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T he devastation from Saturday's earthquake that killed more than 720 came into sharper focus Monday as survivors were pulled from rubble and relief offers trickled in. Rampant looting continued as arrests for curfew violations rose. Above, a woman and child watch as looters set fire to a supermarket near their home in the coastal city of Constitucion, which was hit by the 8.8-magnitude temblor and the resulting tsunami. Below, people catch merchandise being tossed from a looted market in Concepcion.

Laurel Park After crash, Javerre wins General George Smith Farm & Stable's Javerre outdueled front-runner Il Villano, then held on to win the $250,000 General George Handicap (Grade III) at Laurel Park on Monday. The race was marred when post-time favorite Brigand bore into Associate not long after the start, causing Associate to stumble and toss jockey Erick Rodriguez . Neither Rodriguez nor Associate was injured. Brigand crossed the finish line second, but after an inquiry and a review of the start by the stewards he was disqualified to fifth.

- A series of strong aftershocks from last month's devastating quake rocked Chile on Thursday as a new president was sworn into office. The strongest aftershock, with a magnitude of 6.9, was nearly as strong as the quake that devastated Haiti's capital on Jan. 12. The Chilean navy issued a tsunami warning while the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the aftershocks were too small to cause dangerous waves beyond Chile's central coast. President Sebastian Pinera was inaugurated at a congressional building in coastal Valparaiso before the building was evacuated as a precaution.

Junior Ian Chiles scored 16 points and hit a pair of clutch free throws to help Morgan State hold off host Howard, 53-51, on Monday night. The Bears (8-12, 4-5 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) won the rebounding battle 37-25 and outscored the Bison (6-18, 3-7 MEAC) in the paint 30-10. Chiles, a 7-foot-2 center, pulled down seven rebounds and had three blocked shots. His 16 points matched a career high set at UNLV on Nov. 20, 2011. Junior Justin Black had 13 points and eight rebounds, while sophomore guard Blake Bozeman had 11 points for the Bears.

WASHINGTON -- The Spanish judge who wants Britain to extradite Gen. Augusto Pinochet, former dictator of Chile, for trial concerning human rights violations, is practicing what is called "justice without borders." However, borders are akin to fences, and good fences make good neighbors. If international law ignores fences, will nations be more neighborly?Prosecuting Pinochet might expand the "rule of law"; it certainly would involve ideological willfulness tarted up in the trappings of law. Pinochet was a nasty ruler who mandated torture, hostage-taking and murder -- probably including murder on Embassy Row in Washington.

A MEMORABLE PLACEAt the end of a year's assignment in Chile, my wife and I received from friends a weekend stay at La Hosteria de la Colina, a wonderful B & B in Villarrica. While Sue and I had traveled a few hours north and east of Santiago, we had never been to the south.Many who come to live and work in Chile from overseas manage to head south to camp or tour at some point, and so we had heard a great deal about this area. Some of our Chilean friends made treks there as well. That made us eager for the experience, and we welcomed this gift with real delight.

New York.LAST YEAR I spent Christmas in Chile. I chose that time of year to go and visit my son partly to get away from winter in New York but mostly to escape the holiday season. In Chile I would be a tourist, an onlooker, not expected to get into the holiday spirit and not having to wonder how to spend Christmas Day.My discomfort over Christmas goes back to my English childhood. In that time and place, if you were Jewish, you simply didn't celebrate Christmas. Nor was there any attempt to raise Hanukkah to almost equal status -- and in so doing distort that lovely but small holiday into something it was never meant to be. I vividly remember going to get my hair cut one late-December day and being asked by the hairdresser what I had got for Christmas.

A MEMORABLE PLACE It was January, and I was thinking forward to spring and fishing my favorite trout stream. Winter for a fisherman is a time of restlessness. But it was not winter everywhere, and it occurred to me that the rivers in the Southern Hemisphere were running strong and fast, and the trout were probably rising. Within 30 days I was on the water in Southern Chile. The western region of Patagonia, about three hours south of Santiago by air, has become a draw for fisherman the world over.

MIAMI -- President Clinton and the leaders of Canada and Mexico said yesterday that they had agreed to admit Chile into the North American Free Trade Agreement, a move that clearly puts pressure on the other nations of South and Central America to speed up the opening of their markets if they want expanded trade with the United States.The announcement came at the conclusion of a harmonious three-day summit meeting.Mr. Clinton and 33 other leaders from the Western Hemisphere -- only Cuba was excluded -- agreed to conclude a treaty within a HTC decade to create a free-trade zone for the Americas.

SANTIAGO, Chile -- The government of Peru formally requested yesterday that Chile extradite former President Alberto Fujimori, who ruled Peru during the 1990s and has been held in custody here ever since he unexpectedly arrived two months ago from exile in Japan. Fujimori, 67, is wanted in Peru on more than a dozen counts of corruption and violating human rights. The accusations range from bearing the responsibility for death squad killings and unauthorized wiretaps to paying bribes and siphoning money from government ministries.

It just don't get much better than this. Commercially prepared chili fixings are loaded with salt, spices/herbs and (often) other additives and preservatives. Salt desiccates everything and transparent packaging allows the spice mix to oxidize, delivering a product that is less than optimal in flavor profile. This I learned from Jane Butel, renowned cookbook author and expert on all things Tex-Mex and New Mex (www.janebutelcooking.com), while attending a private cooking class in New Mexico.

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The 33 men trapped in the Chilean mine for two months were exposed to extreme conditions, including poor air quality and 90-degree heat, which left rescuers desperate for real-time information about the miners' health. An Annapolis company, Zephyr Technology, helped fill the data void. Zephyr, a 30-person firm, provided the digital tools that allowed rescuers a half-mile above them to monitor the miners' conditions over the last month. Zephyr makes the BioHarness, a chest strap with digital sensors and wireless technology that monitor and transmit the wearer's vital signs.

JOHANNESBURG — The next World Cup will be played in South America. Most of the rest of this one will be played by South America. Even before Brazil's 3-0 rout of Chile on Monday at Ellis Park, South American teams were guaranteed spots in three of the four quarterfinals. And if Paraguay beats Japan in its second-round game Tuesday afternoon, four South American teams will be among the final eight. That leaves open the possibility of all-South American semifinals — which has never happened — and an all-South American final, which hasn't happened in 60 years.

There are five of them in all, five coaches from South America who have been at the World Cup for two weeks now and have yet to taste defeat. Nine games and no losses suggests that this might be the continent's turn to take home the trophy. But which coach will be carrying it? There is Diego Maradona, who, with his shiny gray suit, silver tie, diamond-stud earrings and pinky ring, not to mention his black beard with the white frosting, looks less like a former great athlete than like a used-car salesman from Buenos Aires.

Chilean white wines have a dubious track record at best, but this splendid chardonnay is one of the best made in South America at a sensational price. It's a brilliant wine, bursting with appley fruit and toasty, yeasty flavors. Most impressive is its brilliant acidity, giving it a finish that many a $30 white Burgundy can't match.

I'm not a fan of precooked meat products; so many of them are not seasoned to my taste. Or should I say they are overseasoned to my taste? But you have to admit, they are darned convenient. So, when I saw a package of turkey meatballs in the refrigerated meat case, I decided to give them a try. At home, I gave them a Mexican twist by making a quick poblano chile-and-onion sauce then added the meatballs to heat. At the same time, I steamed some rice with a dash of turmeric for its nice yellow color.