Headlines: Week in Review
l Sat. 5/26
Local: The Department of Health reports that cancer remains the top killer in Taiwan
衛生署稱癌症仍是台灣頭號殺手
Int’l: A new canal connecting Seoul to the Yellow Sea opens
首爾通往黃海的運河開通
China slams a U.S. report criticizing its human rights record
中國抨擊批判大陸人權紀錄報告
l Sun. 5/27
Local: Investigators grill hundreds of professors for allegedly claiming inflated expenses
調查人員約談數百名涉嫌浮報支出的大學教授
Chien-Ming Wang pitches the Washington Nationals to victory on his return from injury
王建民傷癒主投,華盛頓國民隊得勝
Int’l: Spanish bank Bankia asks for a record 19-billion-euro bailout
西班牙Bankia銀行要求一百九十億歐元紓困金
l Mon. 5/28
Local: Su Tseng-chang is elected chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party
蘇貞昌當選民進黨主席
Taiwanese inspectors conclude that U.S. beef “should be considered safe”
台灣觀察團隊斷定美牛「應可視為安全」
Int’l: Threats force Lady Gaga to cancel a sold-out show in Indonesia
卡卡女神受到威脅,印尼演唱會門劵預售一空仍喊卡
l Tue. 5/29
Local: The stock gains tax threatens up to 20,000 jobs: Taiwan Securities Association
台灣證劵公會宣稱證所稅危及兩萬人飯碗
Heavy rains cause landslides in Nantou County
南投豪雨引起土石流
Int’l: Experts discover a data-stealing virus in thousands of computers across the Middle East
專家在中東地區數以千計的電腦內發現偷竊數據的病毒
l Wed. 5/30
Local: Finance Minister Christina Liu hands in her resignation
財政部長劉憶如辭職
Int’l: Fifteen people die following an earthquake in northern Italy
義大利北部地震,十五人喪生
Aung San Suu Kyi starts her first overseas trip since 1988
翁山蘇姬展開一九八八年以來首次海外行
l Thu. 5/31
Local: Activists attack a proposed dual-track plan for taxing stock gains
證所稅採雙軌制建議遭抨擊
Int’l: Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison
前賴比瑞亞總統泰勒被判五十年徒刑
Mitt Romney Clinches the Republican party’s U.S. presidential nomination
朗尼獲提名為美國共和黨總統候選人
l Fri. 6/1
Local: Chang Sheng-ford is named the new Minister of Finance
張盛和被任命為新任財政部長
Int’l: Iran cancels a US$2 billion deal with a Chinese firm to build a dam
伊朗取消斥資廿億美元由中國公司代建水壩的協議
Kuwait seeks Chinese support for Kofi Annan’s peace plan for Syria
科威特尋求中國支持前聯合國秘書長安南的敘利亞和平方案
資料來源:The China Post
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