Chilean activist's fast passes 100 days
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An indigenous-rights activist jailed for setting fire to a farm once owned by Mapuche Indians passed the 100-day mark of a prison hunger strike by urging colleagues to "continue to fight" for the recovery of their lands.
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SANTA FE, N.M. - It took more than eight years - in bits and pieces, five or 10 miles at a time - but Inez Ross has finally walked the Santa Fe Trail...
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SANTIAGO DEL CILE - Lâex dittatore Augusto Pinochet, 89 anni, Ã¨ stato ricoverato nellâOspedale militare di Santiago dopo aver subÃ¬to un nuovo ictus, un Â«attacco cerebro-vascolare, con perdita della coscienza, deficit neurologico e alterazione della
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With a powerful, poised performance in the menâs 100 meters, Tyson Gay passed the world-record holder Asafa Powell of Jamaica with about 30 meters remaining.
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Jamaican Asafa Powell breaks the world 100m record by clocking 9.74 secs at the IAAF Grand Prix in Rieti.
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RIETI, Italy -- Asafa Powell bettered his world record in the 100 meters Sunday, running 9.74 seconds at the Rieti Grand Prix.
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RIETI, Italy - Asafa Powell set another world record in the 100 meters, and suspects he can go even faster.
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Saul Mendoza, a Mexican who lives in Texas, won the men's race in 1 hour 33 minutes 16 seconds. Edith Hunkeler of Switzerland won the women's competition in 1:53:27.
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A retired Chilean general becomes the first top officer of the Pinochet era to get a life term for rights violations.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - When Angel got out of prison,  he walked through the crowded streets of downtown Santiago  craving a hot dog. He stopped and salivated at a hot dog stand.
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: Gen. Augusto Pinochet was hospitalised after suffering a stroke - a day after an appeals court postponed a decision on whether to uphold the former dictator&#39;s indictment and house arrest on human rights charges.
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A Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop on a hunger strike for 23 days to protest against an irrigation project ended his fast on Thursday after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said construction will go forward.
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By Fiona Ortiz SANTIAGO, Chile  - Chile's Supreme Court ruled onTuesday that murder and kidnapping charges against AugustoPinochet can move forward, a decision that brings theex-dictator one step closer to trial in a major human rightscase.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Chilean President Ricardo Lagos  received a chilling report on Wednesday from a government  commission that interviewed more than 30,000 victims to  chronicle for the first time the systematic use of torture  during Augusto Pinochet's 1973-1990 dictatorship.
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- In the long struggle to seek justice for victims of human rights abuses committed during 17 years of military rule in Chile, former dictator Augusto Pinochet has repeatedly escaped efforts to prosecute him and bring him to trial. With Pinochet now under house arrest, the country's Supreme Court is said to be ready to announce Monday whether the ailing ex-general will finally be brought to court.
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By Paulina Modiano SANTIAGO, Chile  - After 14 years in power,Chile's ruling center-left coalition believes it needs to comeup with a sparkling new image or risk losing the 2005presidential elections.
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Award-winning BBC journalist Alan Johnston marks 100 days in the captivity of Palestinian extremists in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday as colleagues hold vigils for his release around the world.