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28 Feb 2010 10:09

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World: Chile earthquake: Lots of people lost their shelter in the quake

  • 1.5 million people displaced by the Chile quake source
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27 Feb 2010 03:06

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World: Chile quake scary, but not an uncommon occurrence

  • Our hotel is built for this. In Chile, this happens many times.
  • Santiago, Chile, Hotel Kennedy employee Anita Herrera • Regarding the earthquake which just hit her country. While this quake is quite large, the country has lots of experience with large-scale quakes. The powerful 9.5-magnitude 1960 Valdiva Earthquake, for example, was so huge that it caused a tsunami that reached all the way to Alaska. From Chile. That quake left a huge death toll (as many as 6,000 dead). This one also forced a a tsunami warning for Chile and Peru. Our prayers go out to the country. source
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27 Feb 2010 02:48

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World: 8.3 Chile Earthquake: Twitter’s very worried



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27 Feb 2010 02:42

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World: How far was the 8.3 Chile earthquake from Santiago?

  • 212 miles away from the capitol; close enough to damage? source
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02 Jan 2010 18:06

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World: The Brazilian mudslide quickly gets larger, deadlier

With at least 64 dead and many more potentially missing, search crews are heavily trying their best to find anyone they can. source
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08 Nov 2009 20:24

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World: In El Salvador, Hurricane Ida left an awful death toll already

  • 91+ have died in the country after 3 days of heavy rain source
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28 Sep 2009 21:09

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World: What the heck happened in Honduras? Things are declining fast

  • Protests are heavy and seem to be getting worse thanks to outed president Manuel Zelaya’s presence. Zelaya’s getting criticized because he got back in, destabilizing everything. The interim government took out major media outlets to limit criticism and the free flow of information. And there was talk of taking away people’s civil liberties. To put it simply, the country’s completely gone down the tubes in three months. How did this happen? source
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13 Sep 2009 22:18

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World: Hugo Chavez has more guns than you do. A. LOT. MORE.

  • $2 billion deal to get lots of weapons for Venezuela. SIGNED. source
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04 Jul 2009 13:19

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World: Honduras: You’re gonna kick us out? Well, WE’RE LEAVING!

  • Post-coup, the country left the Organization of American States. Honduras has been in a state of disarray this week after ditching their President Jose Manuel Zelaya in a coup. Outside the Central American country, support for the new regime is very low, and they’re becoming increasingly isolated. “We wanted to ask that this situation be reversed,” said Jose Miguel Insulza, the Secretary General of the OAS. “Unfortunately, one must say that there appears to be no willingness to do this.” source
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