| Argentina expected to be tough for Black Sticks | |
New Zealand women's hockey coach Mark Hager's promising an improved showing from his side ahead of this afternoon's second test against Argentina in...
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| GM thrives in Latin America |
Reporting from Bogota, Colombia, and Los Angeles -- For all its miscues at home, General Motors Corp. has built a powerhouse operation in Latin America, where its fuel-efficient vehicles could play...
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| Latin America's populist leaders are sharing hard times |
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Two events at the opposite ends of Latin America last Sunday seemed liked isolated events.But Argentine voters' stinging rejection of President Cristina Fernandez and her...
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| 100,000 swine flu cases in Argentina - Summary |
Buenos Aires - The number of swine flu cases in Argentina rose drastically on Friday, with the new government health minister reporting an estimated 100,000 cases of of the A(H1N1) virus. But he...
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| Uruguay's confirmed A/H1N1 flu deaths rise to four |
MONTEVIDEO, July 3 (Xinhua) -- A 56-year-old woman has died of A/H1N1 flu, raising Uruguay's total death toll in the new flu outbreak to four, hospital authorities said on Friday. The patient had...
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| The other 9/11 returns to haunt Latin America |
The ghost of the other, deadlier 9/11 has returned to stalk Latin America. On Sunday morning, a battalion of soldiers rammed their way into the Presidential Palace in Honduras. They surrounded the...
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| Argentina Diabetes Care Devices Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2015 – Order Today |
Argentina Diabetes Care Devices Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2015 " to their offering. Summary This report is an essential source for in-depth information and data relating to...
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| Army loses highest-ranking officer since Falklands War |
The highest ranking officer in the British Army to be killed in combat since the Falklands War is among the latest fatalities in Afghanistan. Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, the commanding...
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| Latin America stocks tumble on poor US jobs data |
Latin American stocks tumbled to six-day lows on Thursday as unemployment hit an unexpected 26-year high in the U.S., the world's biggest economy, potentially delaying a rebound in demand for the...
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| Stocks hurt after U.S. jobless data |
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) - Equities across Latin America fell Thursday after bleak U.S. monthly jobs report rekindled questions about when economic recovery will solidly take root. Brazil's...
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| Honduras coup spotlights Latin America's growing instability |
Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya protest in front of the National Congress in Tegucigalpa Thursday. The EU pulled its ambassadors from Honduras in protest of the coup Thursday...
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| UK in flu surge as Argentina toll doubles |
Britain's health secretary has warned the country could soon face more than 100,000 daily cases of swine flu, while fears linked to the virus soared in Argentina after the death toll nearly...
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| Spain's Repsol Says Several Cos Want Stake in Argentine Unit YPF |
Spanish oil company Repsol said Thursday that it has received offers "of a different nature and from different companies" interested in acquiring a stake in its Argentine unit YPF. In a...
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| S.c. Governor Didn't Break Law To Visit Argentine Mistress |
Last updated: 2:59 pmJuly 2, 2009 Posted: 2:59 pmJuly 2, 2009 COLUMBIA, South Carolina -- South Carolina's top police official says Gov. Mark Sanford did not improperly use state funds for visits...
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| U.S. to Provide Antiviral Medication to Latin America and the Caribbean for Novel H1N1 Influenza |
WASHINGTON - (Business Wire) HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the United States will provide 420,000 treatment courses of Tamiflu (Oseltamavir) to the Pan-American Health...
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| Latin America's Smartphone Market to Grow to 150 Million Handset Units through 2014, says Pyramid |
compared with other regions, the region's smartphone segment will represent an opportunity of 150 million handset units over the next five years -- 48 million handsets units in 2014 alone, according...
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| Argentina's swine flu deaths jump to 43 |
Argentina has reported 17 more swine flu deaths, bringing the total to at least 43 in the country hardest hit by the A (H1N1) virus in the southern hemisphere. Health Minister Juan Manzur...
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| Mexico Extends Gains; Brazil Trade Surplus Widens |
Mexico's IPC index rose 0.6% to 24,524. The index in the previous session closed the second quarter with a rise of 24%, its best quarter since the fourth quarter of 1999. Brazil's Bovespa index...
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| Argentine transportation secretary resigns |
Argentina's transportation secretary has become the second Cabinet member to quit since President Cristina Fernandez's party suffered a crushing defeat in congressional elections.Transportation...
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| Acision Appoints Rafael Steinhauser as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Latin America |
/PRNewswire/ -- - Acision Increases its Investment in the LatAm Region to Meet the Needs of Carriers and Introduce Solutions to Help Them Increase Revenues Acision, the world's leading messaging...
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| Death toll from swine flu rises to over 40 in Argentina |
Buenos Aires - The death toll from swine flu in Argentina has risen to 43 or 44, new Health Minister Juan Luis Manzur said Wednesday. The increase means that the number of deaths from swine flu in in...
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| SES ASTRA Signs Long-Term Contract With BSkyB |
SES ASTRA has announced that it has renewed contracts with BSkyB (Sky) for 24 transponders on a long-term basis on ASTRA's 28.2 degrees East orbital position. In total Sky is using 31 transponders on...
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| Argentine workers suspected of passing flu to pigs |
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Workers at an Argentine farm apparently infected pigs with the new H1N1 flu strain, only the second suspected case of humans passing the deadly virus to swine, a government...
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| CNPC Mulling Bid For Argentina Assets Of Repsol YPF - Source |
Total SA (TOT) for oil assets in Venezuela's Orinoco heavy oil belt, the person said, declining to be named. He didn't say how much CNPC was prepared to bid for the assets, or what stake the...
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| South American Oil Majors Team Up to Explore Offshore Uruguay |
YPF SA has won a bid to explore for oil in offshore blocks near the coast of Uruguay, the company said in a statement late Wednesday. YPF will have a 40% stake in the exploration, sharing the other...
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| Barclays Wealth Plans Expansion In US, Latin America |
Barclays PLC (BCS), plans to hire up to 200 high-end investment representatives over the next four years in a move to expand its new wealth management foothold in the Americas. Following the...
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| Siemens Enterprise Communications Continues to Lead Enterprise Telephony Markets in EMEA and Latin America According to Industry Analyst |
/PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Enterprise Communications Group today announced that analyst firm Synergy Research Group has ranked the company as the leader in the enterprise telephony market...
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| Argentina's Aluar Included In Merval Index; Patagonia Dropped |
-(Dow Jones)- Argentina's stock exchange has included aluminum producer Aluar Aluminio Argentino (ALUA.BA) in its main Merval index for the third quarter, and has...
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| Diego Maradona blamed for Argentina's struggles |
B UENOS AIRES, Argentina — A top official of the Argentine Football Association is warning that the national team may fail to qualify for next year’s World Cup in South Africa, and...
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| Argentina midfielder Gonzalez to join Marseille |
Argentina midfielder Lucho Gonzalez will join French Ligue 1 club Olympique Marseille from Porto on a four-year deal, the club said on their website on Tuesday. "There is an agreement on the...
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| Argentine first family in crisis after defeat |
BUENOS AIRES -- A major electoral defeat for Argentina's first family has upended the country's politics and thrown the future of the policies of President Cristina Kirchner and her husband into...
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| Stocks close down but end second quarter higher |
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Major Latin American equity markets fell Tuesday, with losses prompted after concerns that lower consumer confidence and declining home prices in the U.S. will hamper...
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| Argentine regions declare swine flu emergency |
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Authorities in Argentina's capital and Buenos Aires province declared health emergencies and extended school vacations Tuesday as the nation's swine flu death toll...
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| Buenos Aires mayor declares emergency to fight flu |
BUENOS AIRES: The mayor of Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, declared a health emergency on Tuesday to help control an outbreak of the deadly H1N1 flu strain that has killed 26 people in the...
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| H1N1 flu spreads as Spain, Uruguay report first deaths |
MADRID: Spain and Uruguay on Tuesday reported their first deaths from H1N1 flu, as Canada expressed fears that young people were particularly vulnerable to the virus. In Spain, a 20-year-Moroccan...
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| Argentina president may accompany Zelaya on return to Honduras |
BUENOS AIRES, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Argentine President Cristina Fernandez will probably accompany Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya on the latter's planned return to his country on Thursday,...
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| A vote for change in Argentina |
It is difficult to dissociate the Kirchners’ defeat from their row with farmers that exploded in March 2008, leading to four months of nationwide protests following plan to increase farm export...
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| South Carolina gov admits additional liaisons with Argentine mistress |
Jenny Sanford speaks at the family beach house in Sullivan's Island, S.C., about her husband's affair and her focus on their four sons.
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