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Striking Chilean copper miner shot dead during protest

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A Chilean mining contract worker was shot dead on Friday as a labour strike against state-owned copper company Codelco stretched into its fourth day, the union representing the workers said. The Confederation of Copper Workers, or CTC, posted a statement on its website saying that contractor Nelson Quichillao had been shot and killed while protesting near Codelco's Salvador mine, in northern Chile.
 
 
 
 
 

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