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KMT loses Yilan and Hualien

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) maintained its grip on power in yesterday’s local government elections despite an improved showing by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Voter turnout was 66.32 percent nationwide.

The KMT took 12 of the 17 mayor and commissioner positions up for grabs, while the DPP won four, and one went to an independent, formerly KMT candidate.

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China sentences another eight to death in Urumqi

A court in China’s restive Xinjiang yesterday sentenced three more people to death for their roles in July ethnic violence, Xinhua news agency reported, raising the total reported condemned to 17.

On Thursday, the court handed out death sentences to five others.

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Participants roll a red ball to knock over bowling pins representing President Ma Ying-jeou and his supporters in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: AFP

The Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) yesterday launched a signature drive to recall President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), citing the nation’s deteriorating fiscal condition and what the party referred to as Ma’s incompetence.

“Taiwan cannot afford a president wasting another four years not doing anything,” TSU Chairman Huang Kun-huei (黃昆輝) told a press conference, calling on Taiwanese to help themselves by supporting the signature drive.