Taiwan says won't host torch, decision final
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The Olympic torch will not stop in Taiwan en route to the Beijing Games in 2008, Taiwanese officials said on Friday after talks broke down with China which considers the self-ruled island sovereign territory.
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China's plan to run the Olympic torch through Taiwan, announced in April, met with a quick refusal.
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Taipei cancels a military exercise in the Taiwan Strait after China apparently does the same.
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TAIPEI: Taiwan vowed to continue its fight to join the United Nations despite its 12th consecutive failure to gain a seat due to opposition from rival China.
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China has kept quiet on Taiwan's recent   outbreak of street protests calling for the ouster of   independence-leaning President Chen Shui-bian because it fears   any strong reaction might backfire, analysts say.
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China angrily rejected Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's peace overtures, saying Beijing's stance was unchanged and warning that Chen risked &quot;great catastrophe&quot; by pushing for independence.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has  called off annual war games as a goodwill gesture after  arch-foe China canceled its military drills, Taiwan officials  said on Tuesday.
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Taiwan will break diplomatic ties with the African nation of Malawi, three Taiwanese diplomats said Monday.
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China has withdrawn about 3,000 soldiers from a military exercise on an island facing Taiwan, the Taiwan defence ministry has said, prompting speculation Beijing may have cancelled plans for further war games.
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After more than 90 speeches on Wednesday - the vast majority against putting Taiwan on the assembly&#39;s agenda - President Jean Ping of Gabon asked the assembly&#39;s General Committee if there were any objections to not including the issue.
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The Olympic torch will not stop in Taiwan, because Taipei and Beijing have failed to resolve differences over the issue.
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The United Nations again blocked  Taiwan&#39;s quest for membership in the world body on Wednesday  despite a high-profile campaign this year by Taipei that has  irritated the United States as well as China.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is withholding his approval to wrap up the military operation in the northern Gaza Strip, despite the Israel Defense Forces&#39; recommendation to withdraw.
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Taiwan lost its bid for representation in the United Nations for the 12th year Wednesday, with no country objecting to the General Assembly president's call to reject a request from the island's supporters to place the issue before the world body's 191 member states.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has asked the military to call off annual war games in a goodwill gesture aimed at mirroring China's cancellation of its military drills, newspapers said on Tuesday.
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Taiwan&#39;s high court yesterday rejected opposition leader Lien Chan&#39;s petition to nullify the highly disputed March 20 &quot;presidential&quot; election.
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Taiwan is to push ahead with plans for a  referendum on joining the United Nations under its own name  despite U.S. and Chinese objections, a ruling party official  said on Wednesday.