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Disaster experts praise Chile quake response (AP)

March 10th, 2010

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet arrives to Constitucion, Chile, Monday, March 8, 2010.  An 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit central Chile on Feb. 27, causing widespread damage. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)AP - President Michelle Bachelet leaves office Thursday with a chunk of her country in ruins — and her popularity in the clouds.


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Doctors warn of health threat from Chile wreckage (AP)

March 6th, 2010

People inspect their earthquake damaged homes in Caleta Tumbes, Chile, Friday, March 5, 2010.  The fishing village was damaged by waves following an  8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck central Chile on Feb. 27, causing widespread damage. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Huge piles of wreckage and tons of rotting fish and other debris blanketing the ground are turning the coastal towns shattered by Chile’s earthquake and tsunami into nests…

Strong aftershocks hit quake-stunned Chile (AP)

March 5th, 2010

People stand outside their houses after an aftershock hit Concepcion, Chile, Friday, March 5, 2010. Several aftershocks struck different areas of the country, that was hit by an earthquake and tsunami killing hundreds of people in the central coastal areas last Feb. 27.  (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - The most powerful aftershock in six days sent terrified Chileans fleeing into quake-shattered streets and forced doctors to evacuate some patients from a major hospital on Friday as…

Chile says rebuilding after quake could take years (AP)

March 5th, 2010

A soldier patrols in Dichato, Chile, Thursday, March 4, 2010. An earthquake caused a tsunami that hit Chile's coastal central region on Feb. 27. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)AP - Chile’s president says it will take three years to rebuild the region wracked by an earthquake and tsunami, something all too clear to the people cleaning up this…

Chile military rolls out post-quake aid effort (AP)

March 4th, 2010

A government worker distributes aid in Concepcion, Chile, Wednesday, March 3, 2010. The government deployed thousands of army and navy troops throughout the country's central coastal region, that was hit by an earthquake on Feb. 27, to contain looting and clear the way for aid to be distributed. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)AP - The Chilean military’s humanitarian aid effort hit the streets, carrying food and water to some areas that had seen little of either since a mammoth earthquake struck five…

Chile military delivers aid, but 1st helps its own (AP)

March 3rd, 2010

Troops and firefighters unload aid from a military helicopter in Dichato, Chile, Wednesday, March 3, 2010. The government deployed thousands of  army and navy troops throughout the country's central coastal region, that was hit by an earthquake on Feb. 27, to contain looting and clear the way for aid to be distributed. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)AP - Four days after a deadly earthquake, Chile’s military finally launched a massive humanitarian aid effort Wednesday that promised to improve an image long associated with dictatorship-era repression.


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Chile survivors forced to protect, feed themselves after quake (AP)

March 3rd, 2010

Men guard their street from looters in Concepcion, Chile, Tuesday, March 2, 2010. The government sent soldiers and ordered a nighttime curfew to quell looting after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday, Feb. 27. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - One man swings a thick metal chain. Another grips an ax. An older gentleman favors a wooden pole. And a 20-year-old spoiling for a fight has prepared a…

Clinton brings phones, promises to quake-hit Chile (AP)

March 2nd, 2010

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, extends her arms as she is greeted by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, left, at the airport in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, March 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made a small dent in Chile’s growing needs following a massive earthquake, handing over 25 satellite phones while promising more Tuesday…

Clinton in quake-hit Chile to offer support (AP)

March 2nd, 2010

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in earthquake-ravaged Chile on Tuesday to offer the devastated country moral and material support as it recovers from the deadly…

Quake stops production for biggest Chile winemaker (AP)

March 2nd, 2010

AP - Chile’s biggest winemaker said Monday that is stopping production for at least a week because the mammoth earthquake hit the nation’s wine-growing heartland hard, damaging wineries and the…