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Chile 8.8 earthquake cause 1000+ death, damage could reach $30 billion

The strong earthquake which struck Chile on Feb 28  did more than $30 billion in damage to the South American nation’s economy, until now, there are over 800 death reported, according to the risk management assessment firm data.

The earthquake damaged off the coast of southern Chile amounts to between 10% and 15% of the nation’s gross domestic product.

About 55% to 65% of the damage is believed to be to residential structures, with 20% to 30% done to commercial buildings and 15% to 20% done to industrial facilities, according to EQECAT.

Most parts of Chile still were without water service and electricity now because of  the 8.8-magnitude earthquake.

Watch 2010 Winter Olympics Live Video Online Free

The Winter Olympics are about to start in Vancouver today, and sports fans of all over the world are ready to tune in and watch the 2010 Winter Olympics live online.


NBC’s Olympics site will feature a number of live streams, but it was a little more difficult to access them. However, the games live video coverage are available on other sites.

Here we got a list of top 5 place to watch the 2010 Winter Olympic games live Online.

No 1, the official site – NBC Olympics, It will stream around 400 hours live from Vancouver.

No 2, Nbcolympics for Mobile users will feature daily highlights of the events.

No3, http://www.ustream.tv, it will perform a Live transmission from Vancouver.

No 4, Yahoo Sports also offers a lot of news coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics game.

No 5, Justin.tv is having a daily live broadcast with two injuried US Ski team members.

In order to watch your favorite games in time, here is the 2010 Olympics Competition Schedule for you refer to.

Finally, the Youtube video will be available soon after the matches, we’ll do it ASAP.

Enjoy the 2010 Winter Olympics games live video.

Haitian earthquake videos and pictures

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck southern Haiti at 5:14 p.m. on Jan. 12, 2009. We will keep updating the news about the 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti.

Haitian earthquake live videos

As the scope of the disaster began to come into focus, offers of help began pouring in. The United Kingdom and the United States, Belize, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, France, Guyana, Iceland, Japan, Morocco, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, were among the countries offering aid.

The video of death in Haiti Earthquake

As the world looks for ways to help the victims of Haiti’s earthquake, the FBI is now warning that there are also those who are looking for opportunities set up scams surrounding the latest disaster relief efforts.

The FBI advises that people should be very skeptical of any unsolicited appeals they receive or find on the Internet.

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An Asteroid Will Smash Into The Earth

As report, a 270-meter (885-foot) asteroid was first discovered in 2004, astronomers estimated its chances of smashing into Earth in its first flyby, in 2029, at 1-in-37.

Russia’s space agency chief said Wednesday a spacecraft may be dispatched to knock a large asteroid off course and reduce the chances of earth impact, even though U.S. scientists say such a scenario is unlikely.

Further studies have ruled out the possibility of an impact in 2029, when the asteroid is expected to come no closer than 18,300 miles (29,450 kilometers) from Earth’s surface, but they indicated a small possibility of a hit on subsequent encounters.

NASA had put the chances that Apophis could hit Earth in 2036 as 1-in-45,000. In October, after researchers recalculated the asteroid’s path, the agency changed its estimate to 1-in-250,000.

NASA said another close encounter in 2068 will involve a 1-in-330,000 chance of impact.

Don Yeomans, who heads NASA’s Near-Earth Object Program, said better calculations of Apophis’ path in several years “will almost certainly remove any possibility of an Earth collision” in 2036.

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45 Philippines official journalists were killed

ccording to the Philippine media reports, nearly one hundred heavily armed militants kidnapped 51 hostages Including 34 official journalists Nov 23 in the southern Philippines island of Mindanao, Maguindanao province.

Philippine militaryLocal military said, 45 hostages have been killed beheaded to deat at present, most women were raped and murdered.

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo expressed strong anger, ordered to hunt down the murderer at all costs.

EBay apologizes for site glitch

Online auction giant eBay apologized Sunday for a daylong glitch that inactivated the search function on its Web site, and said it will compensate sellers for their losses.

When shoppers searched for an item Saturday, the site returned limited or no results.

Some shoppers found a blank page; some received a message that said, “We were unable to run the search results you entered. Please try again in a few minutes.”

The company said it had resolved the problems by Sunday.

“We are happy to report that critical search functionality was restored overnight on Saturday, and we are seeing normal activity levels today,” eBay Marketplace Operations President Lorrie Norrington said Sunday in a statement.

The company’s Web site offered various scenarios under which sellers could be compensated, including those with auctions that ended Saturday.

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