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2 Million-Year-Old Mastodon Skull and Tusks Unearthed in Chile

Now that's some mammoth discovery. The skull and tusks of a 2 million-year-old elephant relative -- a mastodon -- have been unearthed in Chile. Construction workers building a hydroelectric power plant near the Chilean capital of Santiago dug up 4-foot-long, 6-inch-wide tusks as well as the first complete mastodon skull...

Lawyer: Van der Sloot to Plead Temporary Insanity

LIMA, Peru -- Joran van der Sloot plans to plead guilty to killing a young Peruvian woman he met gambling but will argue temporary insanity in a bid to significantly shorten his sentence, his defense lawyer said Monday. Van der Sloot, the key suspect in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway on the...

Chile Earthquake a Year Later [PHOTOS]

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A Forgotten Hero Praised: Boater Saves 60 From Chile's Tsunami

CONSTITUCION, Chile -- Hector Osvaldo Gonzalez rescued more than 60 people from last year's devastating tsunami. Three times he crossed the roiling Maule River, hauling out people who had been sleeping in tents on a small island near where the river meets the sea. He tried a fourth trip but turned back moments before a...

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05/28/12 How to you remove and relocate half a million hogs?... Source: MercoPress Agrosuper abandoned the farm for five days alleging safety problems for its staff after neighbours from the small village of Freirina, 800 kilometres north of Santiago said 'enough is enough', blockaded access to the half million hogs and fought for several days with riot police.
05/28/12 PowderQuest Tours Unites Chilean and Argentinean Ski... Source: PRWeb Richmond, VA (PRWEB) May 28, 2012 Skiers and snowboarders with dreams of making turns in South America's deep powder can now travel to both Chilean and Argentinean ski fields in one trip, only with PowderQuest Tours' unique itineraries: the Freerider, Frontier Las Lenas and Cimarra Sur tours.
05/27/12 Anglo/Codelco: time to talk Source: FT.com London-listed Anglo American has been locked in a legal spat over ownership of its Anglo American Sur copper assets in Chile with state-owned miner Codelco since last October.
05/26/12 Peru Taxi Explodes in Chile Minefield Source: Antiwar.com Authorities say the driver went off-road and entered a well-marked minefield after dark Friday night in apparent attempt to avoid border controls.
05/25/12 Families of the Disappeared Go after DINA Secret... Source: IPS Inter Press Service A criminal lawsuit against 1,500 former members of DINA, the secret police of Chiles 1973-1990 dictatorship, is seeking to shed light on the most active player in the repression, which stretched outside the countrys borders.

Background on Chile

Chile ( or ), officially the Republic of Chile ( ), is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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