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Taiwan's birth rate hits record low in 2009 - YAHOO!
AFP/File – Nursing staff take care of new-born babies wrapped in Hello Kitty blankets at Hau Sheng hospital in Yuanlin, … 24 mins ago TAIPEI (AFP) – Taiwan's birth rate hit a record low in 2009, making it amongst the lowest in the world, the ...

Taiwan January export growth highest in 34 yrs - Daily Times
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s exports last month registered their strongest growth in nearly 34 years due to a recovery in global demand for the island’s high-tech goods, the government said Monday. January shipments totalled $21.75 billion, marking year-on ...

Taiwan's January Export Growth Highest in 34 Years - Industry Week
Due to a recovery in global demand for the island's high-tech goods, Taiwan's exports last month registered their strongest growth in nearly 34 years, the government said on Feb. 8. January shipments totaled $21.75 billion (U.S. dollars), marking ...

Taiwan News Quick take - Taipei Times
Kaohsiung City Government’s tropical garden was inaugurated in Siaogang District (小港) yesterday. Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu (陳菊) told reporters that the garden was expected to help mitigate the pollution caused by China Steel, CPC Corp ...

Taiwan's young malt a surprise whiskey winner - Boston Globe
No, Scotland hasn't removed itself to this subtropical Asian island, at least not yet. But in the northeastern town of Ilan, where palm groves are much more common than heather on the heath, old line beverage maker King Car Food Industrial Co., Ltd ...

NBI looks for Lacson in China, Taiwan - Global Nation
MANILA, Philippines—Investigators are checking out leads that fugitive Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson may be in China or Taiwan. Ricardo Diaz, deputy director of the National Bureau of Investigation, said agents were following leads the senator was ...

U.S. weapons sale to Taiwan angers China, but is the right decision - Midwest Voices
China has gone into one of its periodic snits over Washington’s support for the democratic, self-governing island of Taiwan. At issue is a U.S. decision to sell Taiwan $6.4 billion in helicopters, anti-missile systems and other weapons, a deal that ...

Taiwan court extends ex-leader Chen's detention by two months - English Eastday
Taiwan's high court ordered Monday that former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian be held in custody for a further two months from Feb. 24, rejecting his appeal to unite with his wife and mother. Chen's detention was extended because his corruption case ...

Taiwan Shares May Head Lower Again - RTT News
(RTTNews) - The Taiwan stock market added just a handful of points on Monday - but that was enough to snap the three-day losing streak in which it had plunged more than 325 points or 4.2 percent. The Stock Exchange of Taiwan moved back above support ...

Taiwan to build bridge off China - YAHOO!
A bridge linking the Taiwan-held Kinmen group of islands with China would be a powerful symbol of improved ties between Taipei and Beijing , as the area is so far best known as the scene of their bloodiest battle in the past 60 years. That prospect ...

Spring rains threaten Haitian survivors

Survivors of Haiti's earthquake in a makeshift tent at the Cite Soleil in Port-au-Prince on Feb. 2. Officials are now worried about the coming of deadly spring rains.In Haiti's devastated capital city, early spring rains threaten to cause landslides and bring about health problems in the makeshift camps where more than 500,000 people are living.




Mexico troops find 12 tons of pot in truck
Mexican soldiers seize more than 12 tons of marijuana found beneath a false floor of a tractor trailer.

Gulp! Sword artist’s record is hard to swallow

Feb. 8: An Australian street performer sets a new record by swallowing 18 swords at once. Msnbc's Tamron Hall reports. (Other)Chayne Hultgren, an Australian performance artist, set a new Guinness World Record Monday by simultaneously swallowing 18 swords, each nearly as long as two and a half rulers.




Bad malaria pills raise drug resistance fears
High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality  raising fears of increased drug resistance to a killer disease.

17 soldiers dead, 53 rescued in Kashmir avalanche

A vehicle carrying Indian Army rescue team is seen on the way to Gulmarg, via Tangmarg, about 25 miles (41 kilometers) northwest of Srinagar, India, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010.  A massive avalanche is reported to have plowed into an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)A massive avalanche plowed into an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, killing 17 soldiers and critically injuring 17 others.




Alligator kills 11-year-old girl in Brazil
Authorities say an alligator killed an 11-year-old girl as she swam with friends in a river in northeastern Brazil.

Body found in landing gear of N.Y.-Tokyo flight

In this photo taken Feb. 7, a landing gear of a Delta Airlines plane is seen at the Narita international airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, Japan.A body was found inside a wheel well of a Delta Air Lines plane after it landed in Tokyo from New York, and Japanese authorities Monday were trying to identify the man.




Tel Aviv man accused of enslaving women

Goel Ratzon, in court on Sunday, said in a documentary aired last year that women were drawn to him because he was "perfect" and had "all the qualities that a woman wants."An Israeli man has been jailed, suspected by police of enslaving a cult-like harem of at least 17 women and 37 children.




Recovery effort revives China’s quake zone

A car drives in a town destroyed from the 2008 earthquake in Wenchuan, China. Just 22 months from the 7.9-magnitude quake struck, scarred mountain sides are often the only physical indication of the devastation that left nearly 90,000 dead or missing and another 5 million homeless. China is showing off the results of its massive drive to rebuild its own quake zone  22 months after a 7.9-magnitude temblor struck and devastated the region and left at least 90,000 dead.




Taliban: We won’t fight GIs ‘face-to-face’

U.S. Marines check their gear at a base in Afghanistan’s Helmand province on Monday. Taliban fighters plan to disguise themselves as civilians during a looming NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan, a militant commander told NBC News.




Wild West motif lightens mood at Afghan base

A U.S. Stryker armored vehicle leaves the Tombstone base in the Helmand province, Southern Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 7. The sign at the entrance shows Wyatt Earp, the legendary lawman of the American Wild West. The lore of the Wild West and the hard reality of southern Afghanistan share a few things in common: danger, men with guns and desert wilderness




Magnitude 5.7 quake rattles southern Mexico
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Oaxaca, Mexico, Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Heavy snow paralyzes parts of Bulgaria, Romania
Heavy snowfall has seriously disrupted transport in Bulgaria and neighboring Romania, blocking highways and leaving cars stranded in snow.

Pakistan: 6 held in plot to attack Americans

Pakistani police showcase six suspected militants in Lahore on Monday. The men are accused of planning an attack on a luxury hotel to kill Americans.Authorities arrest six suspected Taliban militants with a suicide vest and hand grenades allegedly on their way to attack a five-star hotel and kill Americans, police say.




Britain’s ITV fined over killing rat on TV show
British broadcaster ITV pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and was fined by an Australian court Monday after a rat was killed and eaten on the reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here."

World Blog: Did 'pandering' cost U.S. lives at Afghan base?
Why did eight American soldiers die defending an remote outpost the U.S. military no longer wanted to hold? NBC News' Richard Engel reports from Kabul.

Political ally: Sri Lankan presidential candidate arrested on sedition charges
A political ally says Sri Lanka's former army chief and presidential candidate has been arrested on sedition charges.

Haiti awash in Christian aid, evangelism

Members of Idaho-based charity called New Life Children's Refuge are shown at a police station in Port-au-Prince on Jan. 31. The drama on the sidelines of Haiti's earthquake, in which 10 American missionaries were arrested trying to take children out of the country, was a fiasco waiting to happen. By Kari Huus.




Observation deck of world’s tallest tower closed

The Burj Khalifa, the world’s 828 meter tallest building is illuminated during the official opening ceremony in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Burj Khalifa's owner said Monday, Feb. 8, the observation deck of the world's tallest tower has been unexpectedly shut down.Tourists headed for the observation deck of the world's tallest tower were left disappointed and confused Monday after the owner of Dubai's Burj Khalifa unexpectedly cut off public access to the building because of electrical problems.




Yanukovych apparent victor in Ukrainian vote
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych emerges as the apparent winner in Ukraine's presidential contest, with a lead of almost three percentage points with about 99 percent of ballots counted.

Chinese police shut down hacker training op
Police in central China have shut down a hacker training operation that openly recruited thousands of members online and provided them with cyberattack lessons and malicious software, state media said Monday.
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