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Two suspects of the Buenos Aires AMIA bombing presidential candidate in Iran

Two suspects in the bombing of the AMIA Jewish centre in Buenos Aires are candidates in Iran’s presidential election. Mohsen Rezai and Ali Akbar Velayati, who are believed to have planned the 1994 attack, were among the eight candidates approved for the June 14 election by Iran’s Guardian Council to succeed Mahmoud ...
Argentina’s trade surplus shrank 38 in April as imports soar 32

Argentina's trade surplus shrank 38% in April from a year earlier to 1.15bn, revealed the national statistics institute Indec, indicating the government has significantly loosened restrictions on imports. A year ago the surplus was 1.85bn ...
Argentina and Brazil jointly developing satellites for South Atlantic research

Argentina and Brazil will be launching their first two jointly developed scientific satellites for research along the Atlantic coast in a couple of years, according to Brazil’s Science and Technology minister Antonio ...
Petrobras will continue to operate in Argentina but may sell some assets

Brazilian state-controlled energy giant Petrobras plans to continue operating in Argentina although it may sell some assets there, CEO Maria da Graças Foster ...
Messi in Argentina squad

Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella has named Lionel Messi in his squad for upcoming World Cup qualifiers despite the Barcelona forward's hamstring ...

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As with most of DreamWorks other computer-animated comedies, Monsters vs. Aliens is a brightly colored mash-up of pop-culture gags that speeds at you so fast and furiously that it feels like a rush even if you cant remember much about it the next day. This sensation i ... ...

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Francis to Argentine Bishops Be Bold

Excuses Himself From Plenary Assembly Due to 'Commitments Assumed Recently'By StaffVATICAN CITY, April 18, 2013 (Zenit.org) - In a note reflecting Francis' sense of humor as well as his missionary zeal, the Pope offered guidelines to the bishops of Argentina, gathered in their plenary assembly till Saturday.Francis would have participated in the plenary assembly had he not been ...
Francis Letter to Argentine Bishops Assembly

"We must come out of ourselves and grow in boldness"VATICAN CITY, April 18, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Here is a translation of the letter Pope Francis sent to the 105th plenary assembly of the Argentine episcopal conference. The letter is dated March 25 and was posted by the episcopal conference Wednesday. The plenary assembly is under way through Saturday.* * *Dear Brothers:I am sending ...
Soccer-Favourites Atletico Mineiro fight back for Tijuana draw

Boca Juniors and Newell's Old Boys drew 0-0 in the first leg of their all-Argentine tie at La Bombonera in Buenos Aires. Newcomers Tijuana shocked favourites Atletico by going two up inside an hour with Colombian ...
Injured Messi included in Argentina WC squad

Argentina manager Alejandro Sabella has called up Lionel Messi for the nation's June World Cup qualifiers despite the Barcelona star being sidelined with a hamstring ...
Argentina lawsuit imperils sovereign debt restructuring

(51 mins ago) The New York legal case over Argentina's debt poses a deep challenge to all future sovereign debt restructurings, the International Monetary Fund said. A US judge's decision ordering Argentina to completely repay bondholders who refused to take part in a restructuring of its debt could have ';pervasive implications'' in other such cases, giving holdout ...

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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.

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The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.

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Autopsy reveals Argentine ex-dictator died of heart attack

Gen. Rafael Videla, the emblematic figure of the military junta that ruled Argentina from 1976-83, died of a heart attack resulting from injuries and broken bones he suffered five days earlier when he fell in the shower, judicial sources told the official Telam news agency.

The erstwhile strongman was found dead Friday inside his cell at the prison where he was serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity.

The preliminary medical report said that May 12, Videla has taken "a fall while showering in one of the bathrooms at the Marcos Paz Prison that resulted in broken bones".

The document added that the former dictator was taking anticoagulant medications, which - with the fractures resulting from the fall - caused internal hemorrhaging that led to a heart attack.

Judge Juan Pablo Salas is still awaiting other complementary studies, including a toxicology report, which will be completed within 20 days, the sources told Telam.

It is expected that the judge will meet with relatives of Videla to notify them of the autopsy results and it will be then that the remains of the former strongman will be turned over to them for burial.

The Videla family has not disclosed where they plan to bury the general. ...