import bpy

if bpy.context.active_object == None:
print('Error: no object selected')

data = """
2 0 0
-2 0 0
1.4 1.4 0
1.4 -1.4 0
-1.4 1.4 0
-1.4 -1.4 0
0 2 0
0 -2 0
"""

data = data.strip()
lines = data.split('\n')

for line in lines:
pos = [float(field) for field in line.split()]
bpy.ops.object.duplicate()
obj = bpy.context.active_object
obj.location = pos