Some fear fascism if Paraguay frees general jailed in coup try
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ASUNCION, Paraguay -- In the secret universe of Paraguayan conspiracy theory, strange things happen. A dead general sips cocktails in his mansion. A chauffeur drives the corpse of the vice president around town. And a prison inmate charged with murder cuts the deals that will make him the country's next president.
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FORMER Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is a step closer to being tried for atrocities committed under his 1973-1990 regime after a court stripped him of immunity from prosecution.
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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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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator AugustoPinochet was placed under house arrest Wednesday after thecountry's top court ruled Tuesday that murder and kidnappingcharges against him can move forward.
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Nearly 30 people are being held in Georgia on suspicion of plotting a coup against the government, officials say.
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Former Paraguay President Luis Gonzalez Macchi is jailed for eight years for fraud and embezzlement.
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Police jailed a priest on suspicion of links to violence while ex-soldiers who carried out a bloody revolt against president Jean-Bertrand Aristide said reinforcements were gathering in Haiti&#39;s capital to help put down clashes
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The fate of a vocal critic of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's regime remains unknown a month after he was detained by security services in Tripoli.
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The arrest on Pakistani soil shows the challenges facing Pervez Musharraf's government.
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Chileans are turning more and more against ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet, making courts more likely to put the ailing retired general on trial for human rights abuses during his 1973-1990 regime, political scientists said.
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Luis Posada Carriles is a Cuban militant linked to an airline bombing and other political crimes. But after a federal court ruling on his immigration charges, he may go free
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How ironic: defense attorneys for Augusto Pinochet characterized the arrest order against the former Chilean tyrant as an abuse of human rights, alleging that the 89-year-old man cannot defend himself because of poor health.
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Several thousand Paraguayans held a protest rally in the country's capital on Friday night, charging electoral fraud in the primary to pick the ruling party's candidate for the April 20 presidential election.
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Spain has tightened control over prisoners tied to Islamic terrorism or who exhibit other signs of extremism, EFE said Tuesday.
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BANGKOK , Thailand -- The generals billed it as a pro-democracy military coup, and although they had ousted one of the most popular prime ministers in Thailand's history, most commentators here yesterday tended to agree.
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Lawyers for Gen. Augusto Pinochet appealed a judge's decision to place the former Chilean dictator under house arrest, winning him at least another day of freedom.
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Former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet has been placed under house arrest by a Chilean judge on human rights charges. Former Chilean dictator Gen.