TAIPEI -- Taiwan's main opposition party is looking to score a coup in November's local elections by billing itself as the island's protector against radiation-tainted food from Japan -- and by putting the issue itself on the ballot.
Kuomintang hopes referendum on 'radioactive' food will tip local elections

Members of Taiwan's opposition party Kuomintang hold up packages labeled "radioactive food" before symbolically throwing them into a waste bin at a July 24 rally. (Photo by Kensaku Ihara)
TAIPEI -- Taiwan's main opposition party is looking to score a coup in November's local elections by billing itself as the island's protector against radiation-tainted food from Japan -- and by putting the issue itself on the ballot.