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  2008
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| Feb.22 |
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Latin America nuclear pact signed
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| Mar.9 |
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Train-bus collision kills 18
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| Mar.25 |
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Farmers strike leaves shelves bare A strike by farmers, who are protesting an increase in export taxes for their products, continued for a 13th day with no solution in sight
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| Mar.28 |
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Farmers move to end strike
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| Mar.31 |
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Striking farmers resume blockades Farmers seething at export taxes on their crops resumed blockades of rural highways after talks failed to end a 19-day-old strike
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| Apr.2 |
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Farmers suspend strike, open roads
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| Apr.4 |
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Dirty War adoption couple jailed
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| Apr.11 |
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Argentina braced for torch relay The Olympic torch has been hidden in a secret location ahead, as authorities hope protests will not mar the parade
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Peaceful Olympic torch run
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| Apr.18 |
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Smoke chokes Buenos Aires
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| Apr.25 |
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Economy minister steps down
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| May.7 |
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Farmers resume strike
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| May.28 |
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Farmers resume strike against export tax
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| May.31 |
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Farmers say no to tax changes
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| Jun.4 |
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Traffic snarls latest bump in farm crisis  Map of Cordoba Argentina Disagreements between the government and farmers over export taxes flared up as drivers used their trucks to snarl traffic
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| Jun.10 |
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Controversial tax to fund social programs President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced plans to fund a public works program with revenues from a agrarian export tax
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| Jun.15 |
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Farmers renew protests| Thousands of farmers protesting grain export tax increases returned to road blockades nationwide, angry over a police crackdown | |
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| Jun.17 |
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Fernandez defends grain export tax President Cristina Fernandez defended an increase in export taxes on grains that has riled many farmers
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| Jul.1 |
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Mercosur condemns EU migrant law South American heads of state have ended a regional summit with a fierce attack on EU immigration policies
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| Jul.8 |
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 Nazi hunters search for 'Dr. Death' The Simon Wiesenthal Center has strong evidence that a former SS member Aribert Heim is in southern Chile or Argentina
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| Jul.15 |
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Rallies divide Buenos Aires before tax vote Tens of thousands of farmers and government supporters are staging dueling protests ahead of a Senate vote on controversial farm taxes
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| Jul.17 |
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Nazi hunter: Closing in on 'Dr. Death' Efraim Zuroff made progress in finding 94-year-old Aribert Heim, former concentration camp physician, accused of torturing Jewish prisoners
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| Jul.18 |
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President drops farm tax after protests| Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is dropping an agricultural export tax that has provoked months of protests from farmers | |
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| Aug.19 |
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Argentina rout 9-man Brazil to reach final
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| Aug.22 |
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Argentina - second straight soccer gold Angel di Maria has fired Argentina to its second Olympic title in a row in a 1-0 victory over Nigeria
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| Aug.28 |
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Former generals sentenced to life Antonio Bussi and Luciano Menendez accused of murdering a senator during military dictatorship were sentenced to life in prison
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| Sep.3 |
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Argentina endorses $3B Andes tunnel President Fernandez is promising to help build a 23-kilometer tunnel through the Andes into Chile
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| Sep.21 |
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Argentina beat Russia in Davis Coup
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| Sep.26 |
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Argentina grapples with fierce drought Map of Santa Fe Argentina| This year fewer than 200 millimeters of rain have fallen, less than a third of the 600 millimeters that usually have fallen by this time | |
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| Nov.4 |
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Argentina confirm Maradona as new coach Football legend Diego Maradona, 48, has been officially confirmed as the new coach of the national side
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| Nov.10 |
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Autoworkers hit hard by downturn Argentina's carmakers have ordered some factory workers to take unpaid vacations and slashed work schedules for others
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| Nov.20 |
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Pension takeover passed Senate has approved a bill to nationalise private pension schemes worth at least $23bn, as a victory for President Fernandez's government
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| Nov.22 |
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Man kills himself on TV Mario Ferreyra, a former police chief, wanted for alleged crimes against human rights, has shot himself dead in front of television cameras
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| Dec.4 |
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Cruise ship strikes ice, stranded on coast| The Ushuaia, carrying 89 passengers and 33 crew members, was stranded on the coast of Antarctica after striking ice | |
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| Dec.5 |
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 Stranded Antarctic cruise ship evacuated All 122 people aboard Panamanian-flagged Ushuaia, stranded off Antarctica, have been evacuated by helicopters and 2 Chilean navy ships
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| Dec.10 |
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Remains found in 'Dirty War' center Map of La Plata Argentina More than 10,000 charred bone fragments were found buried at the site of a former government detention center, the first find of its kind
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