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Taiwan Upholds Shui-Bian’s Victory
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan’s Supreme Court Friday rejected an appeal by two opposition parties, upholding Chen Shui-bian’s victory in the disputed 2004 presidential election.
The decision marked the final chapter in a story that ignited political passions on the self-governing island of 23 million people and offered its emerging democratic system an unusually stern test.[/quote]