Tag: their-apartment
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Loan rejection may have been early warning of Taiwan building collapse
By Yimou Lee TAINAN, Taiwan (Reuters) – Before their apartment tower collapsed in a Taiwan earthquake at the weekend, a young couple living on the 14th floor had already been given a clue that the building was unsafe. Chen Yi-ting and her husband bought the apartment in the center of Tainan city five years ago,…
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Loan rejection may have been early warning of Taiwan building collapse
By Yimou Lee TAINAN, Taiwan (Reuters) – Before their apartment tower collapsed in a Taiwan earthquake at the weekend, a young couple living on the 14th floor had already been given a clue that the building was unsafe. Chen Yi-ting and her husband bought the apartment in the center of Tainan city five years ago,…
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Decrying graft, Pope to tour poor, violent corners of Mexico
By Lizbeth Diaz and Simon Gardner MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis will visit some of the poorest and most violent corners of Mexico on his first visit as pontiff, and will also head to the northern border to address the plight of migrants trying to reach the United States. More than 100,000 people have…
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4th patient infected during mold outbreak at hospital dies
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A fourth transplant patient who contracted a fungal infection during a mold outbreak at a western Pennsylvania hospital has died, officials said Sunday.