GALE WARNING: The Central Weather Bureau said that the entire nation will be covered by the storm today, which has heavy rain, a 250km radius and 184kph winds
By Shelley Shan and Mo Yan-chih
Typhoon Sepat disrupted transportation nationwide yesterday, with airlines canceling 56 domestic flights scheduled to take off yesterday afternoon and evening.

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MOUNTAIN BUMP: A cave-in on Thursday evening was similar to the initial Aug. 6 accident in which six are missing, forcing officials to stop all underground work
The search for six miners missing deep underground in the US was abruptly halted after a second cave-in killed three rescue workers and injured at least six others tunnelling through rubble to reach them.

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By Rich Chang
The Taipei District Prosecutors' Office yesterday decided to appeal the Taipei District Court's ruling on former Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) corruption case and bring it to the Taiwan Supreme Court.

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Rescuers braved aftershocks yesterday to pull bodies from the rubble and search for survivors after Peru's most devastating earthquake in nearly four decades left at least 500 dead.

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South Korea, the US and international agencies offered North Korea help yesterday after widespread floods that have caused huge crop losses in a nation already unable to feed its people.

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Thailand yesterday cleared the way for politicians to form new parties for the first time since last year's coup, as jockeying begins for general elections promised by year's end.

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