Taiwan holds ritual for quake's tilting symbol

HUALIEN, Taiwan: Fruit, flowers and incense paper were arranged on a table Friday as authorities prepared a ceremony before demolishing a dangerously leaning building that has become a symbol of Taiwan's biggest quake in 25 years.

The glass-fronted Uranus building, located in Hualien, the city nearest the quake's epicenter, is a 10-story mix of shops and apartments that has stood for nearly 40 years.