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  • Freezing Argentina Temperatures below zero as polar wave continues

    Today’s has been so far the coldest day of 2013. A polar wave hitting Argentina’s central and south areas for three days has dropped temperatures to below 0 zero in several areas of the provinces of Buenos Aires and La Pampa as well as in the Southern Patagonia region. Scarf, sweaters, woolen hats, gloves; everything you can wear these days will help you battle the freezing ...

  • BRIEF-Aerolineas Argentinas to lease 4 Airbus A330-200s from ILFC

    PARIS, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:41am EDT PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - American International Group Inc : * Aerolneas argentinas agrees to lease four airbus a330-200s from ...

  • Argentina bans British made ejection seats from local jet trainer IA-63 Pampa III

    Argentine jet trainer manufacturer FAdeA has been banned from installing a British made ejection seat in a new version of the Pampa by the government of President Cristina Fernandez, according to company boss Raul ...

  • Malvinas C24 Argentina petitioners Maria Angelia Vernet and Alejandro Betts

    Maria Angelica Vernet and Falklands’ born Alejandro Betts will be Argentina’s petitioners at Thursday’s June 20 United Nations Decolonization Committee session in New York when the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute will be ...

  • Aust U20s lose against Argentina at Junior Champs

    The Australian Under 20s fell 22-15 to Argentina in their fifth-place semi-final of the IRB Junior World Championship at Stade Henri Desgrange in La Roche-sur-Yon in France early this morning. The loss pushes the Australians to the seventh-place playoff, where they will meet Ireland, in a bid to improve on last year's overall finish of eighth. Ireland made their way to the match following ...

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Madagascar [Blu-Ray]

Madagascar [Blu-Ray]

In Madagascar, four pampered zoo animals with no survival skills find themselves stranded in the wild. This would seem to be a great high-concept idea, but amazingly enough, once the fish are out of water, the movie seems to lose its momentum and starts stumbling all over itself. The ... ...

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  • Argentine Coast Guard catches Chinese jigger with 180 tons of fresh squid

    An Argentine Coast Guard vessel during a routine patrol caught a Chinese flagged jigger with 180 tons of fresh squid in its hold, and is now being escorted to the Patagonian port of Puerto Madryn where she is expected to arrive Wednesday ...

  • India-Argentina pledge to improve trade Timerman thanks Delhi support on Malvinas dispute

    India and Argentina pledged to improve trade relations, particularly in "non-traditional areas" said Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman alongside his counterpart, Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid, at the end of his visit to India. Timerman also thanked New Delhi for its support in the Falklands/Malvinas ...

  • Pablo Milanes Returns to Argentina

    Buenos Aires, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuban singer songwriter Pablo Milanes, one of the mainstays of the Nueva Trova movement, return to Argentina after two years to perform on September 26 at the Gran Rex theater in the capital. Milanes will presented to the Argentine public the CD "Renaissance", an album that offers a musical exploration around various Cuban rhythmic which has not ...

  • Chile to Extradite Argentine Ex-Judge Over Human Rights Cases

    Supreme Court of Chile (Photo: Wikimedia) Chile's Supreme Court has authorised the extradition of ex Argentine judge Otilio Ireneo Roque Romano, to be investigated for his role in the 1976-1983 military dictatorship. Otilio escaped to the neighbouring country two years ago to avoid trial for his alleged involvement in over 100 cases of crimes against humanity, during Argentina's last ...

  • Argentine court throws out key part of judicial reform law

    BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a key part of a judicial reform law championed by President Cristina Fernandez that would have mandated the election of members of the board that chooses federal ...

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