A huge 8.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Chile early Saturday killing at least 78 people, toppling buildings and triggering a tsunami threatening the Pacific rim of fire, officials said.

The massive quake plunged much of the Chilean capital, Santiago, into darkness as it snapped power lines and severed communications.

The US Pacific Tsunami warning center issued a “widespread” tsunami warning for all Pacific nations.The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said that the tremor could generate a destructive tsunami that could hit coastlines on the eastern side of the archipelago.”There is a possibility that tsunami will widely occur in the Pacific Ocean,” an official for the Japanese meteorological agency said as Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines also issued warnings.

Pacific region headquarters have also issued a memo regarding this earthquake effect in different countries , you can see the memo in here .

I think the only thing that we can do is to pray that this tsunami will not lead to any further distraction to any part of the pacific area.

The former provincial police director is among the 63 policemen facing multiple murder charges for the murder of 57 people in Ampatuan town last Nov. 23, 2009.

The escape happened with the PNP’s pending transfer of all the policemen suspects in the said massacre.

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"Some of  our community bakery-members have started their price adjustments this week to cope with the spiraling cost of ingredients particularly sugar," said Leonardo Figueroa of the Philippine Federation of Bakers Association Inc.

Bakers could only hope for the stability of the price of flour.

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“As of January 31, the Comelec has approved the applications of 50 candidates who are to be provided with AFP security. That’s according to our Task Force HOPE (Honest Orderly and Peaceful Elections),” Brawner said in an interview.

More soldiers are expected to be deployed to other candidates who requested for bodyguards. A min.imum of two soldiers are allowed for each candidate

A nationwide gun ban will imposed from January 10 to June 9, 2010.

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Not your average biscuit, "the cream was taken out of the cookies and replaced with compressed bleached cocaine to avoid suspicion from counternarcotics units," it added.

According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Colombia is the world’s biggest producer of cocaine.

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"The poor judgment of a few basically damages the beautiful effort that many others have put in place in terms of providing good medical care," Gonzalez said. "When I saw the pictures, I was very concerned that they have taken pictures of people without any consent."

Other pictures show doctors holding bottles of scotch, doctors smiling while toasting each other, pictures that show grinning doctors while attending to their patients, a quake victim on a hospital bed naked from waist down except for a thin strip of cloth covering the genitals.

"You can’t ever take pictures of patients if you don’t have a written agreement and much less publish photos of patients half-nude," the president of the College of Physicians and Surgeons told CNN. Dr. Eduardo Ibarra added, "This is a clear violation of the Hippocratic Oath … We’re going to take all the measures possible to correct this."

The doctors involved with this bad actions will be investigated regarding this matter and actions will be taken care of, though others have already suffered and lost their jobs. The soldiers should also be investigated for allowing the doctors to post with their guns.

One of the doctors regret what they did and said the pictures were intended as nothing more than a reminder of their work, and that soldiers had handed them their weapons to hold while posing.

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This action is separate from the on-going recall of approximately 4.2 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles to reduce the risk of pedal entrapment by incorrect or out of place accessory floor mats. Approximately 1.7 million Toyota Division vehicles are subject to both separate recall actions.

Toyota’s accelerator pedal recall is confined to the following Toyota Division vehicles:

Liberty is expecting its WiMAX and Internet broadband services to bring the company back to profitability, as these are seen to account for more than 90% of its sales and subscriber base.

WiMAX can provide 33% faster speed which is up to 1Mbps compared to other commercially available WiFi Services. It is a cost-efficient alternative to cable and digital subscribe line or DSL .

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“Sabi ko no’n kay Marlene na isuko na niya si Jason dahil mas madali ang gano’n kaysa naman sa nangyari sa pamangkin ko. Kaya lang, hindi niya ako sinunod. Ngayon, ganyan ang nangyari."

Aguilar was sad with what happened and the fact that his nephew fought back with the authorities.

“I feel very depressed and sad about what happened to Jason. But I think we should be objective about the whole thing,” he said in an interview at Ka Freddie’s Bar in Malate Tuesday evening.

According to Aguilar he can’t say an official statement about the case because he has no full knowledge of what happened. What Aguilar knew is that Jason is denying the accusations on him. Freddie has not yet talked to his younger sister Marlene after Jason’s capture.

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"Even though chocolate in China is not as popular as it is in Western countries, we hope to promote the chocolate culture and market in China," Zheng Yaoting, general manager of the firm running the park, told the Global Times.

Kids are allowed to make and taste their own creations together with their parents. The organizers are targeting to attract a million visitors before it closes in April when the weather will be warmer.

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