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Pinochet loses his immunity
By wire services
Published January 12, 2006
SANTIAGO, Chile - An appeals court stripped Gen. Augusto Pinochet of his legal immunity Wednesday, a ruling that paved the way for the former dictator to stand trial on charges of responsibility for killing two bodyguards of the Marxist president he toppled in a bloody 1973 coup.
The ruling allows the judge handling the case, Victor Montiglio, to indict the 90-year-old retired general in the killings.
Pinochet, who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, enjoys immunity from prosecution as a former president. But he faces a host of charges of human rights abuses, tax evasion and corruption.
Wednesday's ruling reopened one of the most notorious human rights cases involving Pinochet's dictatorship - the so-called Caravan of Death, in which 75 jailed dissidents were killed by a military party in the weeks after the coup.
U.S. apologizes in woman's killing
TOKYO - The head of the U.S. Forces in Japan apologized Wednesday to Japanese defense officials over an American sailor's alleged killing of a Japanese woman earlier this month, the Defense Agency said.
Japanese investigators allege sailor William Oliver Reese fatally beat and robbed Yoshie Sato, 56, of about $130 on Jan 3. The attack took place near a U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, about 28 miles southwest of Tokyo.
The U.S. Navy handed Reese, 21, over to Japanese authorities Saturday. The U.S. military has pledged to cooperate fully with the investigation.
Man stabs 8 people in synagogue attack
MOSCOW - A knife-wielding man shouting "I will kill Jews!" attacked a synagogue in downtown Moscow Wednesday, slashing and stabbing at least eight people before the son of a rabbi wrestled him to the ground, officials and witnesses said.
Witnesses said the shaven-headed attacker yelled "Heil Hitler!" as he aimed at victims' necks, heads or torsos in what appeared to be a well-planned attack.
The attack at the Chabad Bronnaya synagogue came amid an increase in racist crimes and hate-group activity in Russia. Jewish leaders said it should send a message to Russian authorities and the public to fight prejudice.
[Last modified January 12, 2006, 01:26:11]
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