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Sunday, October 5, 2014

Argentina- Buenos Aires Herald

Sunday
October 5, 2014
The pair will go to the polls once more just under two weeks from today, on October 26, to decide who will lead the South American giant for the next presidential mandate as Neves surprised Marina Silva to steal second place behind the incumbent.
• GALLERY: Brazil goes to polls
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The head of the UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee to investigate US hedge funds that took Argentina to court, Swiss expert Jean Ziegler, said that the speculative funds “undermine development (of debtor countries) and make workers suffer.”
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By Fermín Koop

US District Judge Thomas Griesa declared Argentina in contempt of court this week due to the government’s decision to change trustees and try to pay bondholders in Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires University (UBA) lawyer specialized in international law Stella Maris Biocca says the contempt order was “inappropriate”.

Pope Francis opened a global Roman Catholic assembly showing his apparent irritation with Church leaders who have waged a sometimes bitter public battle between progressives and conservatives on family issues.
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Israel has described a plan by Sweden's new centre-left government to recognise the state of Palestine as being ill-considered in the absence of Middle East peace negotiations and contrary to agreements.
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Italian bondholders filed a complaint order to United States District Judge Thomas Griesa asking to be given the same benefits as Aurelius Management and NML Management, the “vulture funds” that were authorized by Griesa to be paid the full debt Argentina has with them.
The Ebola patient hospitalized in Dallas is "fighting for his life," a top US health official said, a day after the man's condition worsened from serious to critical.
• Ebola ruled out for ill passenger escorted off plane in Newark
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Student leaders in Hong Kong called on pro-democracy supporters today to decamp from outlying protest sites and join the bulk of demonstrators in the heart of the Asian financial centre as they gear up for a potential showdown with police.
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A British man who had been held hostage by militants in Libya has been released, the British Foreign Office said.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron has said he would use "all the assets we have" to try to find hostages being held by Islamic State and defeat the insurgent group, speaking after the release of a video showing the decapitated body of British aid worker Alan Henning.
• ISIS beheads British hostage in new video
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BBC2’s Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has said his crew did nothing wrong and affirmed “someone could have been killed”, following yesterday’s incident in which a group of people in Tierra del Fuego threw stones at their cars, thinking the license plates they used for filming were alluding to the Malvinas War.
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Argentine ambassador to the UK Alicia Castro and National Library head Horacio González took part in a conference held at the British Library in London to promote “cultural cooperation and dialogue” between the two countries.
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In spite of bad weather conditions, thousands od devoted walkers were taking part in the 40th edition of the Luján pilgrimage. The motto for this year is: “Mother, help us work for peace.”
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The prestigious Superclásico between River Plate and Boca Juniors eventually survived a Buenos Aires downpour, and it was the away team that struck first through Lisandro Magallán to go 1-0 up in the first half before Germán Pezzella levelled 15 minutes from the end to earn the home team a draw.
• A Superclasico with two newcomers
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At least 16 insurgents from Syria's al Qaeda wing Nusra Front were killed in clashes with Shi'ite group Hezbollah in eastern Lebanon after launching a major offensive, a source close to Hezbollah said.
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A goal in each half was enough to propel Estudiantes into the fight for the Transition championship title, as the La Plata club overcame Olimpo 2-1 to grab three valuable points in Bahía Blanca.
• Verón voted president of former club Estudiantes
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Formula One star Bianchi critical after Suzuka crash

French Formula One driver Jules Bianchi was left fighting for his life after suffering a severe head injury and undergoing surgery following a Japanese Grand Prix crash.
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Leonardo Bonucci's spectacular late goal gave Juventus a 3-2 win over AS Roma in a stormy top-of-the-table Serie A clash which produced three first-half penalties, two converted by Argentine star Carlos Tévez, two red cards, several scuffles and heaps of controversy.
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By Lorenzo Miquel
Despite a number of improvements and international accolades for waste management and environmentally friendly policies, specialists claim that the PRO administration still has a lot of ground to cover.
By Malin Rising

Still no faves for the highbrow culture event of the year, and yet some names keep cropping up.

Pumas clinch historic first victory

Argentina’s national rugby team, the Pumas, finally won their first match in the Rugby Championship yesterday as they defeated Australia 21-17 in Mendoza.

By Pablo BardinPaloma’s Giselle starts her long goodbye

Migration into Europe

Risking their lives for freedom

By Anthony Faiola
An unprecedented wave of migrants and refugees, risking life and limb to flee conflict and carnage are traversing across seas and deserts to find sanctuary on more prosperous shores. But they are also causing huge problems for the countries that receive them — none more so than in Italy, where almost 120,000 people have arrived in the last nine months alone.



By Sebastián Lacunza
A cyclical stage reappears in Brazilian politics. While it is in power, the Workers’ Party has a problematic coexistence with mainstream media. Unable to put into place antitrust legislation as they had less than a fifth of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies, both Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff have since 2003 paired gestures towardsthe Marinho family, the owner of Globo Group.


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• Igualdad ante la ley

A dream of Apocalypse Now

Mempo Giardinelli

A dream of Apocalypse Now

Central controversy

Martín Gambarotta - News Editor

Central controversy

Stressful times ahead

James Neilson

Stressful times ahead

Farfetchedness

Marcelo García

Farfetchedness

‘Mercosur’s challenge is to increase growth’

Marcelo Falak

‘Mercosur’s challenge is to increase growth’




Esther Enkin, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Ombudswoman for English Services

‘Our mandate is to reflect different parts of the country to each other’

By Federico Poore
Having worked in radio and television news at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) since 1975, Esther Enkin was appointed Ombudswoman for CBC English Services in 2012 to represent the public’s interests at CBC. She talked to the Herald in a hotel lobby in downtown Buenos Aires after a long week that included a number of talks with Argentina’s Ombudswoman Cynthia Ottaviano.
By Luciana Bertoia
Roberto Berdún was in his late twenties when he arrived at the General San Martín Theatre to start the most important job he has ever had: to collect and systematize depositions held at the National Commission on the Forced Disappearances of Persons (Conadep). He spoke to the Herald about the days when he was helping to write the iconic Never Again report.

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Experts at odds on Brazilian vote influence on Mercosur trade bloc

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Aníbal Fernández plays down Máximo candidacy

Buzzi: No gov't is going to remove retentions

Di Maria beauty helps United to win

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