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Fire injures 500 people attending party at Taiwan water park 
Map of Formosa Water Park New Taipei City Taiwan 200 people were injured as an accidental explosion of an unknown powder set off the fire Saturday night near a performance stage
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Taiwan TransAsia pilot shut wrong engine Map of Taipei Taiwan Aviation regulator has released data showing the pilot of a plane which crashed in Taipei had switched off the working engine after the other lost power
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TransAsia crash: Flights cancelled to train Taiwan pilots Taiwanese airline TransAsia Airways is cancelling 90 flights so that its pilots can attend training, after one of its planes crashed on Wedn...
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Problems with both engines before TransAsia crash
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Teams seek Taiwan plane missing
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35 dead as plane crashes into Taiwan river Map of Keelung river Taipei Taiwan A plane belonging to Taiwanese carrier TransAsia Airways has crash-landed. Ten people were injured. More than 50 people were onboard
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Dozens feared dead in Taiwan plane crash Map of Penghu Islands Taiwan Forty-seven people were killed and 11 were injured in Wednesday's twin-engine turboprop plane crash on one of Taiwan's Penghu Islands
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| Aug.19 |
Jetliner burst into flames. Japan
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Airliner with 225 people crashed into sea There is little hope of finding survivors after a Boeing 747-200 crashed on its way to Hong Kong
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| Feb.12 |
113 bodies pulled out from Taiwan quake rubble; 4 missing
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Survivors pulled from rubble two days after Taiwan earthquake Two survivors -- one found shielded under the body of her husband -- were pulled out alive from a toppled high-rise apartment building
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Death toll from Taiwan quake hits 34, hunt on for survivors The death toll from a powerful earthquake that toppled a high-rise apartment building in Taiwan rose to at least 34
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Scores trapped in rubble in Tainan
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Taiwan earthquake: Rescuers in frantic search for missing
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Deadly earthquake topples buildings in Taiwan city of Tainan Map of Tainan Taiwan| A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Taiwan early Saturday, toppling a complex of two high-rise residential buildings. Rescue teams were trying to r... | |
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Underwater earthquake east of Taiwan forces evacuations
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6.4 quake hits southern Taiwan
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Quake knocks Asia back to pre-Internet
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| Dec.26 |
Powerful quake strikes off Taiwan 7.1 earthquake is prompting fears of a tsunami on the second anniversary of the quake and deadly waves
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Taiwan jail siege ends in suicides
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Taiwan tank falls off bridge, killing three soldiers
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SARS case reported
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WHO: Global SARS outbreak over
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SARS shuts emergency room
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SARS travel warning extended |
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Missing Taiwanese trekker found in after 47 days Nepal: 21-year-old Liang Sheng Yueh has been rescued alive in the Himalayas, 47 days after he and his girlfriend went missing
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Powerful typhoon blows off Philippines, threatens Taiwan Philippine forecasters have warned fishing boats not to venture out to sea and commercial ships to watch out for big waves
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Fifty dead and thousands stranded as cold snap hits East Asia
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| Sep.28 |
Typhoon kills 2 people, injures 324 in Taiwan
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Powerful Typhoon Dujuan advancing toward Taiwan
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| Aug.20 |
2 typhoons over Pacific. Japan
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Powerful Typhoon Soudelor slams into Taiwan Map of Hualien Taiwan| Soudelor made landfall Saturday morning just north of the city of Hualien on the east coast of the island, bringing fierce winds and torrential rain | |
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Super Typhoon Soudelor is strongest storm of the year
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Typhoon Soulik winds lash Taiwan
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Typhoon Megi triggers rockslides Taiwan dispatched helicopters to rescue some 400 tourists trapped on a coastal highway by massive rockslides unleashed by the torrential rains
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Taiwan prepares for Typhoon Fanapi
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Typhoon death toll higher than feared
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President: Blame me for typhoon failings
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1,300 still trapped after typhoon More than 1,300 people are still trapped in remote mountainous villages, victims of treacherous mudslides and floods from Typhoon Morakot
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Typhoon death toll mounts Roads covered with mud, debris and floodwater foiled rescuers trying to reach mountain villages, the area hardest hit by Typhoon Morakot
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'Hundreds lost' in typhoon| Morakot triggered a mudslide that buried an entire Shiao Lin village on the south-west coast after part of the mountain collapsed on sleeping homes. The typhoon struck at the weekend, dumping record amounts of rain and washing out roads and bridges.
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Millions displaced as typhoon blasts China Southern China: High winds and torrential rain of Typhoon Morakot that slammed into China's coastal provinces and Taiwan has left dozens missing
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| Aug.7 |
Typhoon Morakot lashes Taiwan Typhoon lashed Taiwan with high winds and heavy rains Friday as the outer edge of the storm began to move across the island
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Typhoon Morakot moving toward Taiwan
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| Oct.6 |
China braced for tropical storm. Southern China
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| Jul.18 |
Typhoon hits Taiwan
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| Jun.29 |
Taiwan braces for typhoon Mindulle
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| Sep.6 |
Typhoon Sinlaku hits, 1,000 evacuated Strong winds and heavy rain is leaving at least two people missing. Financial markets, businesses and schools closed
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Typhoon kills 16, dozens missing |
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Mudslide death toll rises More than 390 people are believed to have been buried alive in the village worst affected by a mudslide caused by Typhoon Morakot
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Mudslide hundreds 'alive' About 700 people missing in southern Taiwan after Typhoon Morakot have made it to higher ground before mud engulfed their homes
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| Jul.31 |
Gas explosions kill 20, injure hundreds Map of Kaohsiung Taiwan A series of underground gas explosions killed 20 people and injured 270 others late Thursday in Taiwan's second-largest city of Kaohsiung
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