Published on February 28, 2010 by Technology Slice
Concepcion Chile – The death toll from a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Chile early Saturday has risen to 78, Chilean officials said. President Michele Bachelet declared a “state of catastrophe” and said the death toll would rise. “Without a doubt, with an earthquake of this magnitude, there will be more deaths,” the president [...]
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Published on February 11, 2010 by Technology Slice
China has charged four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto, including an Australian national, with violating bribery and trade secret laws, the state news agency Xinhua reports. The group of four, which includes Australian passport holder Stern Hu, allegedly “used their positions to obtain benefits for others and on many occasions solicited or accepted bribes,” [...]
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