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Chilean court confirms Allende suicide

Santiago : Chile | Sep 11, 2012 at 10:08 AM PDT
Source: CNN Blog
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A Chilean court has settled the question of how then-President Salvador Allende died, confirming that the leader took his own life in 1973 amid a coup. Questions over how Allende's life ended culminated in his body being exhumed last year for forensic tests. FULL ARTICLE AT CNN Blog
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