PARIS (AFP) –
Hurricane-force winds, surging seas and driving rain lashed western Europe, leaving at least 53 people dead and more than a million households without power.
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Tags: Atlantic Storm, Brice Hortefeux, Charente Maritime, Coastal Towns, Driving Rain, Foot Waves, Foul Weather, Francois Fillon, Hurricane Force, Natural Disaster, Nicolas Sarkozy, Pierre Lellouche, President Nicolas Sarkozy, Prime Minister Francois Fillon, Recovery Operations, Regional Budget, Regional Policy, Sleeping On The Ground, Violent Winds, Western Coasts
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's weeklong, five-nation tour of Latin America is certain to focus on the earthquake in Chile, even as she tries to build support for fresh penalties against Iran.
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Tags: Barack Obama, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, Disaster Rescue, Earthquake In Chile, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Hugo Chavez, Inauguration Guests, Jose Mujica, Michelle Bachelet, Montevideo Uruguay, Nation Tour, Nonessential Travel, Peacekeeping Forces, Philippe Reines, President Elect, President Michelle Bachelet, Rafael Correa, San Juan Puerto Rico, Santiago Chile, Sebastian Pinera
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) –
Chile's biggest copper mines hit by a massive earthquake slowly resumed operations on Sunday despite limited power supplies, which analysts fear could curtail exports from the world's No. 1 producer.
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Tags: Anglo American, Bronces, Concentrator, Copper Mine, Copper Mines, Copper Prices, Earthquake In Chile, El Teniente, Extraction Of Minerals, Initial Reports, Limited Power, London Metal Exchange, Magnitude Quake, Massive Earthquake, Metric Ton, Metric Tons, Port Of San Antonio, Regional Grid, Santiago Chile, Smelter
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VANCOUVER (Reuters) –
These Winter Olympics showed London 2012 that great sport and people of passion will help you overcome any number of problems, while a home gold rush can set a Games on the way to greatness.
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Tags: Blunders, Fun City, Gold Medals, Gold Rush, Good Games, Great Sport, Home Gold, London 2012, Luger, Mishaps, Negative Feedback, Nodar, Organizing Committee, Overtime Victory, Own The Podium, Reuters, Sebastian Coe, Vancouver Winter Olympics, Volunteer Service, Winter Olympics
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TAIPEI, Taiwan – Early last year, a Chinese company placed an order with a Taiwanese agent for 108 nuclear-related pressure gauges. But something happened along the way. Paperwork was backdated. Plans were rerouted, orders reconfigured, shipping redirected.
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Tags: China Connection, Chinese Company, David Albright, International Sanctions, Iran Iran, Iranian Government, Nuclear Bomb, Nuclear Equipment, Nuclear Proliferation, Persian Gulf, Pressure Transducers, Russia Europe, Sanctions Against Iran, Sanctions On Iran, Swiss Manufacturer, Taipei Taiwan, Taiwan China, Taiwanese Authorities, Timely Application, Transshipment Points
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