World - The Independent - 2010-03-12 16:13:13.
New earthquake strikes Chile as billionaire is sworn in as President
It couldn't have been a more dramatic prelude to Sebastian Pinera's presidency. As the new Chilean leader arrived at the Congress building yesterday to be sworn in to office, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the centre of the country, sending people running out into the streets in panic.
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World - The Independent - 2010-03-12 16:13:13.
Mercy killing wife takes life at Swiss clinic
A woman who walked free from court 10 years ago after the attempted mercy killing of her husband has ended her own life in a Swiss clinic.
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World - The Independent.
West Bank rises up in a new 'white' intifada
Ehab Barghouti would not have been at the demonstration at all if his father Asdal had had his way.
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World - The Independent.
200 held over Nigeria killings
Police in Nigeria have arrested around 200 people following weekend attacks on three Christian villages in which hundreds of people were thought to have been killed.
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World - The Independent.
Palestinians threaten to quit talks over settlements
US Vice President Joe Biden was last night struggling to keep freshly announced Middle East negotiations on track despite a threat by the Palestinians not to participate unless Israel reverses its latest settlement expansion plans for East Jerusalem.
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World - The Independent.
Mystery of the missing father of kidnapped boy
At first it seemed like a simple case of abduction: a five-year-old British boy snatched by masked gunmen in Pakistan on the last day of a two-week holiday with his father.
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