World Update from BBC News
Pinera sworn in as new quake hitsSebastian Pinera is sworn in as president of quake-hit Chile, as a 6.9-magnitude aftershock strikes the centre of the country.Turkey and Sweden in genocide rowTurkey withdraws its ambassador to Sweden after the parliament votes to describe as genocide the killing of Armenians in WWI.Web censure 'curbs human rights'Freedom of expression on the web has been curtailed in 2009, the US state department says in its annual human rights report.Iraq results point to tight raceFirst results from Iraq's election suggest a tight contest may be developing between PM Nouri Maliki and main rival Iyad Allawi.Russians jailed over race murderNine members of a Russian white supremacist group are jailed for up to 22 years in connection with the killing of an African man.
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