Taiwan squabbles over vote recount

TAIWAN’S political turmoil showed few signs of letting up yesterday as the island’s two biggest political parties squabbled about how to do a speedy vote recount for last weekend’s disputed presidential election.

Hundreds of people blocked the boulevard in front of the presidential office for a fourth straight day, protesting President Chen Shui-bian's narrow win in Saturday's presidential race. Chen's margin of victory was only 0.2%.

Chen's challenger, Lien Chan, immediately demanded the vote nullified which the High Court rejected yesterday and a re-count.