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Lately, a lot more has been bothering General Augusto Pinochet of Chile than his bad back. Visiting the United Kingdom for surgery, the former dictator of Chile was threatened with extradition by a Spanish judge for mass murder and brutality during his reign. Britain's House of Lords declined to give him the immunity heads of state usually receive, since hostage-taking and torture "do not qualify as legitimate acts of a head of state." By December 11, the British home secretary must decide whether or not to give the man with the bad back a break...
What happens when you throw a kitchen sink indictment at a high-profile defendant represented by some of the nation's best lawyerly talent? The prosecution can go down the drain -- spectacularly. That's exactly what occurred Wednesday as Independent Counsel Donald Smaltz lost his corruption case against Former Clinton Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy. After deliberating for nine hours over two days, a jury acquitted Espy on all 30 counts...
Mitchell acknowledged that community buildingwas a positive aspect of the former housingsystem...
...other election news, the number of candidates has decreased from a record high, according to election commission chair Ryan D. Fahey '02. Presidential contender Rebecca F. Lubens '00 and former vice presidential hopeful Christian P. Quilici '01 have dropped out of the race, he said...
WASHINGTON: Say what you want about Janet Reno (and you won't come up with any fresh insults), she probably just hasn't decided yet. After getting a 60-day extension of her latest deadline for appointing an independent counsel -- this time for a perjury investigation into former top White House aide Harold Ickes -- the interpretation game is on. The most likely reason is simple indecision, but TIME Justice Department correspondent Elaine Shannon says if politics did come into Reno's calculation, the specter of creating another Ken Starr might be enough to keep this investigation...