the israeli army on sunday shot and wounded four palestinians who were digging for gravel in northern gaza strip , a medical official said .

Short summary: israeli fire wounds four gazans


belgian vice premier yves leterme , who is slated to become prime minister next month , was taken to hospital because of bleeding in his stomach , officials said thursday .

Short summary: belgian candidate prime minister leterme in hospital for bleeding in his stomach


president chen shui-bian of taiwan announced late on monday afternoon that he was scrapping the island 's unification council and guidelines for any political unification with mainland china , defying warnings from both china and the united states .

Short summary: taiwan 's leader defies beijing 's warnings


chinese foreign minister yang jiechi delayed his planned visit to the republic of korea -lrb- rok -rrb- , chinese foreign ministry spokesman hong lei said thursday .

Short summary:
chinese foreign minister postpones visit to rok due to schedule