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Football: David Hills: Said and Done

RESPECT THE BACKLASHGetting militant last week: The League Managers Association, hosting urgent talks with members after top bosses attacked refereeing standards. Sources tell the press they'll demand Keith Hackett's...

In Argentina, gloom over government controls

BUENOS AIRES — Government intervention in everything from Argentina's foreign exchange market and private pension funds to auto factories has heightened business uncertainty even more than the global financial crisis....

2008 Citroen C4 notchback

The new C4 notchback will extend Citroën's lineup in the mid-size segment, which represents a third of the Argentine market and a quarter of Latin American demand. It will go on sale in Argentina in July.In a ceremony attended...

Argentine judge links ex-president to bombing

An Argentine judge ordered former President Carlos Menem Thursday to testify at an upcoming trial over an alleged cover-up after a 1994 bombing of a Jewish center that killed 85 people. Federal Judge Ariel Lijo also summoned...

Fiscal crisis gives Argentines that old sinking feeling

Argentines are pulling money out of the country's banking system at a pace that has alarmed some economists, stoking potentially self-fulfilling fears of another crippling default on international debt that could bring...

Argentine opposition leader alleges graft

An Argentine opposition leader asked a court on Wednesday to order a corruption probe of former President Nestor Kirchner — the husband of current President Cristina Fernandez. Aides to Elisa Carrio entered a federal courthouse...

Bachelet to meet with Néstor Kirchner

The former President of Argentina has been invited to Chile by socialist senator Carlos Ominami. Miércoles 12 de Noviembre de 2008 El Mercurio Online SANTIAGO.- Former President of Argentina Néstor Kirchner is to arrive in...

Giving government two legs of the stool

I got two emails Saturday that were connected to each other, sent independently less than three hours apart. Reader Mike S. sent a more recent description of the hearings in Congress on scrapping the 401(k) and replacing them...

'IMF must end its imperialist ways'

SAO PAULO: Several countries are deeply scarred by the "imperialist" approach taken by International Monetary Fund in past lending packages and the institution must improve its public relations, France said on Sunday. Economy...

Argentine lawmakers vote to nationalize pensions

BUENOS AIRES, (AFP) - Argentina's lower house early Friday approved a law nationalizing private pension funds, allowing government to take over some 26 billion dollars in retiree fund assets. After a marathon 14-hour session,...

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