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These would include then premier Vincent Siew (蕭萬長) and vice premier Liu Chao-shiuan (劉兆玄). Siew is now the vice president and Liu the premier.
The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office on September indicted former vice president Annette Lu (呂秀蓮), former DPP chairman Yu Shyi-kun and former National Security Council secretary-general Mark Chen (陳唐山) on suspicion of misusing their special allowance funds.
Lu, Yu and Chen were charged with corruption and forgery. Their cases are pending in the Taipei District Court.
Then KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) faced similar charges early last year. Prosecutors accused him of misusing a special fund while serving as Taipei mayor from 1998 to last year.
A district court accepted his argument that by law the fund was an official subsidy and acquitted him in August.
Evaristo Sa / AFP \| Brazilian right-wing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro gestures at the crowd during a campaign rally in Brasilia on on September 5, 2018.
Brazil's right-wing presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro underwent emergency surgery on Thursday after he was attacked with a knife while campaigning in the countryside, officials said.
The 63-year-old lawmaker has "a wound in the abdomen that has been caused by a sharp instrument," said the Santa Casa hospital in the southeastern city of Juiz de Fora, describing his condition as "stable."
In a press conference after the surgery, doctors said the lawmaker had "three serious bowel perforations" that caused internal bleeding, adding that they had performed a colostomy and he was now stable.
Earlier, one of the candidate's sons, Flavio Bolsonaro, had announced on Twitter that his father's wounds were "superficial", but he later wrote: "Unfortunately, it's more serious than we thought."
Images shared on social media and Brazilian television showed Bolsonaro being carried on the shoulders of a throng of supporters, before a man lunges at his stomach.
A military police spokesman told AFP a 40-year-old man had been arrested in connection with the assault. The suspect was carrying a knife wrapped in fabric, the spokesman said. The suspect was a former activist of a far-left political party.
Social media footage showed the apparent attacker being grabbed by several Bolsonaro supporters before the video cuts out.
President Michel Temer quickly condemned the attack and instructed his Minister of Security Raul Jungmann to reinforce security for candidates and conduct "a rigorous investigation," a spokesman for the presidency told AFP.
"It is intolerable to see that in a democratic state it is not possible to have a normal campaign," said Temer.
With jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ruled out of the October 7 election, the latest polls from the Ibope Institute put Bolsonaro in a clear lead with 22 percent compared with 12 percent each for environmentalist Marina Silva and center-left runner Ciro Gomes.
One of his campaign pledges has been to legalize the carrying of weapons in order to combat rising violent crime.
Despite being a long-serving member of Congress, Bolsonaro has successfully presented himself as an outsider, untouched by the corruption scandals engulfing so much of the political elite.
Perhaps the message that carries furthest is Bolsonaro's push for a harder crackdown on crime -- in a country where police are already often engaged in low-level wars against gangs. About 64,000 people die in homicides every year.
Yet he has also courted deep controversy with comments attacking women and sexual minorities, as well as for praising the country's 1964-1985 military dictatorship.
Sometimes described as Brazil's Donald Trump, Bolsonaro has a huge social media following of 8.5 million people.
The only Brazilian politician currently more popular is the leftist ex-president Lula -- who is in prison for corruption and has been banned from competing in October's election.
The way viruses spread on the Internet is helping ecologists decipher how pests move in the real world.
Jim Muirhead and Hugh MacIsaac, ecologists at the University of Windsor in Ontario, have been using network theory to work out how the Russian spiny water flea will travel through Canada's lakes.
According to the two ecologists' theory, the lakes are akin to interconnected nodes in a network, with some open to infection by computer viruses--or, in this case, the spiny water flea. The spread of the water flea by boats and other craft mimics the spread of viruses by e-mail, the theory states, and can help the sci...
The pair believe two main characteristics of fast-spreading viruses will indicate the likely points of the infection from the tiny waterborne crustacean: Outbound traffic is mostly to uninfected areas and the amount of outgoing traffic is very high.
The two characteristics were found in one particular Canadian lake, Lake Muskoka, which served to infect 39 others.
The research was published in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology.
It's not the first time scientists have turned to the world of Internet menaces to help research.
Australian researchers are currently working with Microsoft's research arm on using antispam techniques, including data-mining and machine-learning, to help identify the genetic patterns that underpin the AIDS virus.
In a sign that cyberspace has truly arrived in America's business establishment, America Online Inc.'s Steve Case has been appointed to the board of the New York Stock Exchange.
The 39-year-old chief executive and co-founder of America Online - the world's leading provider of Internet access and online services - was named to the new WorldCom board this week, as well. Case's appointment to the board of the growing telco giant came about as WorldCom prepares for its merger with MCI.
On the NYSE board, Case joins such business luminaries as British Airways Chairman Sir Colin Marshall, Ford Motor Chairman Alex Trotman and the head of Time Warner, Gerald Levin, who also received two-year terms on Friday.
The Big Board's outside directorship is made up of a dozen of America's top corporate leaders.
America Online's stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, bucking a trend by many high-tech giants such as Microsoft and Intel, which remain loyal to the Nasdaq market where they first gained listings in their start-up days.
Case co-founded AOL in 1985, and has helped build its subscriber base to more than 12 million and its market value to more than $13 billion.
The last month has been a horror show for the U.S. economy, with economic data falling off a cliff, according to Mike Riddell, a fund manager at M&G Investments in London.
"It seems that almost every bit of data about the health of the US economy has disappointed expectations recently," said Riddell, in a note sent to CNBC on Wednesday.
"US house prices have fallen by more than 5 percent year on year, pending home sales have collapsed and existing home sales disappointed, the trend of improving jobless claims has arrested, first quarter GDP wasn’t revised upwards by the 0.4 percent forecast, durables goods orders shrank, manufacturing surveys from Phi...
"And that’s just in the last week and a bit," said Riddell.
Pointing to the dramatic turnaround in the Citigroup "Economic Surprise Index" for the United States, Riddell said the tumble in a matter of months to negative from positive is almost as bad as the situation before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008.
"The correlation between the economic surprise index and Treasury yields is very close, so the lesson is that whatever your long term macro views are regarding hyper inflation vs. deflation or the risk of the US defaulting, the reality is that if you want to have a view about government bond prices, the best thing you ...
"And right now, the economic data is suggesting that however measly you may think a 3 percent yield is on a 10-year Treasury, the yield should probably be a fair bit lower given what’s going on in the US economy," said Riddell.
"You’ve also got to wonder at what point the markets for risky assets start noticing, too."
Free things to do during spring break for Phoenix-area schools include: movies, festivals, free museum admission and Easter events.
Spring break in Arizona used to mean a bikini or bathing suit and a trip out of Phoenix to Lake Havasu, Las Vegas or San Diego.
Now that you're a parent it means surviving with your sanity in tact and hopefully some money left over — especially if you've sprung for a camp.
This list should help. It's a round up of free things for kids and families to do over spring break in the Phoenix area.
Cooks from around the country compete in red chili, green chili, salsa and home-style categories. Bands, bounce houses and rock walls for kids keep the action moving with fun for the entire family. The three-day event also includes an ongoing crafts market and carnival.
Join Pueblo Grande Museum for a day of fun. Try your hand at tossing an atlatl (spear), discover the art and process of pottery making, basket weaving and loom spinning. Taste roasted agave, cooked in the traditional way in an underground oven, and purchase some fry bread for lunch.
Free arts and crafts activities are available for kids. Various cultural, historic, and technology demonstrations and tours are offered of the archaeological site, the Park of Four Waters.
Bluegrass fans are sure to enjoy the first Arizona Bluegrass Music Festival.
Several bands are scheduled to play over the course of two days, including Nehemiah, Jam Pak and Drivin’ Home. In addition to plenty of bluegrass and gospel music, enjoy a petting zoo, vendors and more.
Details: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, March 10; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, March 11. Earth Heart Park, 625 N. Plaza Drive, Apache Junction. Free. arizonabluegrass.com.
Cave Creek is hosting a parade to kick off Rodeo Days. Cave Creek Rodeo Days includes three rodeo performances, a golf tournament, two rodeo dances, kids' sheep riding and more.
As many as 350 artist booths will line Mill Avenue and surrounding streets representing 17 arts categories, including wood, photography, ceramics, wearable art and jewelry.
There's also live entertainment, street performers, food and beverage vendors. Kids Block is a new kids area that will include activities for kids and artwork made by their peers.
The Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Ak-Chin Invitational at Gila River Arena is hosting its official, free Fan Fest at Westgate. So cowboys and cowgirls saddle up to enjoy country music, games, a live bull and a chance to meet your favorite bull rider. There's also an open-air beer garden.
Details: 3-6 p.m., Saturday, March 24. Westgate Entertainment District, 6751 N Sunset Blvd., Glendale. Free. westgateaz.com/events/special-events.
This family-friendly event includes aircraft flyovers, food and music, as well as Impala Bob's Classic Car Show. Children's activities, educational programs and exhibits will be part of the day's event. Canned food donations will benefit the United Food Bank.
Details: 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. Saturday, March 24. Falcon Field Airport, 4636 E. Fighter Aces Drive, Mesa. Free. 480-644-2450, falconfieldairport.com.
Details: 2 p.m.- 8 p.m. Saturday, March 24. Salsa tastings until 6 p.m. Copper Sky Regional Park, 44345 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Maricopa. Free, but there is a parking fee of $5, and $5 for ages 3 and older for playtime in Little Pepper Zone. Free shuttles are available from local elementary schools. maricopa-a...
Buckeye hosts its annual spring celebration with an annual egg hunt, petting zoo, pony rides, egg decorating, face painting and train rides.
Mr. & Mrs. Bunny stop by for Easter pictures and an Eggstra Special Easter Egg Hunt is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. for those with special needs, followed by an all-ages egg hunt.
Cheer on your favorite colorfully decorated boats as they zip through the water at Tempe Town Lake. Teams are from across the U.S. and world, racing and honoring a 2,000-plus year tradition. The event also features live entertainment.
Details: 8 a.m. Saturday-Sunday, March 24-25. Tempe Town Lake Marina, North Shore, 550 E. Tempe Town Lake, Tempe. azdba.org.
Gru and his long, lost twin brother Dru team up in this crime heist and you're invited to see how it all turns out in this free showing during Movies in the Courtyard. Watch on a newly installed LED screen at the center’s Barnes & Noble Courtyard. All screenings are free and open to the public.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry has condemned Turkey’s “repeated crimes and attacks” on the Syrian people as well as violations of Syrian sovereignty and territorial integrity, in two letters to the UN, Syria’s SANA news agency reports.
The ministry expressed its discontent with Turkey’s actions in letters sent to the UN secretary general and the current president of the UN Security Council.
In the letters, the Syrian authorities ask the UNSC to exert influence on Ankara and force it to put an end to “repeated crimes and attacks against the Syrian people and violations of the sanctity and unity of Syria’s territory,” SANA writes.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry again demanded that the UNSC fulfill its responsibilities to preserve international peace and security.
The statement comes a day after SANA reported that 24 people, including 11 children aged under six and eight women, were killed in Turkish airstrikes and shelling of the northern Syrian town of Al Bab.
The news agency said it just the latest in a series of similar attacks carried out by the Turkish military in the Al Bab region.
On January 11, nine people were reported killed and 57 injured in Turkish attacks on the towns of Al Bab, Baza’a and Tadef, while two Turkish attacks on Al Bab in late December 2016 reportedly claimed the lives of 88 civilians in total.
In the meantime, Turkey said on Friday that it was close to retaking Al Bab from Islamic State (IS, former ISIS/ISIL) militants.
“The operation to gain complete control of the al-Bab region has neared its end and the resistance of [Islamic State] terrorist group has largely been broken," the Turkish military said in a statement.
However, the terrorists still control 90 percent of the town, according to Reuters.
The Turkish offensive on Al Bab is part of Turkey’s Operation Euphrates Shield, which started in northern Syria on August 24, 2016.
Ankara deployed ground and air forces to Syria with the stated goal of retaking areas held by Islamic State and securing its southern borders. Turkish forces also engaged Kurdish YPG militia, however, with some critics claiming that suppressing Kurdish enclaves in Syria was the true goal of the operation.
In late December 2016, the Turkish military said that 1,294 Islamic State militants had been “neutralized” during the operation, in its fifth month at the time, with 1,171 of them killed. Turkish forces also “neutralized” 306 Kurdish YPG fighters, killing 291 of them, the ministry added.
Meanwhile, Bashar Jaafari, the head of the Syria’s government delegation in Astana, told Russian Interfax news agency that direct talks between Ankara and Damascus on the sidelines of the negotiations in Geneva or Astana are “impossible” unless Turkey stops the occupation of Syrian territory and withdraws its forces.
“As long as Turkey occupies a part of our territories, we are not planning” any direct talks with Ankara, he said, as cited by Interfax.
On Friday, Jaafari already sharply criticized Turkey’s actions and its behavior during the latest round of negotiations on the nationwide Syrian ceasefire regime.
He particularly demanded that Turkey withdraw its troops from Syrian territory and respect Syria’s sovereignty, accusing it of attempts to “start up the fire” of the conflict and “act as a firefighter” at the same time.
Jaafari further drew attention to Turkey’s relatively low-level delegation in Astana, saying that its approach contradicted its status as a guarantor of the ceasefire in Syria.
He added that Turkey’s “irresponsible behavior” – particularly its late arrival to the talks – demonstrated that the Turkish delegation actually aimed to derail the Astana peace process.
Central to the popularity of sport is the notion that those taking part are judged ultimately on their sporting ability. But not, it seems, if you are the Football Association. The organisation set up to safeguard the English game seems increasingly often to be engaged on a mission to remove all elements of sporting ch...
The Belles are one of the most famous names in English women’s football. Originally formed as Belle Vue Belles by lottery ticket sellers at Doncaster Rovers FC in 1969, the team dominated the Nottinghamshire League between 1978 and 1993 they lost just one league match. Journalist Pete Davies wrote a book, I Lost My Hea...
Players, support staff and youth development.
No mention there of achievement on the filed of play. And the feeling that the FA views money, “commercial sustainability” and the like as more important than what the players do with a ball is heightened when the name of the club taking the Belles’ place in the top division is unveiled. Manchester City.
This is the first season in which City have fielded a women’s team in national women’s competition, and the team is set to finish mid-table in the second tier. It is a decision that seems explainable only by the fact that City are owned by one of the world’s richest men, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan, while the Be...
Belles fans wanted to bring this scandalous decision out of the shadows, and as part of their campaign turned up at the Women’s FA Cup final last weekend, which just happened to be staged at Doncaster Rovers’ Keepmoat Stadium. Inside the ground, they handed out flyers about the team’s ‘relegation’, passed around a peti...
A reporter from the Doncaster Free Press, Hayley Patterson, was told by the FA that “one bell was confiscated and one banner that DRFC security deemed unsuitable”. No reason was given for the confiscation of the bells, more than one, and the explanation that it was the host club’s security directly contradicted what th...
The Belles are not only an iconic team, they are a community club. As the Popular Stand website says: “While the town’s other football stars, like Kevin Keegan and Graham Rix, went beyond the borough to achieve success, the Belles have done it right here.” Karen Walker, capped 83 times for England and a Belle through a...
You’d think the FA would be rushing to make the Belles its poster material. But instead of holding the club up as evidence of all the things the game likes to tell you it stands for, the FA has opted for another approach. It has swept aside one of the basic principles of sporting success, sentenced a club to a season o...
This is the modern football business.
UPDATE: Doncaster Rovers have now told the Popular Stand website that the decision to ban the banner was theirs.
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) - The U.S., Japan, New Zealand and Australia said they’ll bring electricity to 70 percent of Papua New Guinea’s people by 2030, boosting the West’s response to growing Chinese influence in the South Pacific.
The four countries and Papua New Guinea signed the electricification agreement Sunday at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting behind held in the capital Port Moresby.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said it shows how strongly the U.S. and its allies are committed to the region.

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