Barry Keller is a hydrogeophysicst who has a home in Pichilemu, a beach town in central Chile known as a surfer’s paradise. He shares this FirstPerson report:We were at home during the quake at 3:34 a.m. local time. There were very strong motions for about a minute. Our house in Pichilemu is a four-story (counting [...]
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06 Mar, 2010
Hallelujah! Renaming Chinese mountain leads to a hill of trouble
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By Adrienne Mong, NBC News ProducerZhangjiajie, Hunan Province — It was an interesting formula.
“One Japanese tourist spends the same as two Korean tourists,” said Wang Ai Ming, an official from the Hunan tourism bureau. “And one Korean spends as much as three Chinese tourists.”
Unfortunately for our minor functionary from Zhangjiajie, the Japanese and especially [...]
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