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Taiwan county shuts last legal brothel (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:22:40 GMT
Authorities in central Taiwan have turned off the red light at the county's last legal brothel after the death of its pimp aged 87, newspapers said on Friday.

Malaysia government MPs fly to Taiwan as Anwar plan looms (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:42:14 GMT
Malaysia's ruling coalition took 41 of its lawmakers to Taiwan for a study tour on Monday, at a time when opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been trying to entice MPs to defect in his campaign to unseat the government.

Taiwan stock index jumps 5.6 percent (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:23:28 GMT
Taiwan shares soared Monday as investors took cues from a planned government package to stimulate the sagging economy. News of the bailout of U.S. mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae also boosted sentiment.

BN MPs Left For Taiwan (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:42:29 GMT
SEPANG: About 41 Barisan Nasional (BN) Backbenchers Club (BBC) MPs have left for Taiwan on an eight-day study trip Monday morning (8 Sept) . Other nine MPs will leave for Taiwan Tuesday (9 Sept), the group will be led by BBC chairman Tiong King Sing.

Taiwan stock index jumps 5.6 percent (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:05:00 GMT
Taiwan shares soared Monday as investors took cue from a planned government package to stimulate the sagging economy.

Taiwan Scraps Live-Fire Display Amid Warming China Ties (Nasdaq)
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:04:23 GMT
TAIPEI (AFP)--Taiwan is canceling its biggest live-firing military demonstration of the year, the defense ministry said Monday, as part of its efforts to improve relations with China.

Malaysia lawmakers fly to Taiwan amid uncertainty (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:59:00 GMT
Dozens of Malaysian ruling coalition lawmakers traveled together Monday to Taiwan amid jitters about opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's threat to recruit enough defectors from the government to seize power by next week.

Taiwan's Trade Deficit Contracts In August (INO News)
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:37:41 GMT
(RTTNews) - Taiwan's Ministry of Finance said in a statement that the trade deficit narrowed to US$0.03 billion in August from US$0.41 billion deficit in July. Economists had expected a surplus of US$1.3 billion.

Taiwan finmin mulls cutting stock transaction tax (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:14:55 GMT
TAIPEI, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Taiwan's finance ministry is inclined towards cutting the island's tax on share trading to boost the stock market, Minister Lee Sush-der said on Monday.

49 BN MPs Off To Taiwan For Study Tour (Bernama)
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:48:12 GMT
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 (Bernama) -- Forty-nine Barisan Nasional (BN) members of parliament left for Taiwan Monday on a study tour of the agriculture technology being used in the island nation.

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