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Source: NKorea set no-sail zones off west coast (AP)

June 25th, 2010

File - In this June 10, 2010 file photo, protesters denounce the North Korean government while holding portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's son Kim Jung Un as they prepare to launch balloons carrying leaflets condemning the North Korean government, as well as thousands of DVD's, pocket radios, and even cash to drift over the demilitarized zone into North Korea, at the border town of Imjingak, South Korea. North Korea is releasing songs and poems praising the leader's son as part of efforts to groom him as his father's successor, South Korea's spy chief was quoted as saying Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File)AP - A South Korean official says North Korea banned boats off its west coast though no unusual military movement has been detected.


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BP confirms Bob Dudley in key Gulf Coast role (AP)

June 23rd, 2010

AP - BP PLC says that Bob Dudley has been appointed to head the new Gulf Coast Restoration Organization, which is in charge of cleaning up the oil spill.

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6.3 quake hits off Japanese coast; no damage seen (AP)

June 18th, 2010

AP - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 has rattled northern Japan.

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Chile quake offers tough lessons for US coast (AP)

April 6th, 2010

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2010 file photo, vehicles sit overturned after a highway collapsed due to the earthquake near Santiago. Chile's advanced construction codes, bustling coastal cities, modern skyscrapers and veteran emergency services were all put to the test after the 8.8-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami on Feb. 27, lessons that California, Oregon and Washington have yet to fully learn despite deep experience with lesser quakes. ( AP Photo/David Lillo, File)AP - As the Easter earthquake shook Southern California, the state’s disaster management chief was thousands of miles away in Chile, examining what experts say is the best case study…

Tsunami sweeps away entire towns on Chilean coast (AP)

March 1st, 2010

A boat lies marooned on a street in Talcahuano, Chile, Monday, March 1, 2010. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday triggering a tsunami that hit coastal communities. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)AP - When the shaking stopped, Marioli Gatica and her extended family huddled in a circle on the floor of their seaside wooden home in this gritty port town, listening…

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