AFP - SANTIAGO (AFP) - Newly installed Chilean President Sebastian Pinera estimated Friday it would cost 30 billion dollars to rebuild the nation after last month's devastating quake.
The Canadian Press - WASHINGTON - The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special U.S. court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection.
AFP - UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The Middle East diplomatic Quartet on Friday condemned Israel's plans to build new settler homes and said unilateral actions would not be recognized by the international community.
AFP - JOS, Nigeria (AFP) - Nigeria's police chief Ogbonna Onovo visited violence-hit central Plateau State on Friday and vowed to hold divisional police officers responsible for future incidents.
AFP - TUNIS (AFP) - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas lashed out at Iran on Friday, blaming Tehran for being behind the latest failure to reconcile his secular Fatah movement with its Isalamist rival Hamas.
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