STIMULATING DEBATE: Caucus whip William Lai said the government was trying to implement the DPP’s cash subsidy proposal, but was issuing vouchers instead of cash
By Flora Wang
The legislature may approve a Cabinet proposal to distribute consumer vouchers by Friday of next week at the earliest, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus said yesterday.

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LOSING STEAM: The survey showed that 54 percent of respondents believe the government performed better in the last three months than in the first three
By Shih Hsiu-chuan
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has seen his approval rating nearly halved since his May 20 inauguration because of public anger over the nation’s deteriorating economy, a newspaper poll published yesterday found.

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RANSOM: With Somali pirates seizing giant ships, a Norwegian shipping group said it ordered its more than 90 tankers to sail all the way around Africa to avoid risk
Somali pirates hijacked their seventh ship in 12 days on Tuesday, as the US Navy reported that pirates had seized an Iranian cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden.

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US Vice President Dick Cheney and former US attorney general Alberto Gonzales have been indicted on state charges involving federal prisons in a South Texas county that has been a source of bizarre legal and political battles under the outgoing prosecutor.

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A local government’s decision to move its administrative headquarters from one city to another provoked two days of unrest in northwestern China, according to state media and witnesses, who said on Tuesday that protesters had burned police cars and looted government offices.

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