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台灣女壘為棒球隊失利報一箭之仇|Women\'s softball team avenge baseball defeat

2008-08-20

台灣女子壘球隊星期日在北京以二比一擊敗中國隊。比賽的結果，算是替星期五意外敗給中國的台灣棒球隊報了一箭之仇。台灣女子壘球隊已經沒有奪牌希望，星期日贏了這場球，意味中國隊也已無緣晉級前三強。

In Beijing, Taiwan's Olympic women's softball team defeated China 2-1 on Sunday. The result provides a measure of revenge for Taiwan's controversial loss to China in the men's baseball on Friday. In softball, the women's team was already out of contention for a medal. Sunday's win means China are also unlikely to make the top three......Fullstory

案情擴大前總統陳水扁遭限制出境|Chen barred from travel as financial scandal deepens

2008-08-19

根據高檢署星期六表示，前總統陳水扁在海外帳戶存有大筆鉅款曝光後，已遭到限制出境。

Taiwan's former president, Chen Shui-bian, has been barred from leaving the country after it has been found that he has a large sum of money deposited abroad. That's according to the country's Supreme Prosecutors Office on Saturday. .....Fullstory

慰安婦要求日本道歉|Comfort women demand apology from Japan

2008-08-18

六名在二次大戰期間被迫提供性服務的婦人，星期三在日本交流協會外抗議。這些被稱作「慰安婦」的婦人都已高齡八十，她們要求日本正式道歉及賠償。

A group of six women forced into sexual slavery by Japanese forces during the Second World War protested outside Japan's representative office in Taipei on Wednesday. The so-called "comfort women", all in their eighties, are demanding a formal apology and compensation from the Japanese government......Fullstory

官員偷閒為中華隊加油|Officials skip work to cheer on nation's baseball team

2008-08-17

台灣棒球奧運代表隊星期三在北京以五比零擊敗荷蘭隊，為奧運賽事取得了一個好的開始。

Taiwan's baseball team got their Olympic campaign off to a winning start on Wednesday in Beijing, roundly defeating the Netherlands by five runs to zero......Fullstory

軍教免稅優惠將取消|Soldiers and Teachers to start paying taxes

2008-08-16

如果行政院賦改會的一項決議通過的話，軍人及教師將不再享有免稅優惠。立委們對這項決定表示肯定，認為這對達到賦稅公平，又邁出了一大步。

Soldiers and Teachers will no longer be exempt from paying income taxes if a proposal by the Executive Yuan’s Tax Reform Committee goes through. Legislators applauded the committee’s findings as a big step for fairness......Fullstory

台灣共產黨成為合法政黨|Taiwan Communist Party becomes newest party

2008-08-15

政府核准台灣共產黨成為合法政黨。一項禁止宣傳共產主義的法律條款在今年六月被廢止。過去之前，政府不斷駁回該團體成為正式政黨的申請。

The government has allowed the Taiwan Communist Party to become a party. In June, a legal clause that banned organizations advocating communism was revoked. In the past, the government had turned down requests by the group to register as a political party. .....Fullstory