Ex-US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other top former Pentagon officials today denied any cover-up and rejected personal responsibility for the military’s bungled response to Army Ranger Pat Tillman’s friendly-fire death in Afghanistan.

Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet has been selling some of the medals and diplomatic decorations he received in his political and military career to pay for personal expenses, a newspaper reported today.

Former dictator General Augusto Pinochet was rushed to a hospital today for an undisclosed health problem and was being examined by doctors.

Venezuelan army troops enraged by the killings of 12 civilians and wounding of 110 during an opposition march rebelled against President Hugo Chavez, today, seizing key installations and airports to prevent him from leaving the country.