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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFP January 29, 2012 TAIPEI (AFP) &#8211; Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou has picked a former top financial regulator as his next premier, the state news agency and several other media reported over the weekend. The appointment of 62-year-old Sean Chen, currently deputy premier, is likely to be made public on Tuesday, the Central News Agency said, citing an unnamed senior member of Ma&#8217;s Kuomintang party.    [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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		<title>Navy to acquire ‘listening sticks’</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taipei Times Jan 30, 2012 By J. Michael Cole  /  Staff Writer The Taiwanese Navy is purchasing hundreds of specialized sonobuoys from the US to augment its anti-submarine warfare capabilities, a US Department of Defense notice said on Friday. Under the Foreign Military Sale, Taiwan will acquire 440 AN/SSQ-53F sonobuoys for US$335,000, with work scheduled for completion by January 2014 (as part of the same deal, the US Navy is purchasing 50,430). Sonobuoys, also known as “listening sticks,” are used to detect and identify moving underwater objects.    [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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		<title>Ma vows to make Taiwan a world-class country</title>
		<link>http://www.arnie.tw/2012/01/23/ma-vows-to-make-taiwan-a-world-class-country/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Focus Taiwan 2012/01/22 Taipei, Jan. 22 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou vowed Sunday to make Taiwan a world-class country through his &#8220;golden decade&#8221; plan, saying that the transformation has already begun.    [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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		<title>Taiwan, Israel sign aviation pact to boost ties: MOFA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Focus Taiwan 2012/01/02 Taipei, Jan. 2 (CNA) Taiwan and Israel have signed an aviation agreement that will pave the way for direct air links between the two countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Monday. The accord, inked in the Israeli capital of Tel Aviv Monday, will also help boost bilateral trade, investment and economic cooperation, the MOFA said in a statement    [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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		<title>Taiwan defence ministry exempts men born after 1994 from service</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The China Post/Asia News Network Saturday, Dec 31, 2011 By Joseph Yeh Eligible Taiwanese males who born after Jan. 1, 1994 will no longer need to serve compulsory military service, instead they will only need to undergo four months of military training, starting from the year 2013, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced yesterday. Those eligible men born before the date who are obliged to serve in the military but fail to do so prior to the start of the voluntary enlistment will still have to complete alternative service for one year, said Deputy Defense Minister Chao Shih-chang during an MND press conference yesterday.    [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov&#8217;t closes loophole in rewards for information on vote buying</title>
		<link>http://www.arnie.tw/2011/11/30/govt-closes-loophole-in-rewards-for-information-on-vote-buying/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The China Post December 1, 2011 The China Post news staff&#8211;The cash reward for any informant of vote-buying scandal committed by any election candidate will not be paid unless the number of votes won by the alleged briber in question has passes a minimum level, in accordance with a new regulation set in the Election and Recall Law. The new regulation, which will be applied to the upcoming legislative and presidential elections slated for Jan. 14, 2012, has been introduced to curb a fraud loophole found in a voter-bribing scandal committed by Lai Chin-ming, a legislative candidate of the election constituency in Miaoli County four years ago.     [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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		<title>Taiwan Referendum Review Committee to consider referendum proposal about own abolition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taiwan News 2011-11-30 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Referendum Review Committee is considering a proposal for a referendum about its own existence coming from the Taiwan Solidarity Union, reports said Wednesday. During 2009 and 2010, the small pro-independence party tried several times to launch a referendum about the government’s plans for an Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with China, but despite coming up with the required number of signatures, each time the TSU was turned down by the RRC.    [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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		<title>DOH mulling whether to revoke approval of Avastin for breast cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.arnie.tw/2011/11/20/doh-mulling-whether-to-revoke-approval-of-avastin-for-breast-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Focus Taiwan 2011/11/20 Taipei, Nov. 20 (CNA) The Department of Health (DOH) said Saturday it will invite pharmaceutical experts to re-evaluate the benefits and risks of the drug Avastin in treating advanced breast cancer.    [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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		<title>Working hours of medical personnel to be ruled more strictly : CLA</title>
		<link>http://www.arnie.tw/2011/11/17/working-hours-of-medical-personnel-to-be-ruled-more-strictly-cla/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Focus Taiwan 2011/11/17 Taipei, Nov. 17 (CNA) Medical professionals and workers in the health care industry will soon face restrictions on the amount of overtime they are allowed to work, in view of several recent deaths from overwork, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) said Thursday.     [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov&#8217;t pension fund posts loss of NT$18.54 billion: minister</title>
		<link>http://www.arnie.tw/2011/11/17/govt-pension-fund-posts-loss-of-nt18-54-billion-minister/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The China Post November 18, 2011 The government pension fund posted a loss of NT$18.54 billion from January to October, due to the global stock debacle, said Chang Cher-chen, minister of Civil Service, yesterday. Chang made the remarks at a Legislative Yuan hearing yesterday in the capacity of chairman of the Pension Fund Supervision Committee. According to Chang, from the time fund was established until the end of October 2011, it has had an operational yield of NT$79.55 billion. From January to October this year, the fund had a realized gain of NT$7.32 billion, or a yield rate of 1.533 percent.    [FULL  STORY]]]></description>
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