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West Coast at Risk of Quake Like Chile's
Posted: 03/03/10 8:34AM
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Just 80 kilometres off the Pacific coast is an earthquake hotspot that threatens to unleash on Seattle, Portland and Vancouver the kind of damage that has shattered Chile.
Massive Chile Quake Shortened Days: NASA
Posted: 03/02/10 9:04AM
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A man looks at a collapsed road in Santiago Saturday Feb. 27, 2010. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday. (AP Photo)
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The 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile on Saturday was so powerful it shifted the Earth's axis and created shorter days, NASA scientists say.
Looters Storm Stores After Chile Quake
Posted: 03/01/10 10:35AM
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CONCEPCION, Chile - Security forces said Monday they arrested dozens of people for violating curfew after looters sacked virtually every market in this hard-hit city and Chile's earthquake toll surpassed 700. President Michelle Bachelet promised imminent deliveries of food, water and shelter for thousands living on the streets.
Tornado Rips Through Farm in Australia
Posted: 02/18/10 9:59AM
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A freak twister in Australia tore through a north Queensland state cornfield on Tuesday and turned at the last minute, sparing the house of a family who moved in only three weeks ago.
Americans Detained While Trying to Take Children Out of Haiti
Posted: 01/31/10 10:17AM
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A group of children wait outside an orphanage in Haiti. (The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz)
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A group of 10 American Baptists were being held in the Haitian capital Sunday after trying take 33 children out of Haiti. The church group, most of them from Idaho, allegedly lacked the proper documents when they were arrested Friday night in a bus along with children from 2 months to 12 years old who had survived the catastrophic earthquake.
Quebec MDs Ask for Pay to Volunteer in Haiti
Filed Under: Canada, Top News, Disasters, EarthquakesQuebec orthopedists heading to Haiti to volunteer in the relief mission are asking the province to pay them $704 per day.
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An employee of Armatix poses for photographers as he presents the “SmartGun Concept" at the International Weapons trade fair in the southern German city of Nuermberg on March 12, 2010.
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Loonie at Par by Summer: CIBC
CP
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Interest rate increases will drive the Canadian dollar back up to parity with its U.S. counterpart by this summer, according to a report from CIBC.
Veiled Woman Blocked From Class
CBC
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The Quebec government has stepped in again in the case of a Muslim woman who refused to remove her niqab veil during a language class.
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A former Ontario township council leader has been identified as the suspect in a shootout on a rural road that killed an OPP officer.
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