Southern Chile

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  "Extreme" Wildfires Kill At Least 19 In Chile, State Of Emergency Declared

  Wildfires blazing across central and southern Chile have left at least 19 people dead, officials said Saturday, warning the death count was likely to climb as responders comb through burnt-out homes and the flames continue to spread.

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  8 Children Among 14 Killed In Immigrant Neighborhood Fire In Chile

  A fire in an informal immigrant neighborhood in the city of Coronel in southern Chile left 14 dead, most of them children, on Monday night, according to local authorities.

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  Enormous Blue Whale Washes Ashore In Southern Chile

  An enormous blue whale, considered the largest animal on Earth, has washed up onto a beach in southern Chile, probably after dying at sea, local authorities said Sunday.

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  New Planet Discovered Orbiting Proxima Centauri, the Star Closest to Our Own Sun

  The astronomers used the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile to spot this exoplanet

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  New Dinosaur Species With Armoured, Axe-Like Tail Discovered in Chile

  A new species of dinosaur has been discovered in southern Chile. This species had a uniquely shaped armoured tail. Named Stegouros elengassen, it featured a large flat tail and at the end of it, seven pairs of blades.

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  'Flying Dragon' Dinosaur Roamed the Southern Skies Too, Scientists Say

  Scientists in Chile's Atacama Desert have unearthed the fossil remains of a so-called "flying dragon," a Jurassic-era dinosaur previously known only to the northern hemisphere.

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  Jurassic-Era 'Winged Lizard' Unearthed In Chile

  Chilean scientists have announced the discovery of the first-ever southern hemisphere remains of a type of Jurassic-era "winged lizard" known as a pterosaur.

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  Rescuers Search For Chilean Plane Missing Near Antarctica

  Rescue planes and ships on Tuesday searched the open sea between the southern tip of South America and Antarctica for a Chilean Air Force plane that went missing with 38 people aboard.

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  Photos Show Rare Total Solar Eclipse Over South America

  A rare total solar eclipse plunged a vast swath of Latin America's southern cone into darkness Tuesday, briefly turning day into night and enthralling huge crowds in much of Chile and Argentina.

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  British Golden Globe Sailor Rescued Near Chile Day After Yacht Dismasted

  British Golden Globe Race sailor Susie Goodall was plucked from a stormy Southern Ocean by a Chinese ship on Friday, a day after her yacht was dismasted, rescuers told AFP.

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  Large Iceberg Breaks Free From Glacier In Southern Chile

  A large iceberg broke off the Grey glacier in southern Chile, authorities said on Tuesday, adding that the cause of the rupture was unclear.

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  European Extremely Large Telescope Construction Inaugurated

  The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will be built in collaboration with the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the leading intergovernmental astronomic organisation in Germany,

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  Major Earthquake Jolts Chile Tourist Region On Christmas

  A major 7.6 magnitude earthquake jolted southern Chile on Sunday, prompting thousands to evacuate coastal areas, but no fatalities or major damage were reported in the tourism and salmon farming region.

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  Major Earthquake Of Magnitude 7.6 Strikes Chile, Tsunami Warning Lifted

  Officials removed a tsunami warning after a major 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck southern Chile on Sunday, prompting thousands to evacuate coastal areas.

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  70 Whale Corpses Discovered In Chile

  Some 70 dead whales have been found in southern Chile less than a year after more than 330 whales washed up in a remote Patagonian inlet.