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Quetzal

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Clashes as Chile marks 1973 coup

Clashes as Chile marks 1973 coup

Violent clashes have cut short a major ceremony in Chile to remember those who died in the 1973 military coup.

Police fired tear gas and water cannon and arrested dozens of people at the main cemetery in the capital, Santiago, after demonstrators threw rocks.

Chile's socialist president, Salvador Allende, was among those who died in the military takeover on 11 September.

The coup signalled the start of the 17-year military government of General Augusto Pinochet.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3648728.stm

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mitchtv

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Sun Sep-12-04 03:46 PM
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1. Chile's version of Bush supporters

also known as fascists.

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