Morning Digest: Chile troops impose curfew in quake-stricken towns

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Good Morning Bit, MON 01 Mar 2010    Chile troops impose curfew in quake-stricken towns Two blasts hit Afghanistan's Kandahar, six dead HSBC misses expectations after accounting losses Cute baby video wins battle against music label King Tut's grandfather's statue head surfaces in Luxor Triumphant ending for Vancouver Winter Games NBC gearing up for post-Conan schedule Baby born in traffic jam as leader drives by Coastal damage in Chile "Shutter Island" tops box office Something fishy in Brazil TOP NEWS Chile troops impose curfew in quake-stricken towns March 01, 2010 05:29 AM ET CONCEPCION, Chile (Reuters) - Chile's government scrambled on Monday to provide aid to thousands of homeless in coastal towns devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunamis as 10,000 troops moved into stricken areas to quell looting. Full Article WORLD NEWS Two blasts hit Afghanistan's Kandahar, six dead March 01, 2010 05:23 AM ET KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Four Afghan civilians and one foreign soldier were killed on Monday when a suicide car bomber hit a convoy of NATO-led troops near the southern city of Kandahar, officials and witnesses said. Full Article BUSINESS NEWS HSBC misses expectations after accounting losses March 01, 2010 03:52 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings missed expectations with a $7.1 billion annual pretax profit as accounting losses masked record investment bank earnings and a late year slowdown in bad debts at its troubled U.S. business. Full Article INTERNET NEWS Cute baby video wins battle against music label February 28, 2010 11:28 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - How much should a copyright owner pay for improperly telling a web site to remove content? Full Article SCIENCE NEWS King Tut's grandfather's statue head surfaces in Luxor February 28, 2010 02:49 PM ET CAIRO (Reuters) - A colossal 3000-year-old red granite head of Amenhotep III, the grandfather of Tutankhamun, has been discovered in Luxor, Egypt's Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said Sunday. Full Article SPORTS NEWS Triumphant ending for Vancouver Winter Games March 01, 2010 01:41 AM ET VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The Vancouver Winter Olympics ended in spectacular triumph on Sunday with a dazzling closing ceremony that mixed traditional pomp with self-deprecating humor to put the icing on 17 days of unrelenting drama and action. Full Article ENTERTAINMENT NEWS NBC gearing up for post-Conan schedule March 01, 2010 12:28 AM ET LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Get ready for the Peacock to change its plumage again. Full Article ODDLY ENOUGH NEWS Baby born in traffic jam as leader drives by February 28, 2010 11:26 AM ET QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani woman gave birth to a baby girl in an auto-rickshaw stuck in a traffic jam when police closed roads to let President Asif Ali Zardari's motorcade drive by. Full Article   REUTERS www.reuters.com Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book.Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Send this mailing to a friend or colleague Reuters.com: Help and Contact Us | Advertise With Us | Mobile | Newsletters | RSS | Interactive TV | Labs | Reuters in Second Life | Archive | Site Index | Video Index Thomson Reuters Corporate: Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy | Professional Products | Professional Products Support | About Thomson Reuters | Careers