good news!

[Brad De Long]

>from today's Reuters wire, via Yahoo!:
>
>Chilean Ex-Dictator Pinochet Arrested In London
>
>                 By Paul Majendie
>
>    LONDON (Reuters) - Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was
>arrested in London Saturday by police acting on a request from Spain.
>
>        A police spokeswoman said Pinochet, 82, had been arrested on an
>extradition warrant filed by Spain in connection with allegations that
>Pinochet murdered Spanish
>citizens while he was in power between 1973 and 1990.
>
>``His arrest has taken place on the specific request of the Spanish
>authorities,'' she said.
>
>Jim Devine jdevine at popmail.lmu.edu &
>http://clawww.lmu.edu/Departments/ECON/jdevine.html

Very good news!

Brad DeLong