WORLD IN BRIEF : TAIWAN : New Prime Minister Kept Off Podium
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Opposition politicians screamed, shoved and filibustered to keep Taiwan’s prime minister-designate from addressing Parliament to protest what they called military interference in government. Defense Minister Hau Pei-tsun spent most of the day in an anteroom, unable to address the Parliament that must approve his appointment.
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