Chile Braces for a Major Economic Slowdown After a Prosperous Decade
| How severely the quake will rattle Chile’s economy remains to be seen, but difficulties are expected in a number of industries, including fishing and agriculture. 03/16/2010 03:40 (nytimes world) Continue to read news >> |
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Colombian Is World's Shortest Man At 27 ... Edward Nino Hernandez is in many ways a typical 24-year-old Colombian male. He loves to dance reggaeton, dreams of owning a car - preferably a Mercedes- and wants to see |
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Iranian Said To Be Lashed Over A Photo A lawyer for Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani said the punishment was meant to pressure journalists and her family after The Times of London published a photograph it believed |
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Nkorea's Party Members Gathering For Mee... North Korea's ruling communist party members gathered in Pyongyang ahead of their largest political conference in 30 years, state media reported Monday, amid predictions |
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Mideast Crisis Looms Over Israeli Settle... Just days after Mideast peace talks began, a crisis looms: Israel hinted it will ease restrictions on West Bank building, while the Palestinian president warned he'll qui |
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Afghans Protest Us Church's Plans To Bur... Hundreds of Afghans railed against the United States and called for President Barack Obama's death at a rally in the capital Monday to denounce an American church's plans |
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Chile Mine Disaster Exposes Old Family F... The disaster that will likely keep the miners underground for months also has shaken the fault lines in their families above. Some squabble over who should get the miners |
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Tropical Storm Hermine Heads For Mexico-... Tropical Storm Hermine formed in the southwest Gulf of Mexico on Monday and strengthened slightly as it moved toward the coast of northeast Mexico and southern Texas, the |
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Pakistan's Flooded Farms Unable To Be So... The floodwaters that already devastated one crop in the fields are threatening the next season's crop as well, an aftershock aid workers fear could add to Pakistan's mise |
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Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills 17 In Pakis... The explosion behind a police station kills seven officers and eight civilians, including four children on their way to school.A Taliban suicide bomber detonated a car Mo |
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North Korea Workers' Party Meeting Raise... Secrecy abounds ahead of the first party congress in decades. Experts expect it to set the stage for officially naming the ailing Kim Jong Il's successor, said to be his |
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Iran: Israeli Attack Would Mean Its Own ... Iran's president said Sunday that any Israeli attack against his nation would mean the destruction of the Jewish state. |
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Fit For A Miniature Indian Highway For 17 years, a former furniture maker has been selling his handmade wooden tiny trucks and tractors on a roadside in Punjab, the real versions rumbling by a few feet awa |
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Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills 17 In Pakis... The explosion behind a police station kills seven officers and eight civilians, including four children on their way to school.A Taliban suicide bomber detonated a car Mo |
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