Taiwan quake toll 115

Taipei: Rescuers have pulled out 115 dead a week since a powerful earthquake struck Taiwan's oldest city of Tainan, leaving only two missing in the rubble of a collapsed 17-story residential complex. All but two of the dead were found at the ruins of the Weiguan Golden Dragon complex, which toppled when the 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck last Saturday. A total of 327 people in the building survived. AP

Islamabad

Afghan ex-Guv abducted in Pak   

A former Governor of Afghanistan's Herat province has been kidnapped from a market in an upscale district of Islamabad, Pakistani police said. Sayed Fazlullah Wahidi was going to a restaurant in the market with his grandson on Friday evening when he was abducted by unidentified men. The boy reported the kidnapping to the local police station and said Wahidi was in Islamabad to apply for a British visa. AFP

YANGON

Army chief to get extension 

Myanmar's army chief Min Aung Hlaing and his deputy are slated to extend their terms for another five years, a newspaper said, as the military and democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi negotiate the terms of transition. The move means Min Aung Hlaing has consolidated his power base among the military leadership and would allow the army to avoid a top-level reshuffle. Reuters