MINOR DAMAGE: Monks and motorcyclists suffered minor injuries in Penghu and Tainan, while about 500 houses in Penghu were without electricity
By Shelley Shan
Heavy rain and strong winds brought by Tropical Storm Linfa caused damage and injuries in Taiwan yesterday, disrupting about 200 flights nationwide.

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A New York Times reporter kidnapped in November by the Taliban and held in the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan has escaped to freedom, the newspaper reported on its Web site on Saturday.

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TEHRAN TROUBLE: A New York-based rights group said that many demonstrators who sought medical treatment after Saturday’s clashes with the authorities were arrested
An eerie calm settled over the streets of Tehran yesterday as state media reported at least 10 more deaths in post-election unrest and said authorities arrested the daughter and four other relatives of former Iranian president Hashemi Rafsanjani, one of Iran’s most powerful men.

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Hundreds of baton-wielding police dispersed protesters and cordoned off a city hotel in central China yesterday after a young man’s mysterious death sparked unrest, a local official and a witness said.

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A truck bomb exploded as worshippers left a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq on Saturday, killing more than 70 people and wounding nearly 200 in the deadliest bombing this year.

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