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Former Argentine dictator Videla dies in prison at age 87

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BUENOS AIRES - Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander who led Argentina during the bloodiest period of a "dirty war" dictatorship and was unrepentant about kidnappings and murders ordered by the state, died on Friday at age 87.

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Brazil judicial panel paves way for gay marriage

BRASILIA - Brazil has taken a big step towards joining Argentina and Uruguay as the first Latin American countries to legalize gay marriage, even though the Brazilian Congress has dragged its feet on the issue. | Video

Lifestyle, Brazil 15 May 2013

Argentina faces very different debt default if loses legal fight

BUENOS AIRES - When Argentina defaulted on its debt in 2002, the economy was collapsing and a bloody popular revolt had helped topple two presidents in a week. Now, the country could default again, but it would be over a matter of principle rather than necessity.

World, 13 May 2013

Justices agree to hear Daimler human rights case

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear Daimler AG's appeal of a lawsuit claiming the company violated human rights against workers at an Argentina plant in the 1970s.

22 Apr 2013

List of Masters champions

- A list of Masters champions following the playoff victory by Australian Adam Scott over Argentina's Angel Cabrera in the 77th edition at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia on Sunday (U.S. unless stated):

Sports, Australia, Tiger Woods 14 Apr 2013

Argentina challenges U.S. court with bond plan

NEW YORK/BUENOS AIRES - Argentina challenged a U.S. court over the weekend by proposing that "holdout" bond investors be repaid only about one sixth the money federal judges hearing the case say they are owed, setting the stage for a legal showdown in New York.

30 Mar 2013

Argentina puts forward alternative payment plan in bond dispute

NEW YORK - Argentina is pitching an alternative payment formula to a U.S. appeals court that would allow it to resolve litigation with creditors holding defaulted bonds for which they are demanding to be paid $1.33 billion.

World 30 Mar 2013

Argentina to offer holdouts mix of Par, Discount bonds: report

BUENOS AIRES - Argentina, battling to avert a fresh debt crisis, plans to offer suing "holdout" creditors a 25-year bond equal to the face value of their debt when the country defaulted in 2002, local financial daily Ambito Financiero reported on Wednesday.

27 Mar 2013

U.S. appeals court declines to rehear Argentina bond case

NEW YORK - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday denied Argentina's request to reconsider a ruling that favored creditors who opted out of two of the country's debt restructurings.

26 Mar 2013

Argentina's dictatorship economy chief Martinez de Hoz dies

BUENOS AIRES - Jose Alfredo Martinez de Hoz, economy minister during the most brutal years of Argentina's "dirty war" dictatorship and architect of some of the crisis-prone nation's most infamous economic experiments, has died at age 87.

World, 16 Mar 2013

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Hezbollah steps up Syria battle, Israel threatens more strikes

AMMAN - Lebanese Hezbollah militants attacked a Syrian rebel-held town alongside Syrian troops on Sunday and Israel threatened more attacks on Syria to rein the militia in, highlighting the risks of a wider regional conflict if planned peace talks fail. | Video

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Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the cards?

Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this day.

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