Pinochet ruling to be next week

London - Britain's High Court yesterday delayed until the middle of next week a decision on whether the Home Secretary, Mr Jack…

London - Britain's High Court yesterday delayed until the middle of next week a decision on whether the Home Secretary, Mr Jack Straw, must disclose a crucial medical report on the former Chilean dictator, Gen. Augusto Pinochet.

Belgium and six human rights groups went to court to force Mr Straw to disclose the medical evidence that has led him to declare that Gen. Pinochet is unfit to be extradited to Spain to face trial.

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