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By TING-I TSAI

TAIPEI -- Two senior Taiwanese officials offered to resign Wednesday to take responsibility for the slow emergency response to Typhoon Morakot, but the government's display of remorse -- including several apologies from President Ma Ying-jeow -- showed few signs of calming public anger.

 Typhoon death toll mounts as mud, water block rescuers

(CNN) -- Roads covered with mud, debris and floodwater foiled rescuers trying Wednesday to reach mountain villages in southern Taiwan, the area hardest hit by Typhoon Morakot, a spokesman for the nation's disaster-prevention agency said.

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