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Monday, August 30, 2004; Page E02

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"If he is stripped of immunity this week, there may be an avalanche of requests to have him investigated for any of the other 300 criminal cases brought against him pending in courts."

-- Chilean prosecuting attorney Eduardo Contreras, of former dictator Augusto Pinochet, 88, whose seemingly active handling of millions of dollars in recent years through Riggs Bank may help prosecutors prove he is able to stand trial. The Chilean Supreme Court stripped Pinochet of his immunity Friday.


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