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Stories for September 13th 2012

• Thursday, September 13th 2012 - 06:10 UTC

  Pro-Europe parties winning in tight Dutch election

  

  Exit polls in the latest Dutch elections show Prime Minister Mark Rutte's ruling Liberal party leading by one seat. They also predict a massive loss of seats for the far-right PVV party. An exit poll by the Dutch broadcaster NOS/RTL showed the two pro-European parties, Liberal and Labour, had 41 and 40 seats respectively.

• Thursday, September 13th 2012 - 02:34 UTC

  South America cruise industry “must work together and rein in costs”

  

  South America's cruise industry has been growing fast and holds vast potential, but the region must work together to tackle issues, create demand and rein in costs, said speakers at the Seatrade South America Cruise Convention in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, September 13th 2012 - 01:53 UTC

  Chile can’t forget Pinochet’s coup: a Carabinero killed, hundreds of protestors injured and arrested

  

  A Carabinero was shot dead, scores of people were injured and 255 others arrested in violent protests marking the 39th anniversary of the military coup that toppled Chilean elected Socialist president Salvador Allende in 1973, reported the Ministry of Interior on Wednesday.

• Thursday, September 13th 2012 - 01:51 UTC

  Allende shot himself as Pinochet troops stormed the palace, confirms Chilean court

  

  A Chilean court has confirmed that President Salvador Allende killed himself in 1973 as troops attacked the presidential palace to oust him. Official reports, accepted by his family, concluded that his death was suicide but his body was exhumed in 2011 to settle lingering doubts.

• Thursday, September 13th 2012 - 01:49 UTC

  Arctic conquest: Russia building the world’s biggest nuclear powered icebreaker

  

  Russia's plans to build the world's biggest nuclear-powered icebreaker could attract more trade to the country, says a leading UK analyst. The new ship is meant to be more efficient at breaking ice and able to navigate in deep Arctic waters as well as shallow Siberian rivers.