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- Chile earthquake: A political storm brews (The Christian Science Monitor)
Mar 2, 2010 - Saturday's 8.8 Chile earthquake came days before next week's landmark transition from outgoing President Michelle Bachelet to conservative President-elect Sebastian Piñera. Are the two playing politics with quake relief? - Tsunami swept away bus full of retirees in Chile (New York Post)
Mar 2, 2010 - PELLUHUE, Chile — The 40 retirees enjoying summer vacation at a seaside campground nestled under pine trees knew they had to move fast after Chile's powerful earthquake struck. They didn't make it. The tsunami came in three waves, surging 200 yards into this Pacific Ocean resort town and dragging... - Chile Earthquake May Have Shortened Days on Earth (SPACE.com via Yahoo! News)
Mar 2, 2010 - The massive 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile may have changed the entire Earth's rotation and shortened the length of days on our planet, a NASA scientist said Monday. - Chile requests Canadian earthquake aid (UPI)
Mar 2, 2010 - OTTAWA, March 2 (UPI) -- Chile has formally asked Canada for specific relief assistance after Saturday's catastrophic earthquake that killed more than 700 people. - Chilean earthquake (UPI)
Mar 2, 2010 - By United Press International CONCEPCION, Chile, March 2 (UPI) -- A lack of food and water has led to widespread looting in areas of Chile affected by last week's massive earthquake. - Clinton visits earthquake-devastated Chile to offer US support (Chicago Tribune)
Mar 2, 2010 - SANTIAGO, Chile (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 disaster. - Tsunami swept away fleeing bus full of retirees (San Francisco Chronicle)
Mar 2, 2010 - The 40 retirees enjoying summer vacation at a seaside campground nestled under pine trees knew they had to move fast after Chile's powerful earthquake struck. They didn't make it. The tsunami came in three waves, surging 200 meters (yards) into this Pacific... - Social media helped with Hawaii tsunami evacuation (San Francisco Chronicle)
Mar 2, 2010 - Tweets and other forms of social networking helped create a relatively smooth evacuation of as many as 50,000 people on Oahu as a tsunami raced toward Hawaii. Honolulu Emergency Management Department spokesman John Cummings says digital networking got the... - Concern for surfer in earthquake (BBC News)
Mar 2, 2010 - The mother of a Cornish surfer who was in Chile when a huge earthquake struck says she has not heard from him for two weeks. - Earthquake in Chile: Economic Aftershocks (TheStreet.com)
Mar 2, 2010 - The earthquake in Chile has killed more than 700 people and wreaked untold devastation. It has also radically impacted a number of economies and impacted the work of countless companies. We assess the economic aftershocks.