Typhoon Morakot

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou sharply raised the expected death toll from Typhoon Morakot on Friday to more than 500, amid mounting criticism of his handling of the worst storm to strike the island in over 50 years. Ma...

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...Lama, risking improved ties with China. President Ma Ying-jeou has agreed to a request from the opposition to invite the Dalai Lama next week, to comfort victims of deadly Typhoon Morakot. China said it was "resolutely opposed" to the...

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Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou offers prayers at a makeshift memorial for victims of Typhoon Morakot during a visit to the destroyed village of Shiao Lin, in southern Taiwan, Wednesday Aug. 19, 2009. During his visit,...

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PHOTO: CNA Survivors of Kaohsiung County's Siaolin Village (小林) - the village worst hit by Typhoon Morakot - appealed to President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) to replace Premier Liu Chao-shiuan (劉兆玄) yesterday, but Ma remained tight-lipped on...

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CISHAN, Taiwan - President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan sharply raised the expected death toll from Typhoon Morakot yesterday to more than 500, amid mounting criticism of his handling of the worst storm to strike the island in more than 50 years.

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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese survivors of Typhoon Morakot berated President Ma Ying-jeou on Wednesday for his government's slow response to the deadly disaster, and two more Cabinet members offered to resign to take responsibility. The...

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...hold memorials for typhoon dead Grieving relatives held roadside memorial services Saturday outside destroyed villages a week after Typhoon Morakot unleashed devastating floods and mudslides across Taiwan. The official death toll rose to...

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...of the disaster, the government, too, is covered in mud A FORTNIGHT after Typhoon Morakot first struck Taiwan on August 6th the storm continued to wreak havoc on the island. Extensive flooding and landslides had claimed some 500 lives,...

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KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - The Dalai Lama led thousands of Taiwanese in a colorful prayer service for the survivors of Typhoon Morakot yesterday during a visit that has provoked an irritated but relatively measured response from China. While...

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