Archive for February, 2010

In Hawaii, Calm Prevailed Despite Tsunami Warning – New York Times

The Hindu In Hawaii, Calm Prevailed Despite Tsunami WarningNew York TimesKAUAI, Hawaii — Jim and Patty Kane, tourists from Rockford, Ill., awoke at their Waikiki hotel around 6 o'clock Saturday morning to find a note slipped under their door telling them that their idyllic vacation would be …Bachelet Appeals for Aid as Aftershocks ContinueVoice of [...]

Man arrested in teen’s disappearance

Police arrested a man Sunday in Escondido, California, in connection with the disappearance of a 17-year-old girl, according to the San Diego County sheriff.

Al Gore takes aim at climate change skeptics

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Vice President Al Gore on took aim at skeptics who doubt the reality of human-caused climate change, saying he wished it were an illusion but that the problem is real and urgent.

Curfew declared in Chilean city; looting feared

Chile’s quake-ravaged city, Concepcion, declared an overnight curfew as reports of looting raised fears about security. Parts of the country are still without water or power.

Canadians celebrate men’s hockey win

Thousands of Canadians turned the streets of Vancouver into rivers of red on Sunday in jubilant celebration of the country’s Olympic gold-medal win in men’s ice hockey.

‘We will raise Chile … it will not be easy,’ president-elect says

Chile’s president-elect pledged Sunday night to rebuild his earthquake-ravaged nation, which he said will be a centerpiece of his administration.

Chile restarts top copper mines hit by quake

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s biggest copper mines hit by a massive earthquake slowly resumed operations on Sunday despite limited power supplies, which analysts fear could curtail exports from the world’s No. 1 producer.

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