No aid for now, Chile says after massive quake

Chile does not want "aid from anywhere to be a distraction" from disaster relief, he said. "Any aid that arrives without having been determined to be needed really helps very little."
"We are very grateful for people's good intentions, but let's let the emergency office get its very specific report on needs done."
At least 214 people were killed in the quake and 1.5 million homes damaged, authorities said.
Roads were torn up and buildings reduced to rubble in the South American nation of 16 million and the main international airport in the capital Santiago suffered heavy damage.
The country's second largest city, Concepcion, south of Santiago, was near the quake's epicenter when it struck at 3:34 am Saturday (0634 GMT).
Unlike impoverished Haiti, which was battered by an earthquake last month, Chile is one of Latin America's wealthiest countries.
US President Barack Obama has offered to assist Chile if it so requests, while the European Union offered three million euros (four million dollars) in immediate aid.
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