101.   A powerful earthquake jolted Taiwan on Sunday, killing four people as cranes and scaffolding at a high-rise building site went crashing to the ground, authorities said.

102.   A German Foreign Ministry spokesman in Bonn said the engineers were abducted as they returned home from their building site at a power distribution center.

103.   A two minute silence also was observed but was punctuated by the rattle of jackhammers and pile drivers from a nearby building site.

104.   As the demonstrators chanted, a large fire broke out at a nearby building site.

105.   At Indian building sites, poor, unskilled laborers are hired to implement the complex orders of architects and engineers.

106.   Bangkok officials recently launched a crackdown on the dust-swirled building sites, issuing fines for contractors who fail to use tarpaulins to contain dust.

107.   Building sites, once bustling with activity, have come to a near standstill.

108.   But Mr Tse complained that Mr Arculli had not reduced the number of unfair legal accusations made against contractors over accidents on building sites caused by workers.

109.   But workmen at the building site said the pair were not gunmen but Ethiopian soldiers assigned to protect the motorcade.

110.   Cranes and scaffolding at a high-rise building site went crashing to the ground after a powerful earthquake jolted Taiwan on Sunday, killing four construction workers, authorities said.