Taiwanâs DPP vows sweeping reforms with victory
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Taiwan&#39;s ruling Democratic Progressive party has promised to pass sweeping economic and political reforms if it gains control of the legislature for the first time in Saturday&#39;s election.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's party  suffered a surprise defeat on Saturday in elections likely to  be welcomed in Beijing as a step back from what it sees as  dangerous moves toward independence from mainland China.
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Right-wing businessman Lee Myung-bak swept to victory in South Korea's presidential election, his promises to revamp the economy pushing aside concern about his ethics, official results showed on Thursday.
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Former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim vowed to push for democratic reforms in Malaysia - a freer media, fair elections and an independent judiciary - as he savored
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A Taiwan appeal court upholds the acquittal of opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou of corruption charges.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said on Tuesday he believes the island can achieve official independence from China during his lifetime, though not likely before he leaves office next year.
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hinzo Abe, the nationalist politician who has pledged to revise JapanÂs pacifist Constitution, won the leadership of the governing party today.
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Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko&#39;s apparently solid win in Sunday&#39;s rerun election for president of Ukraine holds the promise of taking the former Soviet republic farther down the road to reform and democracy.
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Bhutan's new king pledged in a speech to tens of thousands of supporters Sunday to carry on his father's legacy of transforming the secluded Himalayan kingdom into a parliamentary democracy.
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Taiwan's high court cleared presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou of corruption-related charges on Friday, lifting further the chances of a frontrunner who has pledged to improve the economy and mend fences with China.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian had a disappointing weekend. His Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was unable to win a majority in parliamentary elections held Saturday.
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Premier Yu Shyi-Kun hopes economic ties to the mainland will guarantee peace. If not, &quot;Taiwan has to have to ability to defend itself&quot;.
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A vote is due to be held in Taiwan on plans to halve the number of seats in the island's famously heated legislature.
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BEIJING - Taiwan&#39;s President Chen Shui-bian has verbally changed Taiwan&#39;s Constitution in his National Day speech, taking the island further down the road of independence, according to an analyst here.
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Taiwan&#39;s opposition parties, which favor closer ties with China, have won over half of parliament&#39;s 225 seats, the Central Election Commission said on Saturday, in an outcome likely to please Beijing.
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The opposition leader Traian Basescu emerged victorious from Romania&#39;s presidential elections yesterday, promising to tackle corruption and backtracking on suggestions that he
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Taiwanese opposition lawmakers cruised the streets in trucks Sunday, thanking voters for their upset victory in an election expected to calm U.S. fears that the island was headed toward a conflict with rival China.