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Sunday, September 7, 2014

Buenos Aires Herald

Sunday
September 7, 2014
The president of the Argentine Central Bank Juan Carlos Fábrega met with his Chinese counterpart Zhou Xiaochuan to finalize the details of the swap agreement signed between the two countries in July.
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Search efforts for the “Tunante II” sailboat and its four Argentine crew members that went missing almost two weeks ago near the Brazilian shores of Río Grande do Sul continued as experts analyzed satellite imagery that showed a boat stranded far away from the coastline.
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has alleged that the United States is supporting holdout investors in their dispute with Argentina over debt defaulted in 2001, as a way of punishing the country for the memorandum of understanding signed with Iran to advance investigations into the AMIA bombing.
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The leader of the Kirchnerite youth organisation La Cámpora, Andrés Larroque, has backed Security secretary Sergio Berni, after the politician was fiercely criticised for incidents involving the Border Guard last week in clearing a demonstration on the Panamericana highway.
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A mysterious late-night blast in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua that left a crater 12 meters wide was most likely caused by a meteorite, government scientists said.
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A woman died and at least four people were wounded when fighting flared again in eastern Ukraine, jeopardising a ceasefire struck less than two days earlier between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists.
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The British government is scrambling to respond to a lurch in the opinion polls towards a vote for Scottish independence this month by promising a range of new powers for Scotland if it chooses to stay within the United Kingdom.
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Former colonel Roberto Galeano was yesterday dismissed from the Security Ministry.
By Luciana Bertoia
Security Secretary Sergio Berni’s recent tantrums ended up overshadowing the Security Ministry created in 2010 by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, which was then seen as a ray of hope for human rights groups and the most progressive wing of Kirchnerism. But Berni’s justification of Border Guard violence was taken by these sectors as the confirmation that times are changing.
• Sergio Berni dismisses Border Guard incident operation chief
Le Compte heads the Jubilee USA Network, a non-profit organization that advocates for financial reform.
By Fermín Koop
In an interview with the Herald, Eric Le Compte, who heads the non-profit organization Jubilee USA Network that advocates for financial reform, says that a settlement is still possible but only after December 31, when the Rights Upon Future Offers (RUFO) clause expires.

Speculation leads to fewer sales

Bean-hoarding epidemic deepens dollar shortage

Adrian Radnic is preparing for the worst. The 61-year-old farmer isn't willing to sell as much of his bumper crop of soybeans this year. As Argentina's default in July sinks the nation into recession and fuels a peso rout, Radnic is opting instead to hoard the harvest, which is priced in dollars.
Buenos Aires Governor Daniel Scioli attends a rally of the Justicialist party yesterday.
By Tomás Brockenshire
Buenos Aires Governor Daniel Scioli formally closed the Second International Forum on the Rights of Women in Mar del Plata on Friday, surrounded both by key figures of the provincial Peronist party and some of the forum’s invited international speakers.
Scores of Palestinians rioted in East Jerusalem after hearing that a youth from their neighbourhood had died of wounds suffered in a clash with Israeli police last week.
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Arab League foreign ministers have agreed to take all necessary measures to confront Islamic State and cooperate with international, regional and national efforts to combat militants who have overrun swathes of Iraq and Syria.
• IS targets bombed by Syria
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Forward Rodrigo Mora extended River’s advantage as the Primera División's only unbeaten side with two strikes that sealed a 2-0 victory over Tigre.
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Argentina knocked out of FIBA World Cup

Brazil crushed the national team’s dreams for a place in the FIBA World Cup quarter-finals with a 85-65 victory.
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Copa Libertadores winners San Lorenzo's domestic troubles continue to follow the club, as the Bajo Flores team tied at 1-1 against Rosario Central in the Gigante de Arroyito.
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American twins Bob and Mike Bryan became the first doubles pair to win 100 titles together after they beat Spain's Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez 6-3 6-4 in the US Open final.
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The death toll from serious flooding in Indian-administered Kashmir has climbed to 175, with homes, military bases and hospitals inundated in the region's main city Srinagar as the Jhelum river overflowed its banks.
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Lewis Hamilton won the Italian Grand Prix for Mercedes to cut team mate Nico Rosberg's Formula One championship lead to 22 points.
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With an economy smaller than Myanmar’s and the population of Connecticut, Uruguay is easy to overlook. José “Pepe” Mujica set out to change all that.
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Offbeat Swedish film takes Golden Lion

A small airplane crashed minutes after take-off in Colombia's southern jungle, killing all 10 people aboard, the country's civil aviation agency said.
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• Cuatro al frente

A new capital — The eternally elusive dream

Mempo Giardinelli

A new capital — The eternally elusive dream

Waiting for December

Martín Gambarotta - News Editor

Waiting for December

Multicultural twilight

James Neilson / As I See it

Multicultural twilight

Conspiracies under debate

Marcelo J. García

Conspiracies under debate

Dismayed by Argentine pessimism

Robert Cox

Dismayed by Argentine pessimism



Claudia Carlotto, head of the National Commission for the Right to Identity

'Servini de Cubría did not know anything about my nephew, she just wanted the spotlight'

By Luciana Bertoia
Claudia Carlotto’s office is located on the ninth floor of the Human Rights Secretariat. Her desk is rather sparse: a few notebooks and her computer.
Family and friends bid farewell to Joan Rivers, the outspoken comedian who became famous around the world for her acerbic wit and brash style, at a private funeral in Manhattan.
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• World Trade

Argentine trade opportunities with Russia healthy but no panacea

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The billion dollar fall from Grace

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Álvarez: Anti-hoarding law is not unconstitutional

Argentina fall to World Cup defeat vs. Poland

Pignanelli alleges 14, 15,000 auto suspensions

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Telecom Italia says to rethink Argentina sale

Native art that really rocks

Obama delays US immigration reform

Below the beltway: Bad doggerel

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