Aborigines In Taiwan Plan Protest To Highlight Plight After Typhoon Morakot

Aborigines In Taiwan Plan Protest To Highlight Plight After Typhoon Morakot   Aborigines plan protest to highlight plight after Typhoon Morakot   Reported by Chiou Kuo-rong Written by Lydia Ma   On August 8, 2009, a strong typhoon ravaged southern and eastern Taiwan, causing severe landslides and destroying many Aborigine reservations. Typhoon Morakot left 1,623 houses in tatters and killed or maimed 724 people in its wake.   Now, almost one year later, as the nation...

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