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Spanish judge who indicted Pinochet suspended

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The crusading Spanish judge who indicted Augusto Pinochet and Osama bin Laden has been suspended from his post, a punishment that could end the career of a man who probed one of Spain's biggest cases - atrocities committed during and after the nation's civil war.

 

Friday's decision was made unanimously by a judicial oversight board called the General Council of the Judiciary after an emergency meeting at which the only topic was the judge, Baltasar Garzon, said its spokeswoman, Gabriela Bravo. (AP)

 

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