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  • Clashes break out after Pinochet's death

    12/10/2006 4:52:45 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 39 replies · 875+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 12/10/06 | Eduardo Gallardo - ap
    SANTIAGO, Chile - Gen. Augusto Pinochet, who terrorized his opponents for 17 years after taking power in a bloody coup, died Sunday, putting an end to a decade of intensifying efforts to bring him to trial for human rights abuses blamed on his regime. He was 91. Violent clashes broke out between police and Pinochet opponents who threw rocks at cars and set up fire barricades on the city's main avenue. Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd. Authorities said there were a number of arrests, but no immediate reports of injuries. Hundreds of Pinochet supporters...