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Earthquake in Chile:
Chile troops tackle quake looters
Rescue workers in Chile are still searching for survivors of the earthquake which struck on Saturday. More than seven hundred people are now thought to have died, and two million have lost their homes.
According to our city council, 250 houses in San Antonio were destroyed and 200 bungalows belonging to recreation centre were swept by the sea. Fortunately, they were empty.

The death toll from Chile's 8.8 magnitude earthquake looks like being a fraction of the 220,000 people who were killed in Haiti in January.

This is despite the Chilean quake being 500 times stronger than the one in Haiti.

Clearly, Chile is a more prosperous country, with economic output per head of the population more than 10 times greater than Haiti.

That has meant that buildings in general are better built, but Chile was also better prepared.

People in Chile knew the safest places to go to when the earthquake struck.

Also, since an even stronger earthquake in 1960, Chile has developed a seismic design code for new buildings, which has made them better able to stay standing in an earthquake.


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The assassination of a Hamas official in Dubai puts a spotlight on its "open door policy," which brings foreign residents and investment but also offers cover for espionage.

Another Taliban leader captured in Pakistan
Taliban claims responsibility for deadly Kabul attacks
The Taliban claimed responsibility for attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan near the Safi Landmark Hotel in the neighborhood of Shahr-E-Naw, where there are a number of government buildings and U.N. offices as well as supermarkets, banks, diplomatic facilities and villas for well-to-do Afghans. At least 17 people were killed

Permalink Afghanistan bans media from covering militant attacks live
KABUL, Afghanistan - The Afghan government has banned news organizations from covering militant attacks while they are occurring, saying media outlets unknowingly help the Taliban through such broadcasts. The National Directorate of Security issued the ban Monday. It prevents news organizations from reporting from the site of an attack until security forces secure the area and issue a green light.

US
Spitzer "madam" set to announce own candidacy for New York Governor
New York, : Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's "Manhattan Madam", Kristin Davis, who is said to have supplied him with call girls, will officially announce her own candidacy for governor on March 1.