Chile says rebuilding after quake could take years (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Fri, 03/05/2010 - 4:04am

A soldier patrols in Dichato, Chile, Thursday, March 4, 2010.<br /><br />An earthquake caused a tsunami that hit Chile's coastal central region on Feb. 27. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)AP - Chile's president says it will take three years to rebuild the region wracked by an earthquake and tsunami, something all too clear to the people cleaning up this splintered tourist town.




 

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