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Argentina forces dirty war orphans to provide DNA

Valuing truth over the right to privacy, Argentina's Congress has authorized the forced extraction of DNA from people who may have been born to political prisoners slain a quarter-century ago — even when they don't want to know their birth parents. Complete Story...

Israel's Peres: Chavez, Ahmadinejad will fall

Israel President Shimon Peres predicts the people of Venezuela and Iran will make their leaders disappear before too long.

Buenos Aires grants first marriage license to gays

Two men were granted a marriage license in Argentina's capital on Monday, breaking ground in a country and region where laws ban gay marriage.

Pro-government group defends Argentina media law

Argentine journalists, academics and ruling party lawmakers met Monday to challenge the conclusions of an international media group that Latin American leaders are exerting too much control over the press.

News group: Latin American gov'ts restrict press

Populist leaders around Latin America are increasingly making legal and political moves to silence their media critics, the president of the Inter American Press Association said Friday.

Last Argentine dictator, ex-generals go on trial

Trial began Monday for Argentina's last dictator, Reynaldo Bignone, five former generals and two others accused of kidnappings and murders in one of the nation's largest torture centers, the Campo de Mayo military base.

Swiss hand over banking info to Argentina

The Swiss government said Monday it has handed banking documents over to Argentina in a $25 million dollar corruption probe linked to former President Carlos Menem and French defense company Thales.

Argentine leader decrees subsidies for poor kids

President Cristina Fernandez decreed Thursday that Argentina will provide direct cash subsidies of about $47 a month per child to families whose parents are unemployed or work informally.

Argentine Congress considers same-sex marriage

Is Argentina ready to become Latin America's first nation to legalize gay marriage?

Argentine enviro secretary fined for dirty river

Environmentalists praised a judge on Wednesday for fining Argentina's environmental secretary and two local politicians for failing to clean up the polluted river that flows sluggishly through the heart of the capital.

3 S.American nations promise to halt deforestation

Three South American nations announced a joint plan Tuesday to establish protected zones in the vast Atlantic Forest as part of an effort to halt deforestation by 2020.

Questions abound over Maradona's coaching future

Argentina cleared a big hurdle by squeaking into next year's World Cup. Whether Diego Maradona will still be the coach then is another matter.

Argentine Senate overwhelmingly approves media law

Argentina's Senate overwhelmingly approved a law that will transform the nation's media landscape on Saturday, and President Cristina Fernandez quickly signed it into law.

The big mystery: What's wrong with Argentina?

On the streets and in Buenos Aires' pubs, a great mystery is baffling almost everyone.

Zadunaisky's math determined Halley's Comet orbit

Pedro Elias Zadunaisky, an Argentine astronomer and mathematician whose calculations helped determine the orbit of Saturn's outermost moon, Phoebe, as well as Halley's Comet, died Wednesday. He was 91.

Thousands bid farewell to Argentine singer Sosa

Argentines bid farewell to folk singer and human rights activist Mercedes Sosa with flowers and cheers Monday as her body was taken from Congress to the capital's Chacarita cemetery.

Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa dies aged 74

Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa, the "voice of Latin America" whose music inspired opponents of South America's brutal military regimes and led to her forced exile in Europe, died Sunday, her family said. She was 74.

Argentine folk singer Sosa's condition worsening

Doctors say Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa's health is deteriorating further at the Buenos Aires clinic where she is in critical condition.

Argentine zoo to release 3 endangered eagles

An Argentine zoo plans to release three endangered crowned eagles back into the wild after several months of rehabilitation during captivity.

Extreme trekkers rescued from Patagonian glacier

A British-French couple trying one of the world's most difficult hikes — more than 250 miles (400 kilometers) of Andean glaciers that straddle the border between Chile and Argentina — had to give up after terrifying wind and snow nearly buried them alive.

Argentine police, workers fight at Kraft plant

Argentine police have used force to remove laid-off workers occupying a Kraft Foods plant since last month.

Maradona returns to Argentina for WCup qualifiers

Coach Diego Maradona is back in Argentina to prepare for two World Cup qualifying matches that could determine if the two-time champions reach the 2010 World Cup.

Spain arrests alleged 'dirty war' fugitive

An Argentine-born pilot for a low-cost airline was arrested during a stopover in a Spanish airport on suspicion of piloting planes that carried hundreds of dissidents to their deaths during his country's 1976-1983 "dirty war," authorities said Wednesday.

Uruguay says pulp mill is not polluting river

Uruguay denied Argentina's claims at the United Nations' highest court that a pulp mill on a river separating the two countries is polluting the air and water, saying Monday it meets environmental protection standards.

Taking less-familiar wine road in S. America

TODAY wine columnist Edward Deitch highlights some wines from South America that you don't hear about every day: the red bonarda from Argentina, and the white Pedro Ximenez. Now does that refer to a man named Pedro or a grape?

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Argentina: 'Grandma, Will You Read to Me?'
Source: One World

An innovative programme encouraging a love of reading amongst poor students in Argentina

AFP: Argentina's Menem charged with obstructing probe of bomb that killed 85 in Jewish charity building; Iran and Hezbollah were accused of terrorist act
Source: Google

Argentina's former president Carlos Menem was charged Thursday with obstructing a probe into the 1994 bombing of a building housing Jewish charities in Argentina that killed 85 people.

S.C. Gov. Sanford doesn't want ethics report released | McClatchy
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excerpt: ""Gov. Mark Sanford has asked the South Carolina Supreme Court to block a state ethics panel investigating the governor from releasing its initial findings to lawmakers who could decide to remove him from office. ""

Hilarious Condom Ads
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Check out these hilarious condom ads from several continents...Ranging from sassy dialogue to black humour, these are one-minute comedies with a smart punchline. The Mother from Hell and the Spoiled Brat skits have a Borat-like humour.

Chavez and the Latin Left: Muzzling the Media?
Source: Yahoo! News

But in recent months, ChÁvez and his allies from Argentina to Nicaragua have taken steps that critics say make them walk too Cuban for comfort - especially when it comes to independent media, an institution critical to the region's modernization.

Ayatollahs cast growing shadow in Latin America; terrorist infrastructures growing | ajc.com
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Obama administration must take note. Ahmadinejad's regime promises to have strategic repercussions in America's neighborhood. The expansion of Iranian influence in the Western Hemisphere — diplomatic, economic, military and terrorist infrastructure — has been rapid.

Destruction at So. American archaeological sites following Dakar (auto) Rally
Source: The Art

According to the National Monuments Council's report, four of the sites that sustained damage are in the region of Atacama and two are in the region of Coquimbo, around 500km north of Santiago.

The war on drugs is immoral idiocy. We need the courage of Argentina
Source: Guardian Unlimited

America spends a reported $70bn a year on suppressing drug imports, and untold billions on prosecuting its own citizens for drugs offences.

Defiant Sanford refuses to resign, S.C. politics "paralyzed"
Source: Christian Science Monitor

His wife left the governor's mansion. His own party has censured him. And even Mark Sanford's own right-hand man, Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, now says the embattled executive and one-time presidential aspirant should step down for the good of the state.

Argentina rules on marijuana use
Source: BBC News

The supreme court in Argentina has ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish people for using marijuana for personal consumption. The decision follows a case of five young men who were arrested with a few marijuana cigarettes in their pockets.

Argentina Decriminalizes Personal Drug Consumption
Source: cato-at-liberty.org

Following in Mexico's footsteps last week, the Supreme Court of Argentina has unanimously ruled today on decriminalizing the possession of drugs for personal consumption.

Argentina court ruling would allow personal use of pot - CNN.com
Source: CNN

Argentina's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday it is unconstitutional to punish an adult for private use of marijuana as long as it doesn't harm anyone else.

Argentina allows possession of marijuana for personal use :
Source: The Earth Times Online

The possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use in Argentina is no longer to be punished in Argentina.

Horse dies after horrifying crash with rally car in Argentina
Source: Telegraph

Argentinean rally car driver, Federico Villagra, was involved in a horrifying crash with a horse, after it was catapulted 30 feet into the air when it wandered into the path of his speeding car in South America.

Embattled S.C. Governor Sanford, Wife Are Splitting Up
Source: The Washington Post

Jenny Sanford, the wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, announced Friday morning that she and their sons will leave the governor's mansion in Columbia and settle in the Charleston area, a split that comes after the couple tried for seven weeks to mend their marriage

Argentine FM calls for more international pressure on Honduras_English_Xinhua
Source: xinhuanet

The Argentine foreign minister on Thursday called for more international pressure on the Honduran de facto government to force it into a deal with ousted President Manuel Zelaya. 

In Assessing Iran, Remember AMIA
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Two separate investigations held in Argentina on the bombings of the Israeli Embassy and the AMIA center implicate Iran as the mastermind, while Hezbollah was the executioner.

Honduras Coup D'etat
Source: World Press Review

If this coup d'état works, it will serve as a threatening signal to Latin America that the old days of military dictatorship are back. Already there are frictions between the army and the heads of state in Ecuador, Bolivia and Argentina.

Sanford's Flew First Class To His Trysts.... But Critisized His Opponent For Not Double-Booking Staff In Hotel Rooms On Official Trips
Source: trueslant.com

Folks, I don't really care that much that Mark Sanford had an affair because that's ultimately between him and his wife. But to violate the trust of his constituents and waste their money to fly down to Argentina to do it? Well, that's pretty low.

Inquiry on 1994 Blast at Argentina Jewish Center Gets New Life - NYTimes.com
Source: The New York Times

Despite all the international attention, despite investigative help from Israel and the United States, no one has been convicted for the July 18, 1994, bombing of the community center, in which 85 people died and more than 300 were injured.

RP economy faces worst decline in years
Source: VERA Files Site

[Manila, Philippines]REMITTANCES, investments, production all falling down. The Philippine economy is facing its worst decline in more than 20 years, with production, investments and even overseas remittances falling in the first quarter of 2009.

Why tide against Sanford ebbed
Source: TheState.com

But observers say Jenny Sanford rescued her husband's political career when he needed her most.

TheStar.com | Insight | U.S. role in coups: Sinister no more?
Source: Toronto Star

How the Honduras coup may show that US intervention in Latin America maybe a thing of the past

How Sanford spent state money on last year's Argentina trip
Source: MiamiHerald.com

Gov. Mark Sanford heavily mixed business and pleasure during a three-day trip in 2008 to Argentina to visit his lover, records released by the South Carolina Department of Commerce show.

The Philippines' Low Intensity Democracy
Source: Caffeine Sparks Blog

[Manila, Philippines--] Ha! In my paper on US foreign policy, democratisation and the Middle East, I stumble across this is article published in the Third World Quarterly journal.

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