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    Woman accused of witchcraft burned alive in Papua New Guinea

    Assailants stripped, tortured and bound a woman accused of witchcraft, then burned her alive in front of hundreds of witnesses in a Papua New Guinea town, police said Friday after one of the highest profile sorcery-related murders in this South Pacific island nation.Some of the hundreds of bystanders took photographs of Wednesday's brutal slaying. Grisly pictures were published on the front pages of the country's biggest circulating newspapers, The National and Post-Courier. The prime minister, police and diplomats condemned the killing.Kepari Leniata, a 20-year-old who had a child, had been accused of sorcery by relatives of a 6-year-old boy who died in the hospital the day before, police spokesman Dominic Kakas said.She was tortured with a hot iron rod, bound, doused in gasoline, then set alight on a pile of car tires and trash in the Western Highlands provincial capital of Mount Hagen, Kakas said."Investigations are continuing. We've got good leads. The husband is the prime suspect,...

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    2. Papua New Guinea elects new prime minister, ending island nation's year of political chaos

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    4. Strong earthquake strikes near Papua New Guinea

      A powerful earthquake has struck near Papua New Guinea.The United States Geological Survey said the shallow magnitude-6.8 earthquake struck Wednesday morning about 1...

    5. Powerful earthquake shakes Papua New Guinea

      A powerful earthquake struck waters off Papua New Guinea early Thursday. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage and no threat of a widespread, destruc...

    6. Powerful earthquake shakes Papua New Guinea

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    8. Police end blockade of Papua New Guinea's Parliament; chief justice charged with sedition

      Rogue police officers in Papua New Guinea blockaded Parliament for several hours on Friday, a day after Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's government leveled sedition ch...

    9. Police fear payback for Papua New Guinea leader after son allegedly murdered woman at home

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    11. Strong earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea

      A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.The magnitude-6.5 quake struck 76 m...

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    1. Strong earthquake rattles Papua New Guinea

      A strong earthquake has struck the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries and no tsunami alert has bee...

    2. Strong earthquake rattles Papua New Guinea , but no reports of damage or injuries

      A strong earthquake has struck the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries and no tsunami alert has bee...

    3. 7.1-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Papua New Guinea

      An earthquake measuring 7.1 magnitude hit Papua New Guinea on Wednesday afternoon, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.The tremor struck at a depth of 75...

    4. Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea

      A magnitude 6.0 earthquake shook Papua New Guinea on Wednesday morning, the US Geological survey reported. The quake struck 29 miles west of Kimbe town on the island...

    5. Magnitude-7.0 earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea

      A strong earthquake has struck the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries and no tsunami alert has bee...

    6. 2 charged in Papua New Guinea 'witch' killing

      Papua New Guinea police charged two people on Monday with the grisly killing of a woman who was burned alive in front of hundreds of people, including young children...

    7. Quake hits Papua New Guinea ; no damage or tsunami

      A strong magnitude-6.7 earthquake has struck Papua New Guinea but there are no immediate reports of damage and no regional tsunami alert.Chris McKee, the assistant d...

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