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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 2000
Page
3
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet departed Britain as a free man ending a 16 month legal saga. The ruling dismissals concluded extradition efforts and marked the end of a high profile legal battle facing Pinochet on charges of human rights abuses.
Home Secretary Jack Straw ruled 84 year old Augusto Pinochet unfit for extradition to Spain on torture charges. He rejected extradition requests from Belgium France and Switzerland while praising a landmark international law against torture and noting its wider impact beyond Britain.
Timeline recounts Augusto Pinochet actions from the 1973 coup overthrowing Salvador Allende to his 1998 arrest in London. It notes his 1990 resignation as president but continued army command until 1997 and subsequent life senator status, with a 16 month release after a Spanish human rights warrant.
Harvard researchers report that smoking marijuana raises heart attack risk fivefold in the hour after use, based on 3,882 patients across 62 locations. The study notes the risk then falls to twice normal after an hour, with age and existing risk factors shaping the concern.
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