Hundreds of Thousands Urge President to Quit
From Times Wire Reports
Hundreds of thousands of chanting protesters marched through downtown Taipei, capping a week of demonstrations to pressure Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian to resign over corruption scandals.
A police estimate put the crowd at 320,000; organizers said a million people took part.
Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou, the head of the opposition Nationalist Party, said the march was the second-largest political demonstration in Taipei history.
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