Chile secures lifeline to trapped miners

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Rescue workers on Monday reinforced a small drill hole to serve as an umbilical cord to 33 miners found alive 17 days after a cave-in in Chile.

Trapped Chile miners alive but long rescue ahead

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Thirty-three Chilean miners trapped deep underground for 17 days sent a message to the surface on Sunday, saying they were all still alive.

Chile looters give up quake spoils to avoid arrest

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Residents in Chile's earthquake-ravaged city of Concepcion dumped new televisions, fridges and furniture on roadsides on Sunday to avoid arrest.

Huge earthquake batters Chile

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A massive magnitude-8,8 earthquake struck south-central Chile early on Saturday, killing at least 78 people and knocking down homes and hospitals.

Brazil navy races to pull Air France wreck from sea

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Brazilian navy divers rushed on Wednesday to reach the wreckage of an Air France jet and start the grim job of pulling debris from the Atlantic Ocean.

Ecuador weighs Galapagos turtles against tourists

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Marauding Europeans are nothing new to the Galapagos Islands, which long ago were the haunt of English pirates preying on Spanish galleons laden with Inca gold. But Ecuador, which owns the archipelago, may soon have to take action against menacing outsiders, realising foreigners with cameras are every bit as dangerous as those with cutlasses.
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