By Paul Aston Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet will be cremated, according to his son Marco Antonio, to avoid desecration of his grave by "people who always hated him". The country's government said it authorised the Chilean flag to be flown at half mast at military barracks.

By Adam Smeltz, Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa. Mar. 12--Two decades have slipped by since Boris Weisfeiler, a Penn State mathematics professor, vanished during a 1985 vacation in the Chilean mountains.

By Fiona Ortiz SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Socialist Michelle Bachelet, a separated mother and former political exile, won elections on Sunday to become the first female president in socially conservative Chile with a victory that underscores the left's growing hold on Latin America.

By Fiona Ortiz SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Chileans voted for a new president on Sunday and were expected to elect the South American country's first woman leader, a socialist who is seen beating a moderate conservative billionaire.

By EDUARDO GALLARDO SANTIAGO, Chile - A socialist doctor and former political prisoner was elected Sunday as the country's first female president, with her conservative multimillionaire opponent conceding defeat in a race that reflected Latin America's increasingly leftward tilt.