The new chairman of Taiwan's opposition
Nationalist party, Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou (R), applauds at the end of a
speech by his predecessor Lien Chan (L) in Taipei, Taiwan, August 19,
2005. Ma formally took office as head of the party, also known as the
Kuomintang, at a ceremony on Friday, and vowed to bring the party back to
power in Taiwan in 2008. [Reuters]
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