Taiwan band beats drum for U.N. membership bid
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Rockers from Taiwan took their island&#39;s uphill struggle for U.N. membership to American arenas this year as the first Asian extreme metal group on hard rock icon Ozzy Osbourne&#39;s Ozzfest tour.
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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 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's ruling party scored a surprise victory in a tight mayoral race in one of the island's two major cities against a backdrop of accusations and counter-accusations, but the opposition demanded recount.
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Japan, Brazil, Germany and India have formed a lobbying group to help all four countries obtain permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council.
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A diplomatic gaffe marred Saturday's inauguration of a China-financed stadium on this Caribbean island when a band performed the national anthem of Chinese rival Taiwan.
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Handicapping the race to lead the U.N.
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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.
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The UN again rejects a membership bid from Taiwan as the general assembly begins in New York.
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THE United Nations&#39; quest to reform the Security Council has turned into a public brawl between aspiring powers seeking a permanent seat at the top table and a larger number of jealous neighbours seeking to keep them out.
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Although the nation&#39;s most recent bid to join the United Nations ended in failure, ROC President Chen Shui-bian called for international support of Taiwan&#39;s participation in the world body in a Sept.
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Taiwan&#39;s opposition Nationalist Party supporters celebrate in front of party headquarters in Taipei after the party and its allies won legislative elections, December 11, 2004.
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Taiwan protested on Tuesday against some unchoreographed steps by folk dancers from China, which claims the island as its own, after they snatched a Taiwan flag from an Israeli stage.
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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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BEIJING, July 21 -- Brushing aside warnings from the Bush administration, the Taiwanese government of President Chen Shui-bian announced Friday that it has applied for U.N. membership under the name Taiwan.
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Support is growing for a bid by four influential countries for more permanent seats on the UN Security Council.
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Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party surged to a big lead in early vote counting in the island's legislative elections Saturday, TV reports said.