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May 8 2008, AP

Police and soldiers were clearing the last remaining people from the shadow of a Chilean volcano on Thursday after a strong explosion spewed glowing-hot rocks.The week-old eruption at the Chaiten volcano has scattered ash across a wide swath of South...

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President Michelle Bachelet, of Chile, center, talks with Assembly Speaker Emeritus Fabian Nunez, D-Los Angeles, second from left, as they walk to Gov. Arnold Schwarznegger’s office in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, June 12, 2008. Bachelet, Chile’s...