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TAIPEI - The Rescue Foundation, an Indian NGO that frees teenage girls from forced prostitution, was Friday presented with the 2010 Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award.
TAIPEI - A Taiwan group announced Monday that it would present the 2010 Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award to the Rescue Foundation, an Indian non-governmental organization (NGO) that frees teenage girls from forced prostitution.
TAIPEI - Taiwan's High Court Friday reduced former president Chen Shui-bian's life term to 20 years imprisonment as his family has given back some of the state funds he was accused of having embezzled, TV reports said.
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan has carried out a death sentence for the first time since 2005, executing four inmates as a heated debate rages on the island over whether capital punishment should be abolished.
TAIPEI - More than 20,000 people marched in Taipei Saturday to demand equal rights for gays and the legalisation of homosexual marriage.
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