CORRECTION-Thousands march in Taiwan ahead of doomed U.N. bid
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About 250,000 people demonstrated in two  Taiwan cities on Saturday to back the island&#39;s doomed efforts  at securing United Nations membership, a move condemned by  rival Beijing and rejected by ally Washington.
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Thousands of Taiwanese march through the capital demanding the resignation of  President Chen Shui-bian.
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it hit Taiwan on Saturday. Hundreds of people fled their homes and two people were reported missing after torrential. Nanmadol killed at least 35 people in the Philippines and
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Taipei (AsiaNews) - Polling stations will close at 4 pm (local time, GMT +8). Over 16.5 million Taiwanese voters will have had the opportunity of casting their ballot to elect 225 members of parliament.
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About 250,000 people demonstrated in two Taiwan cities on Saturday to back the island's doomed efforts at securing United Nations membership, a move condemned by rival Beijing and rejected by ally Washington.
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Taiwan is considering applying to join the United Nations under the island&#39;s own name, a move that China would see as a provocative declaration of independence by a renegade province.
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Text of report in English by Taiwanese Central News Agency website  [By Deborah Kuo]  Taipei, Feb.
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Hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese took to the streets on Saturday in support of the island&#39;s latest bid for United Nations membership, which has been criticised by China and the United States.
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Tens of thousands march in Taiwan to urge President Chen Shui-bian to resign over corruption allegations.
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Beijing, Sept 29. (PTI): China today warned Taiwanese leaders against clamouring for a cross-Straits war and stressed that the island&#39;s bid for independence was doomed to failure.
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Thousands of slogan-chanting protesters have rallied to push for the resignation of Taiwan&#039;s embattled President Chen Shui-bian before a key vote on his political fate this week.
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Thousands of protesters marched through  Taiwan's capital on Saturday, urging the government to scrap a  big U.S. weapons package they said would trigger an arms race  with China and squeeze social welfare.
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Beijing says the offer made by Taiwan&#39;s president is in itself a bid for independence that could lead to a disaster. Taiwan&#39;s leader made the offer during Sunday&#39;s National Day speech, saying the talks were needed so the rivals can avoid war.
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said in Beijing early Thursday that facts have shown Taiwan, as part of China, is not qualified at all to join in the United Nations which is made up of sovereign countries.
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Tens of thousands of supporters of Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian are set to march in Taipei in a show of strength just one day after 300,000 people angrily called for his resignation.
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Taiwan will hold a referendum next month on joining the United Nations under the name "Taiwan", the election commission said Friday, in a move certain to infuriate rival China.
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Taiwan's push for a seat in the UN has complicated cross-strait relations and rattled Washington.