed on Monday by an official in the National Communication Commission (NCC), who also revealed a long list of new ...

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Magnificient Obsession [DVD]

Magnificient Obsession [DVD]

Based on a sermon masquerading as a sudsy (and, from what Ive heard, practically unreadable) 1929 novel by minister-turned-writer Lloyd C. Douglas, Magnificent Obsession was not the first Hollywood film directed by German migr Douglas Sirk, but it was the first ... ...

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  • Foreign students arrested after having sex in park

    The students, one from the United States and the other from Brazil, were spotted having sex in the park by people who were exercising at around 5 a.m. yesterday. Bystanders called police to arrest the duo for indecent public behavior. When police arrived, the two were found with their bodies embraced. The male American student was found with his pants off and with a condom in his hands, the ...

  • Pan ends impressive show at US Open with top 50 finish

    TAIPEI -- Taiwanese amateur Pan Cheng-tsung, who shows amazing poise for a 21 year-old, may be disappointed with his performance in the second half of the U.S. Open, but he has proven that he is a rising star who is ready to compete at a higher ...

  • Former top ombudsman receives civilian order

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Former Control Yuan chief Wang Tso-yung (???) yesterday received the Order of Propitious Clouds with Special Grand Cordon (??????) from President Ma ...

  • Government to step in as land shortages constrain businesses

    The Council for Economic Planning and Development has studied the needs of overseas Taiwanese businesses looking to invest back home and discovered that they are in great need of land. The government then launched the "improve soft environment for investment" program, which aligns with business requirements. President Ma Ying-jeou recently instructed executive authorities to remove ...

  • Compal Communications expected to rebound on Nokia orders

    Taipei, June 18 (CNA) Taiwan-based Compal Communications Inc., which produces Lumia phones for Nokia Oyj, is likely to post strong business growth in the second half of 2013 thanks to multiple smartphone projects, according to Goldman Sachs. The U.S. brokerage firm expected Compal Communications' second-half revenues to account for 74 percent of its full-year revenues on bigger orders from ...

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