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Fri 07 Jul 2007Taiwan seeks Ozzy to boost its UN bidTAIWAN:The self-ruled island state of Taiwan has enlisted no less a figure than rock legend Ozzy Osbourne to boost its latest bid to join the United Nations.The veteran rocker will help a gothic rock band ChthoniC in their campaign to help Taiwan, a democracy set up by retreating nationalists after the Chinese civil war in 1949 (and which China considers a renegade state), gain UN recognition.