The devastating earthquakes in Chile and Haiti this year have North American seismologists looking again at the potential for similar quakes here at home.
After all, the U.S. lies on several major fault lines, and has suffered strong earthquakes throughout its history.
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http://www.theweek.com/article/index/106947/Quake_watch_is_America_next
The effort to rebuild Chile after Saturday's massive earthquake can take at least three years, Michelle Bachelet, the country's outgoing president, has said.
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http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/03/201034132356810816.html
Billionaire Sebastian Pinera won Chile's presidential election Sunday in the country's first democratic election of a right-wing ruler in 52 years.
Source:
http://www.dailypress.com/news/national/sns-ap-lt-chile-election,0,1516912.story
