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Even though a devastating tidal surge never materialized after Chile's huge earthquake Saturday, Hawaiian residents and visitors say they support the decision for wide-spread evacuations.

President Obama had trouble keeping his poker face at times during the health care summit.

Update on the 8.8 magnitude massive Earthquake off the shore of Chile .........

Paul Simons, U.S. Ambassador to Chile, speaks with Russ Mitchell about the catastrophic earthquake that struck Chile, leaving hundreds dead.

Chile's precarious location makes it a prime target for seismic activity, including the powerful 1960 earthquake, which was 10 times greater than today's. Bill Whitaker reports.

An explosion triggered by residents setting off fireworks to celebrate the Lunar New Year tore through a village in southern China, killing 19 people and wounding more than 30 as the country neared the end of its biggest holiday.

A tsunami triggered by the Chilean earthquake raced across the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, threatening Hawaii as it rushed toward the U.S. West Coast and hundreds of islands from the bottom of the planet to the top

Honolulu mayor issues 'stern warnings' to evacuate coastal areas

President Barack Obama offered his condolences to Chile and says the U.S. stands ready to assist. He also urges residents in California and Hawaii to heed all tsunami warnings

A massive earthquake and a series of aftershocks have hit Chile, killing at least 17 people. The quake, with a magnitude of 8.8, caused blackouts in parts of the capital, Santiago. Buildings have been reduced to rubble - and phone lines have been brought down. Seismologists say the tremor has caused a tsunami - with three-metre-high waves heading towards Chile's coast. The most devastating earthquake in the country's history struck in 1960 - killing more than 1600 people.

On 9/11, the world watched as two airplanes crashed into the twin towers of the world trade center, both of which collapsed shortly after. This much we know for sure, but for some, the cause of the collapse is still not so clear. Michael T Donly is a part of a group that says the two planes that hit the WTC twin towers could not have destroyed them.

Trainer Dawn Brancheau was taped moments before her death in a video taken by a SeaWorld visitor. SeaWorld will allow the whale who killed her to perform in shows. Mark Strassmann reports.

On Peter Lavelles CrossTalk his guests are asked about the importance and consequences surrounding the assassination of a Hamas leader in Dubai.

Following the success of their biggest military offensive since the start of the 2001 invasion, US marines have declared the capture of the Afghan town of Marjah, a former Taliban stronghold, a "historic day" in the fight to oust the regime.

Agnes says she often comes to visit her Rohans gravesite with her husband and their two children but on her last visit she says she became frantic at the site of a flattened spot. With her markings and decorations gone, Agnes went in search of answers.

Friends discovered the body of former sitcom actor Andrew Koenig, known for his role as Richard 'Boner' Stabone in the 80s sitcom 'Growing Pains,' in a heavily wooded area in a Vancouver park

The suspect in the slayings of 11 women whose remains were found in and around his home has been indicted on new charges involving an alleged choking attempt on a victim who survived

Actor Andrew Koenig, who had been missing since February 14, committed suicide, his father told reporters after his son's body was found Thursday in a park in Vancouver, British Columbia.

A boys' high school basketball playoff game in South Carolina finished with a brawl after the buzzer. Fans from both schools rushed out of the stands to join the fight, overwhelming the three police officers on hand.

It looked more like a presidential debate from the 2008 Campaign than a bipartisan health care summit, as former rivals Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and President Obama, who bluntly told McCain "the campiagn's over".

The case of Dr. Earl Bradley, a Delaware pediatrician accused of sexually abusing more than 100 children over 12 years, is just one of many hard to prosecute cases, reports Jan Crawford.

In 1996, Koua Fong Lee's Toyota Camry shot up an interstate exit ramp and plowed into the back of a car killing three people. Lee insisted he tried to stop the car but a jury sent him to prison for 8 years. Now he wants the case reopened.

A man describes what he saw when a Seaworld killer whale killed its female trainer at a water event in America. .

Some are calling Joe Stack a hero for expressing his anti-government views, others are not so sure.

The last time there was this much snow in the capital was in 1940 when it was 64 centimetres deep, and in January 1900 the snow blanket reached 79 centimetres. By the sides of the roads, snow is piled high - often with cars buried beneath....

A Delaware pediatrician accused of molesting his young patients was indicted in what is the largest single case of child sexual abuse in history. Jan Crawford investigates the case.

Halal meat, or meat slaughtered in line with Muslim tradition, is at the centre of a political controversy. Quick - a fast-food French restaurant chain - is testing out a new niche market, withdrawing all pork products from the menu and serving only halal meat in some of its branches.

Darlene Robbins lost her mother to cancer last week. Now, she has another painful battle on her hands -- to keep her mother's head and body in tact.

A 50-year-old British woman is believed to be missing after floodwater hit the taxi she was travelling in, while on holiday on the stricken island of Madeira.

Greenwood, Indiana police have charged an HIV-positive man with intentionally spreading the virus that causes AIDS

President Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama at the White House this week put further strain on the Sino/US relationship. Beijing reacted angrily to the closed-doors meeting, by saying it had "seriously harmed" relations and summoning the American ambassador in Beijing to protest.

A 20-year-old man has been remanded in custody until Monday after being charged with murdering his 9-year-old brother in Bradford.

Today Iran unveiled a new naval destroyer and North Korea says it will not abandon its nuclear program. Both these stories have far reaching global effects, yet both were trumped in the mainstream media by two words, Tiger Woods. The golf star issued an apology today in a statement aired on almost every major network. Peter Loge says that it is too late for an apology from Woods now and says when Woods is ready he will golf again.

Dubai's police chief says he's almost certain Israel was involved in last month's assassination of a senior Hamas official. Dahi Khalfan Tamim says if proven then an arrest warrant should be issued for Israel's top spy, the man who's in charge of Mossad. Robert Fisk is the Middle East correspondent for the British newspaper the Independent. He says, if Israel is behind the assassination, then Tel Aviv could find itself in a diplomatic crisis with some of it's European allies.

US President Barack Obama has held a meeting with the Dalai Lama, straining relations between Beijing and Washington.

A software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service plowed his small plane into an office building housing nearly 200 federal tax employees after setting his home on fire Thursday, officials said.

An escaped circus zebra made a break for it Thursday, leading police on a chase through downtown and bring traffic to a standstill, before it was rounded up on a nearby interstate

A murder mystery involving the assassination of a top official from a Palestinian militant group has received worldwide attention. Ten men and one have been placed on an international most wanted list. Richard Roth reports

A freak twister in Australia tore through a north Queensland state cornfield on Tuesday and turned at the last minute, sparing the house of a family who moved in only three weeks ago.

"One year later, it is largely thanks to the recovery act that a second depression is no longer a possibility," Obama said.

The Rand Corporation reports that of nearly 30 homegrown terror plots uncovered in the United States since the September 11 attacks, ten surfaced in 2009, making it a record year for homegrown terror plots. But many Muslims say law enforcement is pushing too hard in the quest to uncover terrorists among Muslim communities in the United States. VOA's Laurel Bowman has the story.

Eleven people allegedly behind the murder of a senior Hamas member in the United Arab Emirates are said to have used false passports. Authorities from Britain, France and Ireland say the identities of the 11 European passports used in the operation to kill Mahmoud al-Mabhouh appear to be stolen. But Dubai police have said that at least seven member of the group share names with foreign-born Israelis, placing suspicion on the country's spy agency. Jacky Rowland reports from Jerusalem

A few years ago, Vissarion retreated to the mountains of Siberia to found his Church of the Last Testament. Since then, thousands of people have joined him. FRANCE 24 went to meet this Jesus of Siberia and his followers, whose sectarian excesses are worrying Russian authorities.

Heavy rain pummelled the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires between Monday and Tuesday night, flooding streets and buildings. The flooding made many streets impassable and destroyed goods in stores

The body of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili has been repatriated with his family after he died at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

Members of a suspected hit squad blamed for the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai used fake British and Irish passports. .

Ph.D. accused of killing three reportedly suspect in 1993 pipe bomb case

Mullah Abdul Ghani Brader, described as the senior Taliban military commander who managed the day-to-day operations of the group's leadership council, the Quetta Shura, has reportedly been captured in Pakistan. Al Jazeera looks at who the man is.

The European Union has asked Greece to explain reports that it engaged in derivatives trades with US investment banks that may have allowed it to mask the size of its debt and deficit from EU authorities.Goldman Sachs made up an exchange rate that allowed the Greeks to look as though they were only engaging in a currency swap when, in effect, they were getting more than a billion more than they should have from the trades in credit.

Dubai's chief of police says an 11-member hit squad carrying European passports was responsible for last month's murder of a prominent Hamas member. Mahmud al-Mabhuh was found dead in his luxury hotel room. Police have said they will issue arrest warrants soon. Two Palestinians suspected of providing logistical support have also been detained. Al Jazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin reports from Gaza.

As investigations continue into the past of the college professor accused of killing three colleagues, Seth Doane reports on her history of gun violence tied to the death of her brother.

Attempted murder charges have been added against the professor accused of shooting six colleagues during a faculty meeting at an Alabama university.

Two commuter trains crashed in Belgium damaging property and reportedly killing at least 25. Mark Phillips reports on the rescue efforts to free people still trapped inside the trains.

911 dispatcher-in-training Chris Scott was surprised to get a call from his wife saying his son was choking. Scott calmly instructed his wife and saved his son's life.

No deaths and injuries reported as dozens of vehicles crash in America

An Australian woman told of her battle with a shark in waters off Queensland's Whitsunday Islands. Paddy Trumbull was attacked by a shark while snorkelling near Dent Island in northeastern Australia.

The start of men's Olympic luge competition was moved farther down the track, international luge officials said Saturday, a decision made with the "emotional component" of athletes in mind following the death of a Georgian competitor.

A luger from the nation of Georgia fatally crashed during a practice run in Vancouver. Nodar Kumaritashvili was 21 years old. Jeff Glor reports.

Despite the training-run death earlier in the day of a luger from the country of Georgia, the Vancouver Olympics' opening ceremonies were launched Friday night with a jubilant countdown by the crowd filling BC Place Stadium

One year after Continental flight 3407 crashed, the National Transportation Safety Board reported that pilot error was the cause. As Peter Greenberg reports, victims' families are suing for answers.

Former President Bill Clinton was in "good spirits" Thursday after undergoing a procedure to insert two stents into one of his coronary arteries, his office said. Clinton, 63, was hospitalized at the Columbia campus of New York-Presbyterian Hospital after experiencing "discomfort in his chest," according to Douglas Band, counselor to the former president.

Vancouver, the host of the 2010 Olympic Games is often voted among the best places to leave in the world. But it has also its share of poverty, drug, and unemployment...

One of Britain's top fashion designers Alexander McQueen has been found dead - reportedly hanged - at his flat in central London. Sky's Emma Birchley reports.

Boys as young as 12 are being groomed to become suicide bombers by Taliban millitants. Many spent weeks, terrified, in training camps along Pakistan's lawless Swat Valley. Sky's Alex Crawford spoke to some of them.

Many African-American women are having a difficult time finding a soul mate. 34-year-old Kandy Phillips knows what she wants in a relationship, but shes still missing a key ingredient - a good man. There are many others just like Kandy, but unfortunately a good man is hard to find.

Gary Coleman, the former "Diff'rent Strokes" TV star, pleaded guilty to one count of domestic violence on his 42nd birthday. Coleman also addressed rumors of whether there are nude photos of him in circulation.

As the US changes strategies in Afghanistan, the Riz Khan show asks if it will adopt a new and controversial direction?

Attorneys for a motivational speaker charged in the deaths of three people during an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony wasted no time going on the offensive after his arrest last week.

The US capital and the states surrounding it have been paralysed by the worst snowstorm in decades, which started on Friday.

guardian.co.uk : "Two people were killed and dozens more injured today in an explosion at a gas power plant in Middletown, Connecticut, CNN reported. CNN quoted officials who said the toll was expected to rise. Several ambulances and fire engines responded to the explosion at the Kleen Energy Systems plant in Middletown, 23 miles south of the city of Hartford. Local media reported 'dozens of casualties', with witnesses detailing black smoke visible for miles. A plant official told a local NBC TV station that the facility was a 620MW gas-fired power plant."

Digital Spy : "Jessica Alba has revealed that she is distressed by reports that a Chinese woman plans to undergo plastic surgery to look like her. The actress has insisted that she is saddened by the reports and sent the woman words of advice, according to The Huffington Post. The 28-year-old said: 'I think you should never have to change yourself like that. If somebody loves you, they'll love you no matter what.'"

Despite being legalized nearly 40 years ago, the topic of abortion still raises huge controversy in the US, as some argue it is leading to genocide of the African-American population. The founder of www.blackgenocide.org website, Rev. Dr. Clenard H. Childress Jr., has told RT that African-American women are being sold abortions.

Washington Times : "WASHINGTON | A D.C. fire official says a small church has collapsed in northeast Washington. Fire department spokesman Pete Piringer says when a tree fell on the roof of the Joshua Temple Firstborn Church on Sheriff Road northeast on Saturday afternoon, the weight of the tree and the snow made the roof collapse and then the walls gave way."