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Hundreds in Chile mourn former dictator
Dec 11 2006 9:57PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Thousands of mourners honored Gen. Augusto Pinochet on Monday, many weeping openly as they kissed his glass-topped casket in a military ceremony that exposed deep divisions over the legacy of his 17-year dictatorship.
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Mexico cracking down on drug violence
Dec 11 2006 9:54PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's new government announced Monday that it was sending more than 6,500 soldiers, marines and federal police to the western state of Michoacan to crack down on a wave of execution-style killings and beheadings that have left hundreds dead.
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Pinochet was unrepentant to the end
Dec 11 2006 5:46AM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - It had been 18 months since Gen. Augusto Pinochet reluctantly stepped down from the presidency and Chileans were just beginning to unearth the terrible secrets of his 1973-90 dictatorship.
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Pinochet was unrepentant to the end
Dec 11 2006 5:46AM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - It had been 18 months since Gen. Augusto Pinochet reluctantly stepped down from the presidency and Chileans were just beginning to unearth the terrible secrets of his 1973-90 dictatorship.
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Pinochet's death sparks clashes in Chile
Dec 11 2006 4:37AM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Gen. Augusto Pinochet, who terrorized his opponents for 17 years after taking power in a bloody coup, died Sunday, putting an end to a decade of intensifying efforts to bring him to trial for human rights abuses blamed on his regime. He was 91.
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Mexico leftist leader joins Oaxaca protest
Dec 11 2006 12:33AM (CT)
OAXACA, Mexico (AP) - A leader of Mexico's largest leftist party led thousands of protesters in a march to the center of this historic city on Sunday, demanding the resignation of the state governor and the withdrawal of thousands of federal police.
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