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Rescue Effort Ramps Up In Chile; Death Toll Rises

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Chile Quake: Emergency Without Parallel

Rescue Effort Ramps Up In Chile; Death Toll Rises

Survivors huddled around the rubble of their homes and wandered the streets, fearing aftershocks, a day after one of the strongest earthquakes in history. Reports said some towns "disappeared from the map."

NPR's Richard Harris: Science Of Quakes

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Chile Quake: Emergency Without Parallel

Chile's Buckling Part Of Earthquake Belt

The 8.8 magnitude quake in Chile on Saturday morning struck one of the most seismically active zones in the world. In fact, the largest quake ever recorded — a 9.5 in 1960 — was centered nearby.

Chile's Buckling Part Of Earthquake Belt

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Planning For Haiti's Future Presents Many Challenges

15 minutes outside of Port-au-Prince, along the shoulder of National Road 2, a sign from the Department of Tourism instructs people not to throw garbage. But this site has now become a makeshift dump, where rubble from the Jan. 12 earthquake is piled as far as the eye can see. Richard Harris/NPR hide caption

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Haiti Quake: Ruin And Recovery

Planning For Haiti's Future Presents Many Challenges

From the early days after the earthquake, planners have been trying to develop a long-term recovery plan to address some of Haiti's long-standing problems. But competing needs — rebuilding infrastructure, providing social services, restoring forests — are making it difficult to work out a comprehensive plan for recovery.

Planning For Haiti's Future Presents Many Challenges

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Saturday

Argentina's Dirty War Still Haunts Youngest Victims

Alejandro Rei's biological grandfather, Ruben, holds a photo of his daughter, Liliana. Operatives of Argentina's military dictatorship kidnapped her in July 1977 and she gave birth to Alejandro while in custody. Silvina Frydlewsky for NPR hide caption

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The Americas

Argentina's Dirty War Still Haunts Youngest Victims

From 1976 to 1983, a vicious military dictatorship ruled Argentina. Among its crimes: taking hundreds of babies from their biological parents — political prisoners who then "disappeared." A group of determined grandmothers has been seeking to identify these stolen orphans.

Argentina's Dirty War Still Haunts Youngest Victims

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Winter Olympics 2010

In Hockey, The U.S. Is Right. Why Is Canada Left?

Attentive Olympic spectators may notice that most Canadian hockey players shoot left-handed, while U.S. players tend to shoot from the right. How did that happen?

In Hockey, The U.S. Is Right. Why Is Canada Left?

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Friday

Vancouver Is An Olympic Wipeout For Russians

Russia's Alexander Ovechkin (8) and Andrei Markov (79) react after losing the quarterfinal game to Canada 7-3 on Wednesday. Some Russian commentators called the game a "nightmare." Matt Slocum/AP hide caption

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Winter Olympics 2010

Vancouver Is An Olympic Wipeout For Russians

Expectations were high for Russian athletes in Vancouver, but an underwhelming showing has left Russians at home full of disappointment and shock — and looking to 2014, when Russia will host the Winter Olympics.

Vancouver Is An Olympic Wipeout For Russians

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Taliban Attack Kills At Least 17 In Kabul

Taliban militants stage another brazen attack, including a suicide bombing in the heart of Kabul on Friday, leaving at least 17 dead and many more wounded. The attackers targeted a hotel complex where many Indian doctors and aid workers stay. After the bombing, the militants battled government forces for several hours before order was restored.

Taliban Attack Kills At Least 17 In Kabul

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NPR Photographers Cover Haiti

Creole Class Preps Volunteers For Work In Haiti

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Duke University is offering a language class in Haitian Creole for aid workers headed to Haiti. Those teaching the course say that overcoming the language barrier is one of the best ways to allow volunteers to see victims as more than objects of need and desperation.

Creole Class Preps Volunteers For Work In Haiti

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Taliban Claims Responsibility For Kabul Attacks

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Taliban Claims Responsibility For Kabul Attacks

A Taliban spokesman said five suicide bombers carried out a four-hour assault targeting two guesthouses used by foreigners in Afghanistan's capital. Friday's attacks killed at least 17 people and may have been intended to demonstrate that the militant group is still viable after the recent loss of several top leaders.

U.S. Watches Greece's Debt, Will It Spread?

Every country that uses the euro as its currency has a stake in a successful financial outcome for Greece. Photo illustration by Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption

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Europe

U.S. Watches Greece's Debt, Will It Spread?

European Union officials have told the Greeks they have to get their budget deficit under control if they want help to pay off their huge debts. Greece uses the common European currency, the euro, so its neighbors have a stake in what happens there. Increasingly, so does the United States.

U.S. Watches Greece's Debt, Will It Spread?

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Thursday

Hamas Assassination Draws Wide Praise In Israel

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Middle East

Hamas Assassination Draws Wide Praise In Israel

The murder of Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh last month in Dubai has had serious diplomatic repercussions for Israel. But many ordinary Israelis say they are proud of the assassins for eliminating an enemy thought to have killed two Israeli soldiers in 1989.

Hamas Assassination Draws Wide Praise In Israel

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Middle East

Ex-U.N. Nuclear Chief Seeks Political Reform In Egypt

The former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency formed a new movement this week with opposition leaders to press for political reform in Egypt, making Mohamad ElBaradei the hot new name in Egyptian political circles.

Ex-U.N. Nuclear Chief Seeks Political Reform In Egypt

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Fed To Examine Goldman Role In Greek Debt Crisis

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies Thursday before the Senate Banking Committee. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption

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Economy

Fed To Examine Goldman Role In Greek Debt Crisis

Goldman Sachs and other big banks have been accused of helping Greece conceal its financial problems from investors and EU regulators. It also may have helped aggravate the country's fiscal troubles by helping investors bet on the possibility of a default through the use of credit default swaps.

Fed To Examine Goldman Role In Greek Debt Crisis

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U.S. Military Role In Haiti Met With Mixed Emotions

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Haiti Quake: Ruin And Recovery

U.S. Military Role In Haiti Met With Mixed Emotions

The U.S. has deployed 22,000 troops to Haiti, many of them distributing food and providing medical aid after the massive earthquake in January. But as Haiti begins to get back on its feet, questions are arising about how long U.S. forces will stay.

U.S. Military Role In Haiti Met With Mixed Emotions

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