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...London for a herniated disc, Pinochet, 82, was awakened by police and told that he was under arrest. A Spanish court, which has been trying Pinochet in absentia for allegedly ordering the execution of leftist Spaniards living in Chile in the 1970s, had issued an extradition warrant days earlier. Scotland Yard detectives said Pinochet, who is being held at the London Clinic, would eventually appear at an extradition hearing before a British magistrate. The move stunned Pinochet's boosters and critics alike, making it clear that the wounds caused by his regime are as open as ever. Waking...
...Scotland, the Hogmanay Party--named for the Scottish New Year's Eve--will be launched with a torchlight procession through Edinburgh, culminating atop Carlton Hill with a huge bonfire. The city center will then be transformed into one blazing outdoor party for some 200,000 hardy celebrators. Nightly festivities will continue throughout the week. While much of the entertainment is free, tickets are required for such events as the rock concert in Princes Street Gardens, which will have a floodlighted Edinburgh Castle as its backdrop. Though the Scottish city can be cold in late December, wool sweaters, drams of single...
Kissing Cousins: Scotland and Japan...
Urusei Yatsura rocks. They are from Scotland. Lead singer Fergus Lawrie says lyrics as if he has invited the Geist of the decade into his mouth...
...marked the first anniversary of Princess Diana's death Monday. Her somber young sons and the royal family prayed together, away from public eyes. Wearing black ties as a symbol of their mourning, Prince William, 16, and Prince Harry, 13, entered the tiny stone church near Balmoral Castle in Scotland flanked by their father, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II and other royal relatives. William, the lanky physical embodiment of his mother, hung his head and was mostly shielded from the cameras. Harry showed no expression...