Taipei, Oct. 21 (CNA) A total of 142 students and faculty members at Sacred Heart Girls High School in New Taipei were taken to hospitals early Thursday after coming down with stomach pain and diarrhea, in what is believed to be a case of mass food poisoning, the school said.
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<strong>Body of young girl found</strong>
A young girl who was the last person still missing after six people were swept into New Taipei City’s Beishih River (北勢溪) during a group outing on Saturday last week was found dead yesterday. A body was found in the downstream part of the river and confirmed to be an eight-year-old girl surnamed Liu (劉), who was part of a group of 16 adults and 15 children on an outing organized by a Taipei-based outdoor experience firm. The group set out for the historic trail before turning back due to heavy rain. On their way back,