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's doomed efforts at securing United Nations membership, a move condemned by rival Beijing and rejected by ally Washington.
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After 14 failed attempts at joining the United Nations using media campaigns and presidential appeals, Taiwan is turning to a local goth-style rock band backed by Ozzy Osbourne in its quest for membership to the world body.
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The United States stressed on Thursday that it opposes Taiwan plans to hold a referendum on U.N. membership, while China urged Washington to help oppose the vote that it calls a dangerous provocation.
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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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Protesters march for democracy and raise fears about how the junta will react
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China welcomed U.S. pressure on Taiwan to drop its plan for a referendum on membership of the United Nations, saying the island's attempts to assert nationhood were doomed to failure.
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: Taiwanese officials urged opposition leaders not to hold a new round of violent protests Thursday if the High Court refuses to nullify President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s narrow victory in the March presidential election.
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China has sounded a fresh warning to self-ruled Taiwan over a planned referendum on its bid to join the United Nations, saying such a move by an island it considers sovereign territory would endanger regional peace.
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Thousands of people descended on central Beirut on Sunday ahead of a mass rally called by the Hezbollah-led opposition to escalate their drive to oust Lebanon's Western-backed government.
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UNITED NATIONS Dozens of countries are lining up to support UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (KOH&#39;-fee AN&#39;-nan) after Senator Norm Coleman called for Annan&#39;s resignation.
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The United Nations again blocked Taiwan'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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Thousands of supporters of President Chen Shui-bian are set to rally in southern Taiwan against unrelenting calls for the embattled leader to resign over alleged corruption.
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International agitators join mass protest
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The United States stressed on Thursday  that it opposes Taiwan plans to hold a referendum on U.N.  membership, while China urged Washington to help oppose the  vote that it calls a dangerous provocation.
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Taiwan said Wednesday that it planned to go ahead with a referendum next year on joining the United Nations under its own name, despite a warning from key ally Washington not to do so.
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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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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has pledged to push for the island's inclusion in the United Nations under the name of &quot;Taiwan,&quot; in a move certain to anger rival China, it was reported.