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Embassies On Alert After Parcel Bomb Attacks In Rome

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Police officers stand outside the Chilean embassy, in Rome, after a pair of package bombs exploded at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in the city. (AP)
Police officers stand outside the Chilean embassy, in Rome, after a pair of package bombs exploded at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in the city. (AP)

Rome's police chief says all embassies have been informed about a pair of package bombs that exploded at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in the Italian capital, injuring the two people who opened them. Another suspicious package found at the Ukrainian embassy turned out to be a false alarm. Rachel Donadio of the New York Times brings us the latest from Rome.

This segment aired on December 23, 2010.

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