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World court awards Peru swathe of Chile's fish-rich sea
Lima cried victory Monday after the UN's top court handed it a wedge of sea under Chilean sovereignty, but Peruvian fishermen nevertheless said they gained nothing from the historic ruling.
28 January 2014
2 Kazakhstan crews in Top 20 of Dakar 2014
The 35th edition of the world's most prestigious Dakar rally has finished in the Chilean city Valparaiso on January 18, 2014.
20 January 2014
Kazakhstan racing crews approach final straight of Dakar rally
Kazakhstan's Astana Motorsports Team racing crews have reached the final straight of the Dakar rally.
20 January 2014
Kazakhstan's racers complete 11th stage of Dakar 2014
The eleventh stage had a difficult high-speed special section that was a key one for the overall success in the Dakar 2014.
20 January 2014
Kazakhstan's racers improve their results at Dakar after 10th stage
Kazakhstan’s Astana Motorsports racers have successfully completed the tenth stage of the Dakar 2014.
20 January 2014
Dakar's 9th stage no piece of cake for Kazakhstan racers
Kazakhstan racers completed the ninth stage of Dakar rally with stable results.
17 January 2014
Kazakhstan crews retain positions after 8th stage of Dakar
Kazakhstan crews have successfully completed the eighth stage of Dakar.
16 January 2014
Kazakhstan challenges Dakar's 7th stage
The Kazakhstan team of Astana Motorsports, containing two off-road crews and one truck, successfully completed the 7th stage at Dakar.
14 January 2014
Kazakhstan crew approaching Top 10 at Dakar
Kazakhstan’s off-road car crew of Rakhimbayev and Demyanenko are approaching the Dakar's Top 10.
14 January 2014
4 Kazakhstan crews start Dakar Rally 2014
Four Astana Motorsports crews from Astana Presidential Sports Club have started the Dakar Rally 2014, the annual off-road race.
06 January 2014
Chilean miracle miners back in spotlight -- on film
At the bottom of a dank salt mine in Colombia, a 200-strong film crew featuring Spanish actor Antonio Banderas is reconstructing the incredible tale of 33 miners buried alive for 69 days in Chile in 2010.
26 December 2013
Racing: Astana Dakar team vehicles off to South America
A caravan of Astana Dakar team vehicles has been shipped off from the port of Havre, France, to South America after a technical check.
16 December 2013
Socialist Bachelet tipped to win easily in Chilean runoff
Former Chilean president and socialist champion Michelle Bachelet, who has proposed tax reforms and a new constitution for her country, is expected to unseat conservatives Sunday in a runoff election.
13 December 2013
Chile observatory finds the coldest spot in space
The coldest place in the universe -- just one degree above absolute zero, the temperatures at which all atoms freeze -- is the Boomerang Nebula.
01 November 2013
Chile group wants Pinochet 'dictatorship' in textbooks
A Chilean education advisory group recommended Friday that schools use "dictatorship" rather than "military regime" in textbooks to describe General Augusto Pinochet's rule marred by rights abuses.
07 October 2013
Chile's top court acknowledges Pinochet-era failures
Chile's Supreme Court took for the first time Friday recognized its "omissions" during Augusto Pinochet's brutal 1973 to 1990 dictatorship, but it declined to apologize to victims and their relatives.
08 September 2013
New technique finetunes quest for life on other worlds
European astronomers said on Friday they had devised a technique to detect water in the atmosphere of planets orbiting other stars.
05 July 2013
H1N1 flu outbreak in northern Chile kills 11
At least 11 people have been killed in an outbreak of H1N1 flu virus in northern Chile, where the rate of infection is more than six times higher than the rest of the country.
05 July 2013
Chile observatory discovers 'comet factory'
A "dust trap" surrounding a young star could help explain how planets are formed.
07 June 2013
Bolivia sues Chile for access to Pacific
Landlocked Bolivia sued neighboring Chile in the Hague on Wednesday as it pressed a longstanding claim to recover land lost in a 19th century war and thus regain access to the Pacific.
25 April 2013