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Taiwan goes to the polls

In Taiwan, polls have opened to elect a new parliament.

However neither of the two main parties -- the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party of President Chen Shui-bian and the Nationalist Party -- are expected to win an outright majority.

The Nationalists hold a small majority in the outgoing parliament but are tipped to lose about 20 seats.

That would leave then without control in the Parliament for the first time in its 52-year history.

1/12/01 19:15:18 | ABC Radio Australia News

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