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  • Palestine condemns Israeli attack on Argentine diplomatic vehicle

    The Palestinian National Authority condemned the attack by Israeli soldiers against a car belonging to Argentina’s embassy in the Middle East country and praised Argentine support to the Palestinian cause. "On May 15, the vehicle of the Argentine embassy to Palestine was in the Israel-controlled area of Calandria and it was shot by an Israeli soldier although the Palestinian driver ...

  • Argentina to further limit access to dollars-source

    BUENOS AIRES | Thu May 23, 2013 9:16am EDT BUENOS AIRES May 23 (Reuters) - Argentines will face a higher barrier to buying dollars under a new government policy limiting the amount of greenbacks they can withdraw using credit cards overseas, a government source with knowledge of the policy told Reuters on Thursday. Double-digit inflation and lack of confidence in the government's ...

  • Argentina Repsol struggle to bridge gap over YPF compensation

    , there seems little prospect of a quick deal on compensation despite signs that both sides would rather avoid a costly, drawn-out legal battle.The Latin American country's lack of funds and its limits on the control private firms have over their investments - which could deter Repsol from accepting other assets in any settlement - pose major obstacles to a deal, according to ...

  • UAE President and Vice President Congratulate Argentina and Eritrea on National Day

    May 23, 2013 - 02:22 - WAM ABU DHABI, May 23th, 2013 (WAM)-- Congratulatory cables were sent today by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to the President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and to the President of Eritrea, Isaias Afewerki, on the occasion of their respective countries' National ...

  • Music Review Pablo Ziegler Metropole Orkest - Amsterdam Meets New Tango

    Gustavo Conde 's liner notes explain, is "a key exponent of contemporary Buenos Aires urban music, centered on pure tango" seasoned with "aspects of jazz improvisation." This is the new tango, a genre pioneered ...

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Ocean's Twelve

Ocean's Twelve

Oceans Twelve is a disappointment, a slight and forgettable sequel to 2001s light, breezy remake of the Rat Pack heist comedy Oceans Eleven. If you read all the press around the film, youll know that the all-star cast had an absolutely fantastic time m ... ...

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  • Argentina’s ex-dictator Videla dead at 87

    General Jorge Rafael Videla, who headed the bloody military junta that seized power in Argentina in 1976, died last Friday in a Marcos Paz prison cell. The coup that toppled the government of President Isabel Peron unleashed both economic devastation as well as mass repression against the working class for seven years (the "dirty war") until it fell following the defeat of ...

  • World Briefing | The Americas Argentina Increases of Cash Handouts to Poor

    Argentina 's president has announced increases of as much as 35 percent in cash handouts to the poor, students, pregnant women and retirees. ...

  • Argentine ports strike stalls oilseed and grains exports at peak harvest time

    Argentine longshoremen on strike at the peak of summer harvests exports have scores of grains ships delayed in and around due to a three-day-old conflict that threatens to bog down shipments at a time of heightened world demand for South American soy and corn, according to industry ...

  • Santa Fe Win 3-1 Unfazed by High Altitude in Cusco

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  • Argentina calling Chinese firms

    China, Argentina vow to enhance ties " (China Daily, May 11) Argentina can substantially increase the output of its agricultural products such as soybeans, corn, wheat and other food grains. Besides, it is already a major producer of beef and dairy products. Chinese companies should, therefore, think of starting large-scale joint ventures to produce non-genetically modified soybeans, ...

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