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Family of Chile quake victims sues government (Reuters)
Reuters - The family of two victims of Chile's massive quake accused the government of manslaughter in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, saying officials failed to warn them of a deadly tsunami set off by last month's tremor.
Shaken Chileans get quake relief at soccer stadium (Reuters)
Reuters - Aftershocks still rattle walls and nerves in Chile nearly three weeks after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake, intensifying grief and trauma for some while others find escape at the football stadium.
Haiti reveals ambitious $11.5 bln reconstruction plan (AFP)
AFP - Haiti has unveiled the first draft of its grand reconstruction plan, saying 11.5 billion dollars would be needed to help the country rebuild after January's devastating earthquake.
Women, girls rape victims in Haiti quake aftermath (AP)
AP - When the young woman needed to use the toilet, she went out into the darkened tent camp and was attacked by three men.
UN assessor: Haiti needs $11.5 billion to rebuild (AP)
AP - The U.N. regional assessor for natural disasters says Haiti needs $11.5 billion over three years to rebuild and transform the hemisphere's poorest nation after its catastrophic earthquake.
Dutch territories offer Haitians temporary asylum (AP)
AP - Dutch territories in the Caribbean are offering illegal Haitian migrants temporary asylum because of the earthquake that devastated the capital region of their native country.
Witness: Student ID card brings home loss from Haiti's quake (Reuters)
Reuters - Matthew Bigg is the bureau chief for Reuters in Atlanta and covers the U.S.
Was LA earthquake a precursor to the 'Big One'? (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The magnitude 4.4 earthquake centered about 10 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles early Tuesday morning was typical for Southern California, very much in the range of those occurring every couple of months on average, say earthquake experts.
No damage reported from magnitude-4.4 Calif. quake (AP)
AP - Southern Californians were jolted from their sleep before dawn Tuesday as a small but strongly felt earthquake struck beneath Los Angeles' eastern suburbs.
American was kidnapped, killed in Haiti (AP)
AP - The U.S. Embassy says a kidnapped person was among four U.S. citizens killed in Haiti since the Jan. 12 earthquake.
Chile says earthquake and tsunami left 700 dead (AP)
AP - The earthquake and tsunami that struck Chile last month killed 700 people and caused damages of nearly $30 billion, according to the government. And the ground hasn't stopped shaking.
Los Angeles rattled by a 4.4 magnitude quake (AFP)
AFP - Los Angeles and surrounding areas were rattled early Tuesday by a 4.4 magnitude earthquake, US seismologists said.
Magnitude 4.4 quake rattles Los Angeles (Reuters)
Reuters - A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck near Los Angeles on Tuesday, awakening residents but causing no apparent damage in the second largest U.S. city, the U.S. Geological Survey and witnesses said.
Aftershock hits off coast of Chile, no damage (Reuters)
Reuters - A magnitude 6.7 aftershock struck off the coast of Chile on Monday night about 45 miles northwest of Concepcion, which was heavily damaged in an 8.8 magnitude quake on February 27, but the national emergency office said no casualties or damage to infrastructure had been reported.
China star Zhang takes blame in 'Donationgate' (AFP)
AFP - Chinese film starlet Zhang Ziyi has taken the blame for an earthquake donation scandal in her first comments on a flap that sparked a firestorm of Internet criticism and questions about her honesty.
6.7-magnitude aftershock hits Chile coast: USGS (AFP)
AFP - A 6.7-magnitude aftershock has struck off Chile's coast, some 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Concepcion, among the cities hardest hit by last month's 8.8-magnitude quake, US seismologists said.
AP Enterprise: US botched Haiti flights to Fla. (AP)
AP - As hundreds of injured survivors of the Haiti earthquake overwhelmed Florida hospitals in January, state officials pleaded with the federal government for basic information about arriving patients but got little assistance, e-mails obtained by The Associated Press show.
U.N. chief urges donors to keep Haiti funds flowing (Reuters)
Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon vowed on Sunday to work to keep donor funds flowing for Haiti's recovery and reconstruction following the devastating January earthquake in the poor Caribbean state.
Quake-prone India ill-equipped to respond to Haiti-style disaster (Reuters)
Reuters - Quake-prone India's lack of preparedness to deal with a Haiti-style earthquake will result in a poor and chaotic response with tens of thousands of casualties, the former U.N. chief responsible for immediate international disaster response said on Friday.
Power blackout hits Chile two weeks after quake (Reuters)
Reuters - A major blackout left most of Chile without power for hours on Sunday, two weeks after a massive earthquake that killed hundreds and weakened infrastructure.

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