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In Chile land fight, elderly couple dies in arson attack

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: January 5, 2013 at 3:36 a.m.

An elderly couple whose family’s vast landholdings have long been targeted by Mapuche Indians in southern Chile were killed in an arson attack early Friday while trying to defend their home.

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