Taiwan hit by quake - CNA ENGLISH NEWS

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Taipei, Nov. 21 (CNA) An earthquake centered in eastern Taiwan measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale hit Taiwan at 8: 31 p.m. Sunday. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The Central Weather Bureau said the quake's epicenter was 21.6 kilometers southeast of the Hualien seismic station on the Pacific coast.

The earthquake was felt all around Taiwan, registering a magnitude of 2 in Kao

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Foxconn raises worker pay by 30 pct after suicides

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Socialism at it's best. People often wonder why others spend so much time fighting for freedom and Rights?
This is Dictatorship.and Communism. No Rights. They resort to suicide for others to get a pay raise.

Isn't it nice to know how our hard earn money and gadgets we buy support this?

clipped from news.yahoo.com TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group, shaken by a spate of suicides at its China plants, said Wednesday it is raising the pay of workers by 30 percent, a greater increase than first planned. The company, which makes iPhones, iPads and other electronic gadgets, said the pay increase will take effect immediately at its plants across China. "With the pay raise, we hope workers don't need to work overtime as much and thus gain more time for leisure and have a happier working environment," said a Foxconn official who asked for anonymity because he was not an authorized spokesman. The basic salary at Foxconn's China plants is currently about 900 yuan ($130) per month. Ten workers have killed themselves and three have attempted suicide at Foxconn's operations in southern China this year, involving mainly workers who jumped from buildings. Labor activists accuse the company of having a rigid management style, an excessively fast assembly line and forced overwork.

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Death penalty returns in Taiwan, Four executed

clipped from news-updations.blogspot.com TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan executed 4 people on Friday, the justice ministry said, in the island's first cases of capital punishment since 2005 when the sentence became a sensitive political issue. 4 inmates convicted of crimes connected to a murder case were executed late on Friday, the ministry said in a statement, following years of fractious debate that saw the ministry's chief quit last month in protest. "The justice ministry gave death penalty orders to the 4 people on April 28 and the order was carried out on April 30," the one-line statement said. Ex- Justice Minister Wang Ching-feng and Amnesty International have urged Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou to scrap the death penalty. Abolition of the law, which is widely supported, might hurt the government ahead of November local polls. A further 40 inmates remain on death row, the ministry said on Friday. Around 500 inmates were executed between 1987 and 2005.

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6.4-magnitude quake hits southern Taiwan

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7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences,[b] and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

clipped from www.cnn.com (CNN) -- A 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted southern Taiwan on Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of injuries or deaths but some damage has occurred to buildings and major bridges, and power was cut off near the epicenter. The quake struck at about 8:20 a.m. (7:20 p.m. Wednesday ET) in a mountainous region about 25 miles northwest of Taitung, on the southeast coast, and 40 miles east of Tainan and Kaohsiung on the southwest coast. The region, which includes Maolin National Scenic Area, is recovering from a direct hit by Typhoon Morakot that killed hundreds in August. The typhoon dumped more than two feet of rain, causing serious mudslides in the south, including one that buried the village of Shiao Lin under 50 feet of mud. Thursday's quake was followed by several aftershocks, the largest reaching 4.8. The initial 6.4 quake rumbled to the surface from 14 miles deep. Were you there? Did you feel it?

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