Former Costa Rican President Ordered Held
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A court on Friday ordered that former President Rafael Calderon be jailed for nine months as investigators probe corruption allegations.
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua  - Nicaragua's unpopular  president faces possible removal from office after a special  Congressional committee was created on Thursday to explore  corruption charges against him.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was placed under house arrest on Monday for the murder of two bodyguards of former President Salvador Allende in 1973, a court source said.
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Santiago - A court ruling placing former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet under house arrest, after he was charged with murder and kidnapping, has been suspended following an appeal by his lawyers, a court announced on Monday.
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The husband of the former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto was put under house detention yesterday as a court ordered his arrest in a murder case, just a month after he had been freed on bail.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator Augusto  Pinochet was placed under house arrest Wednesday after the  country's top court ruled that murder and kidnapping charges  against him can move forward.
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Former Secretary General of the Organization of American States and former President of Costa Rica Miguel Angel Rodriguez, center in grey suit, is detained by Costa Rican Judicial Police upon his arrival at the Juan Santamaria International Airport
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Haiti's interim government is to issue a warrant for the arrest of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
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By Katie Burford SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former dictator AugustoPinochet was placed under house arrest on Wednesday afterChile's top court ruled that murder and kidnapping chargesagainst him can go forward.
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Augusto Pinochet was president of Chile from 1974 to 1990 Chile&#39;s former President Augusto Pinochet [pictured] has been placed under house arrest on human rights charges.
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A Chilean judge has ordered the house arrest of the country&#39;s former dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, on human rights charges.
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Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco pledged Friday to serve out the last 15 months of his term despite health problems, trying to reassure the country a day after he was hospitalized with heart trouble.
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His extradition sets a legal precedent that could be applied to Bolivia's ex-leader, now living in the US.
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By Ignacio Badal SANTIAGO, Chile  - A Chilean judge on Mondayformally charged Augusto Pinochet with homicide and kidnappingin one of many pending cases related to human rights abusescommitted during his 17-year rule, and ordered house arrest forthe former dictator.
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Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori will be extradited from Chile to face charges of embezzlement and human rights abuses during the 1990s, Chile's Supreme Court ruled on Friday.
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Panama wants former military leader Manuel Noriega returned to serve jail time for murder when he is released from a U.S. prison in September, President Martin Torrijos said on Thursday, denying a secret deal to have Noriega extradited to France.
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A former Mexican president accused of genocide was unable Friday to undergo a court-mandated psychological evaluation because of his poor health, his lawyer said.