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Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes coast of Chile
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, with no immediate tsunami warning issued. The quake occurred at 0949 GMT at the shallow depth of 10 kilometers (six miles) and the epicenter was 1,538 kilometers south-southwest of the capital Santiago.…
Astronomers find rare spiral shell of cosmic dust with powerful Chile telescope
Astronomers using a powerful Chile-based telescope on Wednesday released a rare image of a spiral shell of cosmic dust and gas surrounding a red giant star. The discovery marks the first time that scientists have found such a structure and obtained full three-dimensional information about the spiral. Researchers said a…
Chilean telescope finds sugar molecules near star
Astronomers using a powerful radio telescope in Chile said Wednesday that they had discovered sugar molecules, one of the building blocks of life, orbiting a young star similar to the Sun. “This is the first time sugar been found in space around such a star,” the European Southern Observatory (ESO),…
113 arrested in Chile student protests
SANTIAGO — Over a hundred students were arrested in Santiago in clashes between police and demonstrators demanding better public education, after the occupation of several schools. Some 4,500 students, mostly from high schools and universities, took to the streets to demand improvements in Chile’s public education system, said to be…
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes southern Peru near Chile
A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook an area of southern Peru near the border with Chile early Monday, seismologists said, prompting people to flee their homes but reportedly causing no casualties. The quake occurred at 1000 GMT on the Chilean side of the border 107 kilometers (65 miles) northeast of…
Exploding churro recipe turns costly for newspaper
A newspaper in Santiago, Chile, has been ordered to pay over 85 million pesos ($163,460) after instructions for cooking churros, published in a special women’s section, turned out to be a recipe for disaster. Churros, a popular snack in Latin America, are dough creations fried in oil and usually sprinkled…
Group H Possibilities
The current table: Chile 6 pts +2 goal difference Spain 3 pts +1 goal difference Switzerland 3 pts even goal difference Honduras 0 pts -3 goal difference The possibilities: Chile win Chile/Spain draw Spain win Switzerland win Chile 9 Switzerland 6 Spain 3 Honduras 0 Chile 7 Switzerland 6…
Chile 1 – 0 Switzerland
Yeah, just multiply this by a LOT. Two main things stand out to me about this match: 1) The ref was a bit card happy, giving out 6 yellows to Chile and 3 yellows plus one red to Switzerland. This is not because the players were brutally fouling each other…
React: Chile 1-0 Honduras
Chilean soccer is as pretty as their country. After watching Chile slice and dice their way up the pitch against Honduras, I’m confident of one thing: the Spain-Chile game could, by itself, correct the scoring average of this tournament. The results-oriented crowd continues to strengthen its argument about the scoring…
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