http://www.mail.com/locations/3440-chile.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/3440-chile.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763390-chilean-town-shaken-reminders-deadly-quake.html NAVIDAD, Chile (AP) — One jolt hit in the middle of the night. Another caught fishermen at a nearby beach. Then the ground shook at supper. And then again, and again: More than 170 tremors were felt in Navidad in just five weeks. The strongest struck during a funeral, and sent panicked mourners fleeing into the street. Navidad, a coastal farming town of 5... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763390-chilean-town-shaken-reminders-deadly-quake.html 2012-12-13T13:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762516-joe-allbritton-87-dc-media-banking-giant-dies.html McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Joe L. Allbritton, who became one of Washington's most influential men through a media conglomerate of newspapers and television stations and a financial empire that once included Riggs Bank, died Wednesday. He was 87. He was suffering from heart ailments and died at a hospital in Houston, where he lived, said Frederick J. Ryan Jr., pre... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762516-joe-allbritton-87-dc-media-banking-giant-dies.html 2012-12-13T01:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1753838-perus-capital-highly-vulnerable-to-major-quake.html LIMA, Peru (AP) — The earthquake all but flattened colonial Lima, the shaking so violent that people tossed to the ground couldn't get back up. Minutes later, a 50-foot (15-meter) wall of Pacific Ocean crashed into the adjacent port of Callao, killing all but 200 of its 5,000 inhabitants. Bodies washed ashore for weeks. Plenty of earthquakes have shaken P... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 17:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1753838-perus-capital-highly-vulnerable-to-major-quake.html 2012-12-09T17:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1752892-booze-smokes-agenda-quirky-govt-group.html BELTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Deep in a secure laboratory just outside Washington sits the federal government's heaviest smoker. It is a half-ton hulk of a machine, all brushed aluminum and gasping smoke holes, like a retrofit of equipment used on an Industrial Revolution production line. It can smoke 20 cigarettes at once and conclude which are unsafe because t... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 14:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1752892-booze-smokes-agenda-quirky-govt-group.html 2012-12-08T14:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1751390-chilean-court-fines-motel-discrimination.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A court in Chile has slapped a fine on a motel that banned entry to a gay couple in the first ruling associated with a new-antidiscrimination law. The judge ordered the motel on Friday to pay a $4,000 fine to a lesbian couple and ordered motel owners to never again forbid people from renting a room based on their sexual orientation.... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1751390-chilean-court-fines-motel-discrimination.html 2012-12-07T17:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1739666-peru-asks-un-court-to-set-sea-border-with-chile.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Peru asked the U.N.'s highest court Monday to set a maritime border between it and Chile, in a case that could greatly expand the amount of rich seas under Peru's control off the two Andean neighbors' Pacific coasts. Peru launched the case at the International Court of Justice in 2008, arguing that a maritime boundary was nev... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1739666-peru-asks-un-court-to-set-sea-border-with-chile.html 2012-12-03T18:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1718534-codelco-reports-higher-jan-sept-profit.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's state-owned mining company Codelco said Thursday its January-September profits rose 27 percent over the same period last year, boosted by the settlement of a long-running feud with British miner Anglo American Plc over control of a promising copper mine. The world's largest copper company said Thursday it earned $6.77 billio... Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1718534-codelco-reports-higher-jan-sept-profit.html 2012-11-22T18:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1717452-59-magnitude-quake-strikes-chile.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A strong 5.9-magnitude earthquake shook central Chile on Wednesday, causing office buildings in the capital to sway for almost a minute but authorities said no damage was reported and ruled out the possibility of tsunami along its coast. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake's epicenter was 37 miles (59 kilometers) southwest of ... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 22:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1717452-59-magnitude-quake-strikes-chile.html 2012-11-21T22:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1703594-solar-cars-roll-earths-driest-desert.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The second annual Solar Challenge has begun in Chile's Atacama desert, where 15 solar-powered cars rolled out of an old salt mine Thursday. The solar-powered prototypes will travel more than 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) through the world's driest desert in the four-day, multinational race. There are two categories: cars powered only... Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1703594-solar-cars-roll-earths-driest-desert.html 2012-11-15T19:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1692638-chile-searches-3-missing-european-tourists.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Three days of searching has found no trace of three European tourists who went missing while hiking at one of this South American nation's most active volcanos, authorities said Saturday. Teams led by special police and the Andean Aid Team have been sweeping the area around the Villarica volcano in Chile's central valley since Thurs... Sun, 11 Nov 2012 01:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1692638-chile-searches-3-missing-european-tourists.html 2012-11-11T01:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1666354-spanish-judge-indicts-7-un-diplomats-slaying.html MADRID (AP) — Six Chileans and an American accused of the 1976 kidnapping, torture and murder of a Spanish U.N. official in Chile were indicted Tuesday by a Spanish judge who issued international arrest warrants for them to be tried in Spain. Judge Pablo Ruz charged the seven with genocide linked to the former regime of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, ... Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1666354-spanish-judge-indicts-7-un-diplomats-slaying.html 2012-10-30T16:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1661350-municipal-votes-test-chiles-national-parties.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Millions of Chileans are voting Sunday for the first time in their lives in nationwide municipal elections that could set the stage for next year's presidential race. The timing is key. The vote tests where the heart of the electorate lies just weeks before the campaign for Chile's presidency formally begins. Any would-be candidates... Sun, 28 Oct 2012 04:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1661350-municipal-votes-test-chiles-national-parties.html 2012-10-28T04:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1658744-chiles-alma-probes-origins-universe.html LLANO DE CHAJNANTOR, Chile (AP) — Earth's largest radio telescope is growing more powerful by the day on this remote plateau high above Chile's Atacama desert, where visitors often feel like they're planting the first human footprints on the red crust of Mars. The 16,400-foot (5,000-meter) altitude, thin air and mercurial climate here can be unbearable. V... Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1658744-chiles-alma-probes-origins-universe.html 2012-10-26T16:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1657706-cynthia-carroll-to-step-anglo-american-ceo.html LONDON (AP) — Cynthia Carroll will step down as chief executive of mining company Anglo American PLC after almost six years in the job, the company announced Friday. Carroll, who is to leave the company as soon as a successor is found, made no reference to reports that some investors had lost faith in her leadership following a series of controversial eve... Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1657706-cynthia-carroll-to-step-anglo-american-ceo.html 2012-10-26T10:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1629242-andes-survivors-mark-40th-anniversary-crash.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Surviving members of an Uruguayan rugby team have played a match postponed four decades ago when their plane crashed in the Andes, stranding them for 72 days in the cordillera and forcing them to eat human flesh to stay alive. The Old Christians Club squared off Saturday in Santiago in a game that was tied 1-1 against the Old Grango... Sun, 14 Oct 2012 10:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1629242-andes-survivors-mark-40th-anniversary-crash.html 2012-10-14T10:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1623424-investor-wants-20-argentine-flagship.html ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — International investors put a $20 million price tag on an Argentine navy training ship Thursday after a judge in Ghana ruled that the ARA Libertad cannot set sail until the South American country settles claims for unpaid debts. The U.S. creditors are demanding payment in full on Argentine bonds for which most investors accepted 30 cen... Fri, 12 Oct 2012 02:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1623424-investor-wants-20-argentine-flagship.html 2012-10-12T02:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1623500-chiles-huge-open-pit-copper-mine-underground.html CHUQUICAMATA, Chile (AP) — From above, it looks like a colossal amphitheater carved from rock, or the vast crater from a meteorite that crashed into Chile's Atacama desert ages ago. Inside the world's largest open-pit copper mine, dump trucks as big as two-story houses work around the clock to haul hundreds of tons of rock and minerals 2,790 feet (850 me... Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1623500-chiles-huge-open-pit-copper-mine-underground.html 2012-10-11T22:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1623864-earthquake-shakes-chilean-capital.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — An earthquake has shaken central Chile, rattling buildings in the capital of Santiago, but country's emergency office says there are no reports of injury or damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says Thursday's magnitude-5.5 quake took place at 2:22 p.m. (1:22 p.m. EST; 1722 GMT) and was centered 11 miles (18 kilometers) from the city ... Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1623864-earthquake-shakes-chilean-capital.html 2012-10-11T16:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1617792-chilean-bishop-suspected-abusing-minors-resigns.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The pope on Tuesday accepted the resignation of a Chilean bishop who is under investigation by the Vatican for the alleged sexual abuse of a minor. The resignation of Bishop Marco Antonio Ordenes Fernandez of Iquique, Chile, marks one of the few times that the Vatican has acknowledged publicly that it was investigating a bishop for sex... Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1617792-chilean-bishop-suspected-abusing-minors-resigns.html 2012-10-09T14:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1610936-tunneling-through-andes-to-speed-global-trade.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — South American engineers are trying to tackle one of the continent's greatest natural challenges: the towering Andes mountain chain that creates a costly physical barrier for nations ever-more-dependent on trade with Asia. Instead of pushing cargo over a 10,500-foot (3,200-meter) pass that is often blocked by snow for weeks,... Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1610936-tunneling-through-andes-to-speed-global-trade.html 2012-10-05T18:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1597692-chiles-allende-wins-danish-literature-prize.html COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Chilean author Isabel Allende has won a Danish literature prize for her "magical and spellbinding storytelling." The 500,000 kroner ($86,000) Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize is given to a writer whose works compare with those of the legendary Andersen, who was born in 1805 and wrote about 160 fairytales and poems before... Sun, 30 Sep 2012 12:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1597692-chiles-allende-wins-danish-literature-prize.html 2012-09-30T12:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1573186-chiles-pacific-paradise-endangered-goats-cats.html ROBINSON CRUSOE ISLAND, Chile (AP) — It's still a natural paradise far out in the Pacific, with thick jungles and stunningly steep and verdant slopes climbing out of the sea. But much of the splendor in the tiny Chilean islands that likely inspired Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe" castaway novel is being eaten away. Nearly four centuries of human contact ... Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1573186-chiles-pacific-paradise-endangered-goats-cats.html 2012-09-19T16:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1555208-chilean-president-accused-cooking-poverty-data.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The Chilean president's efforts to squeeze political advantage from his campaign to reduce poverty have backfired, opening him up to accusations that he distorted statistics to show progress on a campaign promise. No one can deny that President Sebastian Pinera has made real efforts to combat poverty, fostering job creation and prov... Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1555208-chilean-president-accused-cooking-poverty-data.html 2012-09-11T22:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1556244-chileans-protest-their-9-11-coup-anniversary.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Activists in Chile marked their own 9-11 Tuesday, the anniversary of the day in 1973 when Gen. Augusto Pinochet seized power in a military coup that prompted socialist President Salvador Allende to kill himself rather than surrender. Street protests began before daybreak, with bonfires and violent clashes with police. One station wa... Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1556244-chileans-protest-their-9-11-coup-anniversary.html 2012-09-11T21:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1547074-chile-general-criticized-anti-gay-orders.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's government is criticizing one of its top generals for discriminating against gays and religious groups in his orders to military recruiters. Army Commander Cristian Chateau had signed a document asking recruiters to be "especially concerned" about finding soldiers who are "morally and intellectually prepared" for military se... Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1547074-chile-general-criticized-anti-gay-orders.html 2012-09-07T16:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1546544-argentina-torture-victim-identified-chilean.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Forensic scientists have finally identified a mutilated corpse that washed up on the shore in 1976 as that of a Chilean leftist who was among the first victims of the Argentine dictatorship. The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team used genetic evidence and fingerprints taken by Uruguay's military government at the time to i... Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1546544-argentina-torture-victim-identified-chilean.html 2012-09-07T16:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1543814-google-picks-chile-latin-america-servers.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Google Inc. has chosen a site just outside the capital of Chile for its first data center in Latin America. The $150 million project will house computer servers capable of storing vast amounts of information. It's a win for Chile, which has campaigned to attract high-tech businesses in recent years. Google says it picked the site in... Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1543814-google-picks-chile-latin-america-servers.html 2012-09-06T14:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1525780-chile-supreme-court-rejects-45b-power-plant.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's Supreme Court has rejected plans to build a $4.5 billion coal-fired power plant and port to serve northern Chile's copper mines, ruling that the project's Brazilian and German investors failed to prove they can protect the surrounding environment. Critics said the Castilla project developed by Sao Paulo-based MPX Energia SA ... Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1525780-chile-supreme-court-rejects-45b-power-plant.html 2012-08-28T19:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1517088-anglo-american-codelco-peace-copper.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's state-owned copper company Codelco and British firm Anglo American PLC have settled their long-running conflict over control of a promising copper mine with a multi-billion dollar deal that includes major new Japanese investments in Chile. The settlement removes uncertainty about the London-based company's future in the worl... Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1517088-anglo-american-codelco-peace-copper.html 2012-08-23T18:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1500730-russian-jail-to-pro-soccer-chile.html QUILICURA, Chile (AP) — Fog blankets the grassy soccer field surrounded by chickens and grazing cows as the players of Santiago Morning sprint through a practice game. It's just another training session in Chile's second-tier soccer league, but at least one man plays like a child running free in a pasture. For Maxim Molokoedov, it's a taste of temporary f... Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1500730-russian-jail-to-pro-soccer-chile.html 2012-08-14T15:37:00Z