Teen survives fall from 13th floor after landing on car

car after teen landed from the 13th floor
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A high school student leapt from the roof of a 13 storey building in Yonghe District, New Taipei City yesterday evening, and survived after landing on a car stopped at a red light. At around 6:00pm, the 17-year-old male named Lu came home, dropped off his schoolbag, then climbed the stairs to the roof of the Renai Road residence, and jumped, according to reports in local media agencies. Lu hit branches of a tree before landing on the roof of

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Death row inmate’s request for inflatable love doll rejected

death row inmate Hsiao Renchun
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A man who has been awaiting execution since he was sentenced to death in 2010 applied to purchase an inflatable love doll at his own expense, but had his request rejected by prison authorities. Hsiao Renchun (蕭仁俊 ) made his request in writing to prison authorities late last year, asking that prison administrators provide a place to store the love doll, and promising that he would clean the device after using it. Hsiao, a baptized Christian, and model prisoner, also

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Scooter rider drives on wrong side of freeway facing oncoming traffic in the fast lane for 60 kilometers

Scooter rider wrong-way riding on the freeway
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A man rode at speeds of 100 kilometers an hour on National Freeway 3, in the fast lane on the wrong side of the road, for a distance of about 60 kilometers, evading several Highway Police intercept points before finally coming to a stop near Taichung City, yesterday, February 13. The 43-year-old man named Huang entered the freeway from the Zhushan Interchange in Nantou County shortly before 6:00pm, driving against oncoming traffic at high speed, and heading north in the

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Suspect arrested after taxi driver shot in Kaohsiung City

suspect arrested by police
Violent Crimes 
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A man was arrested this morning, suspected of having shot a taxi driver four times in the back, leaving him to die on the side of the road, and stealing his cab. The taxi driver, Mr Lee, 56, was found laying in a pool of blood on a sidewalk in Kaohsiung City’s Qiaotou District at around 8:30am yesterday, Sunday, February 10. Struggling to remain conscious due to massive blood loss, Lee said to police, “I’ve no strength,” before losing consciousness.

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One dead, one injured after paragliding accident in Hualien County

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A paragliding coach died, and a passenger was injured, after snagging power lines and falling around 20 meters to the ground in Wanrong Township, Hualien County this morning, February 10. Shortly after 8:00am, 57-year-old paragliding operator Wang Tian-ming (王田明) launched a tandem flight with a 25-year-old male Chinese tourist named Tao (陶) in what are described in media reports as windy and foggy conditions. Shortly before 8:30am, the paraglider canopy snagged high-voltage power lines around 30 meters above a betel

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5 injured in gas explosion in Banqiao District; suspected suicide attempt

apartment damaged by gas explosion
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Four men and one woman were hospitalized suffering burns and glass cuts after a gas explosion in a residence in Banqiao District, New Taipei City, in the early hours of the morning, today, February 9. According to reports in Apple Daily, and China Times, at around 2:20am residents around Lane 430, Xinhai Road, were awoken by a massive bang, causing windows to shatter around a 5th floor residence. The glass doors of the residence were completely destroyed, and the bent

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China Airlines pilots strike in the middle of Lunar New Year holiday

China Airlines airbus
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Twenty-six flights to and from Taiwan’s international airports have been cancelled after pilots from the China Airlines branch of Pilots Union Taoyuan began a strike from 6:00am today, February 8. Up to 4,000 passengers may be affected from today, Friday, to Sunday, the last day of the Lunar New Year holiday. Travelers with flights booked with China Airlines can check the status of their flights here. The pilots’ union announced the strike at midnight last night after negotiations broke down

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3 Vietnamese workers dead, 1 critical, after warehouse fire in Taoyuan City

Kerry Logistics Company warehouse on fire
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[Picture: United Daily News] Three Vietnamese nationals are confirmed dead, after two bodies were found this morning, in the wake of a fire that broke out at the Kerry Logistics Company warehouse in Guanyin District, Taoyuan City, yesterday, February 6. A group of six Vietnamese workers employed by a sub-contractor entered the building at around 8:00am yesterday to perform maintenance work on air conditioning and refrigeration units during the Lunar New Year holiday period. At around 10:19am, a fire alarm

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