A bore hole reached 33 trapped Chilean miners Friday, officials said, but it must be widened before the miners can squeeze through -- a process that should take a few weeks.
There's new hope the 33 trapped Chilean miners will be rescued earlier than expected. CNN's Patrick Oppmann reports.
A court in Chile has sentenced 24 former police officers in cases of kidnapping, torture and murder that happened just after a U.S.-backed coup toppled the country's democratically elected president in 1973, the country's Judicial Authority said Wednesday.
Augusto Pinochet was one of Latin America's most controversial and notorious former military dictators. His death Sunday at 91 prompted violent demonstrations.
Former Chilean leader General Augusto Pinochet has been discharged from a military hospital in Santiago after suffering what was called a minor stroke, sources close to the general said.
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