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Bodies of another two Taiwanese found after Mexico quake

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In news from and about Taiwan...

Two other Taiwanese nationals are confirmed dead in Mexico City

Their bodies were recovered from the rubble of a building that collapsed
during a strong earthquake on Tuesday.

The bodies are of King Pei-ju and Lai Ying-hsia, two of the five Taiwanese
who were trapped

Two other Taiwanese, Carolina Wang and Lin Chia-ching, also died in the
disaster and their bodies were found a day earlier

King's daughter, Huang Hsien-yu, remains missing, and rescue teams are still
searching for her.

(EG)

Raises for everyone!

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Many companies are following the government's lead in giving their workers
raises.

After the central government announced a three percent pay raise for civil
servants, teachers, and military personnel, a yes123 survey finds that
roughly half of employers will do the same in the fourth quarter of this
year.

43 percent of respondents say that they will be offering raises to some of
their employees, and 7 percent say they will be increasing pay for all their
workers.

The average pay raise will be 3.2 percent.

Also, 81.4 percent of companies plan to hire more employees in the fourth
quarter, up from last year's 71.4 percent.

(EG)

Fall Equinox

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An expert says tomorrow is a special day.

Meteorological Expert Dr. Peng Qi-min says tomorrow is the Fall Equinox -an
important day in Chinese culture.

Dr. Peng goes on to give some background.

US urges all nations to stop the spread of nuclear weapons

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In world news...

The US is urging all nations to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appealed to the international
community, especially Russia and China, to stop the spread of nuclear
weapons, saying North Korea is a case study of the failure to prevent rogue
states from obtaining weapons of mass destruction.

Tillerson spoke Thursday New York time at a ministerial meeting of the U.N.
Security Council called by the United States on ``the acute threat'' posed by
the proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.

It cited three countries in a note to council members that have been targeted
by council resolutions _ those being North Korea, Iran and Syria.

UN Iraq IS war crimes

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Meanwhile...

The UN Security Council has voted to help Iraq collect war crimes evidence
against the Islamic State.

AP correspondent Julie Walker reports.

Mexico earthquake death

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Mexican officials say the death toll from Tuesday's magnitude 7.1-earthquake
has risen to 273, as rescuers race against the clock to reach trapped
survivors.

More than 2-thousand were injured and more than 50 people rescued in Mexico
City alone, including two women and a man pulled alive from the wreckage of a
building in the city's center Wednesday night.

Weather

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And taking a quick look at this afternoon's weather...

The central weather bureau is calling for partly cloudy skies right across
the island today,

with occasional thundershowers for Keelong, Greater Taipei, and Taoyuan in
the north,

Yilan in the east,

Nantou County and Chiayi City in the center,

and Gaoxiong and Pingdong in the south.

Current temperatures are...

34 in Taipei

33 in Taizhong

33 in Gaoxiong

32 in Hualian

3PM Outro

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