Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet has been admitted to hospital after suffering a stroke. It comes as an appeals court is determining whether to uphold his indictment and house arrest on human rights charges.

Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet suffered a stroke, but is in a stable condition at Santiago’s Army Hospital today, hospital officials said.

Chile’s former dictator General Augusto Pinochet is under house arrest after a judge indicted him for the kidnapping of nine dissidents and the killing of one of them during his 1973-1990 military regime.

FORMER Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet was indicted yesterday for the kidnapping of nine dissidents and the killing of one during his 17-year regime.

Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet was indicted today for the kidnapping of nine dissidents and the killing of one during his 17-year regime.

A COURT in Chile has suspended a probe into the financial affairs of former leader Augusto Pinochet.

A Chilean court has agreed to hear a new request to strip former dictator General Augusto Pinochet of his immunity from prosecution and allow him to stand trial for human rights abuses during his regime.

The Supreme Court in Chile last night ruled that former dictator Augusto Pinochet was mentally and physically unfit to stand trial accused of being responsible for the kidnapping and murder of dozens of political prisoners.

General Augusto Pinochet has suffered a mild stroke and has stayed at a hospital for an hour for treatment.

General Augusto Pinochet is in intensive care in a Santiago hospital after suffering a temporary interruption of blood to his brain.

The head of the secret police under Chile's former military regime has left prison after serving a seven-year sentence for a 1976 assassination in Washington.

Associates of General Augusto Pinochet have warned he may refuse interrogation by the judge seeking to try him.

General Augusto Pinochet has entered a Santiago military hospital to undergo neurological tests that may be his final hope to avoid trial on human rights charges.

Chile's President says a number of political dissidents who disappeared in the early months of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship were killed and thrown into the sea.

General Pinochet's lawyer has recommended that the former dictator openly disobey the judge seeking to try him on human rights charges.