Police fired tear gas and imposed an overnight curfew to control looters who sacked virtually every market in this hard-hit city as Chile's earthquake toll surpassed 700. President Michelle Bachelet promised imminent deliveries of food, water and shelter for thousands living on the streets, according to a report of The Associated Press. «We are confronting an emergency without parallel in Chile's history,» Bachelet declared Sunday, a day after the magnitude-8.8 quake _ one of the biggest in centuries _ killed at least 708 people and destroyed or badly damaged 500,000 homes. Bachelet said «a growing number» of people were recorded as missing.
