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Script posted on 2008/07/24 09:46
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Subject: 10AM EZ News Intro
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Good morning. It's 10 o'clock. I'm Liz Tsai and it's time for EZ News on ICRT.
Subject: Ma's overseas trip spat .. (wrap)
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The Presidential Office is continuing to defend President Ma Ying-jeou's
decision to travel to Paraguay and the Dominican Republic next month on a
commercial airliner.
According to Presidential Office spokesman - Wang You-chi - the decision to
use a regular China Airlines flight is based on Ma's desire to save money.
Wang says that Ma only plans to fly to and from the U-S on regular C-A-L
flights, but will travel to Paraguay and the Dominican Republic on a rented
aircraft ... allowing him to arrive in a manner befitting a head of state.
The spokesman added that by not using Taiwan's equivalent of Air Force One
... the government will save 30-million N-T dollars.
However ..... the decision has been criticized by lawmakers from both the
D-P-P and by lawmakers from Ma's own K-M-T.
K-M-T lawmaker Hong Xiu-zhu says the move is consistent with Ma's "frugality"
... but issues of his safety abord a regular flight need to be addressed.
D-P-P lawmakers say that Ma's use of a regular flight downgrades Taiwan's
international status ... and leaves the impression that Taiwan is not a real
country and its head of state not a real president.
Meanwhile ....
China Airlines could be in hot water over Ma's plans.
Reports say that the airline's decision to reserve seats will inconvenience
regular passengers.
The flight to Los Angeles is already overbooked and some travelers will now
be unable to secure seating, while others with reservations could be forced
to take other flights.
According to a C-A-L official .... the airline has still not been officially
asked to book seats for Ma and his staff.
However, the airline says it will uphold the rights of other passengers and
will not transfer passengers with reservations to other flights.
Ma is scheduled to leave Taiwan on August 12-th.
The trip will be his first as head of state.
Subject: karadzic
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in international news...
Radovan Karadzic will conduct his own defence at the Hague tribunal and is
convinced he will be cleared of charges of genocide.
Karadzic, leader of the Bosnian Serbs in the 1992-95 Bosnia war, was arrested
in Serbia on Monday after 11 years on the run.
He was one of three remaining war crimes fugitives from the Yugoslav wars.
The arrest of the fugtiives is a condition for Serbia to move towards
European Union membership.
Karadzic is now in a Belgrade prison awaiting extradition to The Hague, which
could come this weekend.
Karadzic is twice indicted for genocide for the massacre of 8-thousand
Bosnian Muslims in the town of Srebrenica in 1995.
He is also indicted for the 43-month siege of Sarajevo.
Some 11-thousand people died in the city from sniper fire, mortar attacks,
starvation and illness.
Subject: peace deal
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The head of a Syrian delegation to Washington says his government has made a
strategic decision to reach peace with Israel.
The AP's Barry Schweid reports that Syria wants Israel to surrender all of
the Golan Heights.
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Subject: arctic oil
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The US Geological Survey says the Arctic Circle holds an estimated 90 billion
barrels of recoverable oil.
This is enough to meet current world demand for almost three years.
The forecast comes as Russia is competing with Canada, Denmark, Norway and
the United States to grab a chunk of the huge energy resources in the Arctic.
However, the nonprofit group -- Clean Air Watch -- polar bears and other
wildlife within the Arctic Circle could already lose their habitat due to
global warming, and would be hurt even more by companies searching for oil.
Subject: tobacco
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Bill Gates is teaming up with his fellow billionaire Michael Bloomberg to
reduce tobacco use around the world.
The AP's Warren Levinson has more.
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Subject: Weather ... July 24-th AM ....
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Chance of heavy rain in the north and center this afternoon ...
Highs: between 32 and 34.
Current temperatures:
Taipei -- 32
Taichung -- 30
Gaoxiong -- 30
Subject: 10AM EZ News Outro
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That's EZ News at 10. I'm Liz Tsai.
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