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Uruguay Nurses Charged with 16 Murders

Description:A Uruguay judge charges three nurses with multiple counts of homicide after the deaths of 16 patients in two hospitals. Two of the nurses are suspected of killing patients with poison or putting air in their intravenous lines, while the third is charged with covering up the crimes. The defence says the nurses' actions were those of mercy and not murder. (1:25)

Source: Reuters

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