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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - The worldwide death toll from the SARS virus surpassed 700 on Sunday after Taiwan reported 12 new deaths and China reported seven. Still, Taiwan angrily refused rival China's offers of help and scolded Beijing for blocking the island's efforts to join the World Health Organization. "If the Chinese authorities are really concerned about Taiwanese ... they should no longer interfere with Taiwan's attempts to participate in the WHO or other international organizations," Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council said, adding that China should keep its medicine to focus on its own SARS outbreak. Taiwan reported 15 new SARS...