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2 months after Haiti quake, housing still elusive (AP)

March 12th, 2010

Marcel, 6, leans on the wall of his collapsed home as he looks toward a new home built by the Danish People's Aid organization in the Carrefour neighborhood on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Thursday, March 11, 2010. The UN and the Haitian government have approved the Danish organization's design for temporary shelters to be built for displaced earthquake survivors prior to the upcoming rainy season.(AP Photo/Andres Leighton)AP - Trash and sewage are piling up at the squalid tent camps that hundreds of thousands have called home since Haiti’s devastating earthquake — and with torrential rains expected…

Pinera govt projects $30 billion in quake damage (AP)

March 12th, 2010

Chile's newly inaugurated President Sebastian Pinera, waves the the crowds after his swearing-in ceremony in Valparaiso, Chile, Thursday, March 11, 2010.(AP Photo/Aliosha Marquez)AP - Calling on Chileans to dry their tears and get to work to rebuild the nation, Sebastian Pinera is already setting an example.


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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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Survivors shiver in Turkey after quake kills 51 (AP)

March 8th, 2010

People walk in the debris of houses destroyed in an earthquake, in Okcular village in the eastern province of Elazig, Turkey, Monday, March 8, 2010. A strong, pre-dawn earthquake knocked down stone and mud-brick houses, barns and minarets in eastern Turkey on Monday, killing scores of people in five villages, the government said. (AP Photo)AP - Hundreds of earthquake survivors huddled in aid tents and around bonfires Monday in eastern Turkey, seeking relief from the winter cold after a strong temblor knocked down stone…

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…

Many quake survivors pin hopes on new president (AP)

March 4th, 2010

People stand next to a fishing boat that ran aground in Dichato, Chile, Thursday, March 4, 2010. A tsunami, caused by an earthquake, hit Chile's coastal central region on Feb. 27. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)AP - Chile’s earthquake and tsunami smashed this pretty little tourist town into splinters, leaving immense piles of wreckage and an awful stench. Rooting through the remains Thursday, Dichato’s residents…

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…

Chileans 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…

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…

Chile quake death toll over 700 as rescue ramps up (AP)

March 1st, 2010

A man carries goods during looting in a supermarket in Concepcion, Chile, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. A 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit Chile early Saturday. (AP Photo/ Aliosha Marquez)AP - Police fired tear gas and imposed an overnight curfew to control looters who sacked virtually every market in this hard-hit city as Chile’s earthquake toll surpassed 700. President…