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As looting and street clashes break out following massive earthquake, 10,000 troops fan out across southern region to protect markets, pharmacies.

The death toll from Chile's earthquake has more than doubled to 708 and is expected to rise further, President Michelle Bachelet has said.

There are reasons why the huge Chile quake did less damage than the weaker tremblor in Haiti.

Evacuation alarms sounded in Hawaii’s vulnerable coastal areas as the region prepared for what federal officials say could be a dangerous tsunami.

A massive quake struck Chile early Saturday, shaking the capital of Santiago, bringing down buildings and setting off a tsunami. At least 78 were killed with the toll rising.

Billionaire Sebastian Pinera was elected president of Chile yesterday, after a runoff election against former president Eduardo Frei. Pinera, who was a senator for eight years and ran unsuccessfully for president in 2005, ranked 701st among the world's billionaires in March 2009 with a net worth of $1 billion. He is likely worth much more than that now thanks to the soaring value of his most valuable holding, a 26% stake in Chile's national airline LAN, which was recently worth $1.5 billion.

A Chilean weightlifter gives birth to a baby boy during a training session, without having known she was pregnant.

The oldest known human hair belonged to a 9,000-year-old mummy disinterred from an ancient Chilean cemetery.