Taiwanese leader Ma Ying-jeou said Sunday he accepts responsibility for the
government's slow response after Typhoon Morakot slammed into the island killing
at more than 120 people and unleashing floods, mudslides and misery.
Two thousand people killed during a summer heatwave; mosquitoes at Heathrow carrying malaria parasites picked up from infected holidaymakers; road-builders switching to a melt-resistant tarmac.