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A-bian needs psychiatric care: hospital

Monday, 08 October 2012 08:32 Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus whip Ker Chien-ming, third left in front row, and other DPP lawmakers hold a press conference in the legislature yesterday in which they called on President Ma Ying-jeou to let former president Chen Shui-bian out of prison for psychiatric treatment.
Photo: Lo Pei-der, Taipei Times

Saying that jailed former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) has severe depression, Taipei Veterans General Hospital (TVGH) yesterday recommended that Chen be transferred to a hospital with a specialized psychiatric department for further treatment.

Chou Yuan-hua (周元華), a psychiatrist at the hospital, told a press conference held jointly with Taipei Prison to explain Chen’s medical situation that Chen has severe depression and anxiety, and that many depression sufferers can also have physical symptoms such as headaches and chest tightness.

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Tibet should be on the table in Sino-India talks, says Dr Sangay

Monday, 08 October 2012 08:29 Taiwan Tati Cultural & Educational Foundation
Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay (Phayul file photo)
Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay (Phayul file photo)

DHARAMSHALA, October 7: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the elected leader of the Tibetan people, has said the issue of Tibet should be “on the table” during talks between India and China.

Dr Sangay was talking to reporters in the Indian capital New Delhi enroute to a 20-day visit to the United States and Europe, Friday.

“I believe Tibet should be on the table as a foreign issue,” media reports quoted Dr Sangay as saying. His statement comes days after the Indian Defence Minister AK Antony said negotiations with China over the Indo-Tibet border dispute were in the “final stages.”

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Newsflash

While the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) will have modest global economic effects, the geo-economic implications are significant enough to demand strategic attention from the US, two US international economists said in a recent study.

Daniel Rosen and Zhi Wang of the Washington-based Peterson Institute for International Economics wrote that the ECFA underscores the importance of securing US economic engagement of the first order in Asia.