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Chile rejects pardons proposed by Catholic Church (AP)

July 25th, 2010

A police officer looks on as people hold portraits of family members who were dissidents killed during the dictatorship of former Gen. Augusto Pinochet outside La Moneda government palace in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday July 21, 2010. The Roman Catholic Church handed Chile's President Sebastian Pinera a petition for massive pardons that include military officials who committed crimes against humanity during Gen. Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship (1973-90). (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP - Chile’s conservative president rejected a proposal by the Roman Catholic Church for sweeping pardons of elderly and sick prisoners that would have freed military officers convicted of human…

Chile police hunt Dutchman sought in Peru killing (AP)

June 3rd, 2010

In this Tuesday Sept. 6, 2005 file photo, eighteen-year-old Joran van der Sloot, center, a resident of Aruba who had been held by police on the Caribbean island in connection with the disappearance of American tourist Natalee Holloway, exits Schiphol airport accompanied by unidentified relatives in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Peruvian police confirmed on June 2, 2010, they are seeking Joran van der Sloot in last Sunday's killing of 21-year-old Stephany Flores at a Lima hotel.(AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AP - Police in neighboring Chile are checking hotels for a young Dutchman long suspected in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway who is now being sought in…

Chile judge frees Pakistani arrested at US Embassy (AP)

May 15th, 2010

Gabriel Carrion, defense lawyer of Pakistan's Mohammed Saif-ur-Rehman Khan, 28, unseen, speaks to reporters in Santiago, Friday, May 14, 2010. Carrion and Khan, attended a hearing after a court was to decide Friday whether to present formal charges or free Khan who was arrested Monday after traces of explosives were detected on his phone and papers while he was at the U.S. Embassy in Santiago because his US visa had been revoked. (AP Photo/ Roberto Candia)AP - A Pakistani man detained with suspicious chemical residues at the U.S. Embassy in Chile was charged with possessing explosives on Saturday, and then set free pending further investigation.


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Chile cops raid house of Embassy detainee’s friend (AP)

May 14th, 2010

Police officers escort Pakistan's Mohammed Saif-ur-Rehman Khan, 28, center, as he arrives to a hospital for a medical check-up in Santiago, Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Traces of explosives were found on Khan, who was summoned to the U.S. Embassy because his U.S. visa had been revoked, State Department officials in Washington said. (AP Photo/ Aliosha Marquez)AP - Police found traces of an explosives material on clothes seized at the home of a Pakistani who was detained after the same substance was detected on documents and…

Magnitude 6.4 quake shakes Chile, no damages (AP)

May 3rd, 2010

AP - The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-6.4 earthquake has struck off Chile’s central coast. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

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