Chile secret police chief jailed
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Gen Manuel Contreras begins a 12-year jail sentence amid scenes of court chaos before he heads to prison.
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SANTIAGO, Chile - A prosecuting judge on Monday charged former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet with the kidnapping and murder of political opponents in the 1970s and ordered him placed under house arrest.
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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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A ringleader of a gang which smuggled thousands of illegal immigrants across Europe was jailed in London on Wednesday.
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Seven former army officers and an ex-police official were convicted Tuesday and sentenced to at least 20 years in prison for human rights abuses during Argentina's bloody dictatorship.
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The jailed leader of a commune-like German colony in southern Chile was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison for arms possession.
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A former police officer was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison for human rights abuses in connection with the 1978 disappearance of a married couple during Argentina's military dictatorship.
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A former council official is jailed for nine months for possession of more than 1,000 images of child pornography.
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An Italian court found a close political ally and business associate of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi guilty of colluding with the Mafia, and sentenced him on Saturday to nine years in prison.
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Three months after the Supreme Court of Chile removed his immunity, Augusto Pinochet was formally charged by Judge Guzman and placed under house arrest on 13 December.
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An Egyptian court sentenced a police major to five years in prison and two policemen to one year for forcing a male detainee to wear women's underwear and parade up and down a busy street, a judicial source said Sunday.
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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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Retired General Augusto Pinochet was indicted and ordered placed under house arrest yesterday by a top Chilean judge on charges connected with
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A high-ranking Bush administration official was sentenced to 10 months in prison on Tuesday for lying to Congress as it investigated a bribery scandal centered on lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
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Former senior Bush administration aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby was today jailed for perjury.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator AugustoPinochet was placed under house arrest Wednesday after thecountry's top court ruled that murder and kidnapping chargesagainst him can move forward.
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Peru's ex-intelligence chief Montesinos gets a 20-year jail sentence for selling arms to Colombian guerrillas.