Pinochet appeal reaches top court
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Chile's highest court is to begin hearing an appeal to decide if Gen Pinochet is fit to stand trial.
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The Supreme Court in Chile has ruled that the former dictator General Pinochet should have his immunity from prosecution removed. A lawsuit was brought by relatives of alleged victims of the military regime Operation Condor.
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Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is in a hospital recovering from a minor stroke, a day before court is to rule on a human rights case against him.
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SANTIAGO -- The judge who indicted General Augusto Pinochet on human rights charges and placed him under house arrest has approved bail for the aging former dictator, officials said yesterday. But Pinochet will remain confined to his country estate near Santiago until the Court of Appeals rules on Judge Juan Guzman's $3,500 bail bond order. Prosecution lawyer Eduardo Contreras said ...
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SANTIAGO  - Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet has regained consciousness after suffering a stroke that sent him to the hospital, doctors said, ahead of an appeals court ruling on criminal charges dating from his 17-year rule.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator Augusto  Pinochet was hospitalized on Saturday with a possible stroke,  ahead of an expected court ruling on Monday on whether he  should be tried in a human rights case.
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SANTIAGO  - Lawyers for Augusto Pinochet stepped up efforts to stop the former Chilean dictator from appearing in court to face charges of murder and kidnapping during his 1973-90 rule.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator Augusto  Pinochet moved closer to his first trial on human rights  violations on Tuesday when Chile's Supreme Court allowed murder  and kidnapping charges against him to go forward.
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A Chilean appeals court rejected claims yesterday that General Augusto Pinochet was too ill to face charges of murder and kidnapping.
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The arrest warrant issued against General Augusto Pinochet has been suspended pending an appeal, after lawyers for the former Chilean dictator argued that he was mentally incompetent.
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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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SANTIAGO - An appeals court in Chile upheld the indictment and house arrest of former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet Monday. The Santiago Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 in favour of the indictment on human rights
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BOGOT -- Retired General Augusto Pinochet was indicted and ordered placed under house arrest yesterday by a top Chilean judge on charges connected with the murder and kidnapping of political dissidents in four countries. The ruling is the latest twist in a prolonged legal battle that has spanned two continents over whether the former military dictator should be judged for ...
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was hospitalized yesterday with a possible stroke, ahead of an expected court ruling tomorrow on whether he should be tried in a human rights case.
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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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By Fiona Ortiz SANTIAGO, Chile  - Murder charges against formerChilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in a major human rights casecan move forward, an appeals court said in an unprecedentedruling on Monday.
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A judge in Chile has said that the country&#39;s former military ruler, General Augusto Pinochet, is fit enough to be tried for alleged human rights abuses in the 1970s.