**Taiwan, Palau sign MOUs on joint criminal investigation and forensics **

Taiwan and Palau have signed memorandums of understanding to provide mutual

legal assistance in criminal matters and forensic assistance between the two

countries.

The MOUs were signed virtually by Justice Minister Tsai Ching-hsiang and

Palauan Vice President and Minister of Justice J. Uduch Sengebau Senior, who

is in quarantine after arriving in Taiwan on Saturday on a five-day visit.

This marks the first time Taiwan has signed an MOU on mutual forensic

assistance with another country.

Tsai says the MOU will allow Taiwan to send medical examiners to Palau at the

request of the latter to perform autopsies and forensics as well as train

medical examiners.

**Woman Dies After Being Struck by Train **

A woman has died after being struck by an out-of-service train in New Taipei.

Police say the 72-year-old woman was grazed by a Taiwan Railways

Administration train as it was traveling on an elevated part of the track

just past midnight.

They say the woman was found without vital signs, lying next to the tracks

with broken bones in her hands and feet.

Officials are looking into the cause of the incident.

(NS)

**Gorbachev Dead at 91 **

Mikhail Gorbachev, the 8th and last leader of the Soviet Union has died in

Moscow at the age of 91.

Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks was based in Moscow in the 1990s and

interviewed Gorbachev after he left power.

**UN Official Warns of Libya Chaos **

The U.N. political chief is warning that failure to resolve Libya's political

crisis and hold delayed elections poses a growing threat in the country.

Rosemary DiCarlo pointed to violent clashes Saturday that killed at least 42

people and injured 159 others according to Libyan authorities.

She told the U.N. Security Council Tuesday that the clashes between armed

groups supporting rival claimants to be prime minister involved the

indiscriminate use of medium and heavy weapons.

DiCarlo says the violence also displaced 50 families, significantly damaged

five health facilities, and affected two detention centers for migrants and

refugees, involving a total of 560 people.

Libya has plunged into chaos since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed

longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.

The oil-rich county has for years been split between rival administrations,

each backed by rogue militias and foreign governments

**OUTRO **

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