Chile quake death toll trimmed to 452 in latest tally
Chile lowers confirmed quake deaths to 452 with 96 still missing as government rolls out initial 112 million dollars for school repairs and reconstruction. The Feb 27 disaster caused about 30 billion in damages, leaving around a million students displaced and 800000 homeless.
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Rodrigo Hinzpeter
Congress probes Camp Lejeune water contamination
Congressional investigators on the House Science and Technology Committee renewed letters seeking decades of documents from private contractors the EPA and a federal science agency about fuel spills at an underground tank farm and correspondence on contamination. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus replied to a prior documents request as Rep. Brad Miller notes Navy delays in providing material needed for health studies.
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N.C
House Science and Technology Committee
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War anniversary fades as Iraq invasion remembered by few
On the seventh anniversary of the U S invasion of Iraq the event largely passes unnoticed. interviews with residents in Raleigh Oceanside and Milwaukee show waning public attention while debates over Afghanistan and health care dominate concerns.
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Raleigh
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Normand Roy
Lewiston
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Calif
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Christina Schrom
Jeanette
White House
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Coalition For A Just Peace
Jacob Flom
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Iraq election upsets signal fractured future politics
Tallies from the March 7 parliamentary vote show Sunni Arabs undermining Kurdish gains in Kirkuk Nineveh and Diyala while a Shiite group aligned with Muqtada al Sadr gains religious votes. The result pressures Prime Minister Maliki and Ayad Allawi as cabinet figures and security chiefs fall short of seats.
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Qassem Daoud
Mahmoud Mashadani
Hajim al Hassani
Floods swamp camps of earthquake victims in Haiti
Heavy rains flood makeshift camps behind a U S Army base in Port au Prince, inundating tarp shelters housing about 45 000 people two months after the January quake. Residents scramble to drain water while expressing fear and relief that no deaths are reported.
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Clinton says signs Israel may resume peace talks
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised useful signs from Israel as the Quartet urged a return to indirect proximity talks between Israelis and Palestinians. Blair expressed hope for a progress package in coming days amid renewed push for negotiations after a Gaza crisis and Israeli housing plans in East Jerusalem drew U.S. condemnation.
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