Dalai Lama meets Taiwan opposition chief as China fumes

Dalai Lama meets Taiwan opposition chief as China fumes

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - Supporters of integration between China and Taiwan rally in protest at the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan. The 74-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate, branded by Beijing as a ''splittist'' intent on tearing Tibet away from Chinese rule, visited the island to lead prayers for the victims of Typhoon Morakot, which lashed the island with heavy rains last month killing more than 600 people and causing billions of U.S. dollars in damage.

Dalai Lama meets Taiwan opposition chief as China fumes

Dalai Lama meets Taiwan opposition chief as China fumes

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - The Dalai Lama greets people at a mass in the city of Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan where he prayed for the victims of Typhoon Morakot, which lashed the island with heavy rains last month killing more than 600 people and causing billions of U.S. dollars in damage.

Taiwan storm death toll rises

Taiwan storm death toll rises

CISHAN, Taiwan - Rescuers help people from landslide-affected villages in Kaohsiung County after they were transported to Chishan by a military helicopter on Aug. 11 in the wake of Typhoon Morakot.

Dalai Lama meets Taiwan opposition chief as China fumes

Dalai Lama meets Taiwan opposition chief as China fumes

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - Supporters of integration between China and Taiwan rally in protest at the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan. The 74-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate, branded by Beijing as a ''splittist'' intent on tearing Tibet away from Chinese rule, visited the island to lead prayers for the victims of Typhoon Morakot, which lashed the island with heavy rains last month killing more than 600 people and causing billions of U.S. dollars in damage. (Kyodo)

Dalai Lama meets Taiwan opposition chief as China fumes

Dalai Lama meets Taiwan opposition chief as China fumes

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - The Dalai Lama greets people at a mass in the city of Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan where he prayed for the victims of Typhoon Morakot, which lashed the island with heavy rains last month killing more than 600 people and causing billions of U.S. dollars in damage. (Kyodo)

For Aborigines a year after Morakot, moving house has a price

For Aborigines a year after Morakot, moving house has a price

MAJIA, Taiwan - Aborigines in traditional dress await the arrival of Chow Mei-ching, Taiwan's first lady, before a concert marking the first anniversary of Typhoon Morakot at Majia Farm in Majia, Pingtung County, Taiwan, on Aug. 7, 2010. Majia Farm, which is still under construction, will house Aborigines from three villages damaged or destroyed by the typhoon in August 2009. (Kyodo)

For Aborigines a year after Morakot, moving house has a price

For Aborigines a year after Morakot, moving house has a price

MAJIA, Taiwan - Photo shows Torbors Chyuan, executive director of World Vision's Typhoon Morakot Rehabilitation Program, at Majia Farm in Majia, Pingtung County, Taiwan, on Aug. 7, 2010. The Christian charity group is coordinating construction of a new village that will house Aborigines from three villages damaged or destroyed by Typhoon Morakot in August 2009. (Kyodo)