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KMT’s election woes continue as party suffers more defeats in council elections

Tuesday, 02 March 2010 07:33 Taipei Times

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) was dealt another round of setbacks at the local level yesterday after it lost a number of seats that were contested in 17 councilor speaker and vice speaker elections, while three councilors supported by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) were elected.

The KMT nominated 10 council speakers and eight were elected. In vice speaker elections, the party nominated eight and five were elected.

US congressmen mark 228 anniversary

Monday, 01 March 2010 08:51 Taipei Times

Two US congressmen have issued statements to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the 228 Incident.

Representatives Scott Garrett of New Jersey and Kenny Merchant of Texas, both Republicans, published a history of the incident and its impact on modern Taiwan in Congressional Record, the official record of the proceedings and debates of the US Congress.

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2015-12-26 Taiwanese Shrine Initation & Marytr-Spirit Enshrine Ceremony

2014-02-28 228 Tâi-uân-sîn(Taiwan gods) Thanksgiving Blessing Assembly and Trong R. Chai Tâi-uân-sîn Thanksgiving Praying Ceremony

2013-08-18 Holy Mountain Holiness Birthday and Tâi-uân-sîn Lin Mao-sheng Statue's Placement Ceremony

2013-02-28 228 Tâi-uân-sîn Thanksgiving Prayer Assembly - Realized the Determination of Founding Taiwan State with Democratic Power

228 Memorial and Bian Casters Gathering on Feb. 28th, 2010

Newsflash

China said yesterday it had put to death nine people over deadly ethnic unrest in Xinjiang, the first executions since the violence erupted in July.

Authorities convicted 21 defendants last month — nine were sentenced to death, three were given the death penalty with a two-year reprieve, a sentence usually commuted to life in jail, and the rest were handed various prison terms.