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Argentine priest jailed for 25 years for abuse of minors

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 22 05:47 AM

Prosecutors said the victims, aged 13 and 14, were boarders at the seminary school and cut off from their families, whom they saw once a month.  Read more »

World Cup hopefuls Spain crush Argentina, Brazil edge Germany

Martyn WOOD, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 29 11:28 PM

Isco scored a hat-trick as Spain hammered an Argentina side without Lionel Messi 6-1 in a friendly on Tuesday, while Brazil defeated Germany 1-0 in their first meeting since the 2014 World Cup. Read more »

400 kilos of cocaine found in Russian embassy in Argentina

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 23 07:45 AM

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Police have seized nearly 400 kilos of cocaine from the Russian embassy in Buenos Aires and arrested several members of a drug trafficking gang, Argentina's security minister announced Thursday. Read more »

KILALANIN: Pinay climber, naakyat ang pinakamataas na bundok sa Timog Amerika

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 07:43 PM

Bahagi ito ng matayog na pangarap ni Carina Dayondon na maakyat ang "Seven Summits" o pinakamataas na bundok ng bawat kontinente.  Read more »

Pinay climber Carina Dayondon conquers South America’s highest mountain

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 12:54 AM

Filipina adventurer Carina Dayondon has reached the summit of Mt. Aconcagua in Argentina. Read more »

Former Argentine president faces arrest over alleged bombing cover-up

Caroline Stauffer and Jorge Otaola, Reuters
Posted at Dec 08 07:54 AM

A federal judge in Argentina indicted former President Cristina Fernandez for treason and asked for her arrest for allegedly covering up Iran's possible role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center that killed 85 people, a court ruling said. Read more »

Argentina navy says sub reported problem in final call

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 21 12:18 AM

Argentina's navy revealed Monday that a submarine missing for five days reported a mechanical breakdown in its final communication, and that weekend signals did not come from the vessel, dimming hopes for its 44 crew members. Read more »

Argentina says signals detected, likely from missing submarine

Marcos Brindicci and Maximiliano Rizzi, Reuters
Posted at Nov 19 09:52 AM

Hopes that 44 crew members of a missing Argentine navy submarine may be alive rose when the defense ministry said the vessel likely tried to communicate via satellite on Saturday as a search mission was underway in the stormy South Atlantic. Read more »

Argentina intensifies search for missing submarine with 44 crew

Reuters
Updated as of Nov 18 09:26 AM

BUENOS AIRES - An Argentine submarine with 44 crew on board was missing in the South Atlantic two days after its last communication, prompting the navy to step up its search efforts late on Friday in difficult stormy conditions. Read more »

Messi hat-trick fires Argentina into World Cup

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 11 10:40 AM

Lionel Messi scored a brilliant hat-trick as Argentina sealed their place at the 2018 World Cup with a 3-1 victory over Ecuador here Tuesday. Read more »

Drug-carrying pigeon shot dead near jail

Agence France Presse
Posted at Sep 03 05:39 PM

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentine police shot dead a carrier pigeon that was delivering drugs to inmates in jail, prison authorities said Friday. Read more »

Football: Uruguay, Argentina to announce 2030 World Cup bid next week

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 22 12:41 PM

Uruguay and Argentina will officially launch their joint bid for the 2030 World Cup next week at a ceremony involving the country's two leaders, Uruguay President Tabare Vazquez said Monday. Read more »

World Bank orders Argentina to pay $320 million over seized airline: newspaper

Reuters
Posted at Jul 23 11:56 AM

BUENOS AIRES - The World Bank's arbitration tribunal has ordered Argentina to pay $320 million plus interest and legal fees to Spanish travel group Marsans for expropriating its airline Aerolineas Argentinas in 2008, a local newspaper reported on Saturday.  Read more »

LOOK: Nazi artifacts cache seized in Argentina

Reuters
Posted at Jun 21 08:30 AM

BUENOS AIRES - Argentine police have seized a cache of Nazi artifacts hidden behind a library in the house of an art collector in Buenos Aires, including a bust of dictator Adolf Hitler and instruments used as racial classification tools. Read more »

Argentina shoots down early release of dictatorship-era criminals

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 11 04:47 AM

Argentina's Congress on Wednesday passed a law preventing the early release of inmates convicted of human rights crimes committed during their country's 1976-1983 military dictatorship. Read more »

Argentina arrests Japanese nun in child sex abuse scandal

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 06 07:59 AM

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A Japanese nun has been arrested in Argentina's city of Mendoza and charged in dozens of cases of sex alleged abuse involving deaf school children, officials said Friday. Read more »

Argentina woman gives birth in coma... meets son months later

Agence France Presse
Posted at Apr 21 09:02 AM

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - In late 2016, a 34-year-old policewoman in Argentina -- in a coma after a car accident -- gave birth. Four months later, Amelia Bannan has regained consciousness and has finally met her son. Read more »

Recession-hit Argentina faces general strike

Agence France Presse
Posted at Apr 06 08:45 AM

BUENOS AIRES - Workers have vowed a general strike in recession-hit Argentina on Thursday, drawing complaints from conservative President Mauricio Macri as he prepares to host leaders and businesspeople for an economic forum.  Read more »

Palaka na 'glow-in-the-dark' nadiskubre sa Argentina

Reuters
Posted at Mar 29 03:19 PM

Nadiskubre ng mga siyentipiko sa Sta. Fe, Argentina ang kauna-unahang klase ng palaka na umiilaw kapag nasisinagan ng ultraviolet light. Read more »

Football: Brazil books World Cup berth, Argentina tumbles

Oscar Laski, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 29 03:02 PM

Brazil became the first team to qualify for the World Cup on Tuesday after beating Paraguay to clinch an eighth consecutive victory as Argentina's campaign stumbled after the shock suspension of Lionel Messi. Read more »