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Dakar Rally: Al-Attiyah wins stage 11 in San Juan

Defending cars champion Nasser Al-Attiyah won his second stage in this year’s Dakar Rally on Thursday. The Qatari Mini driver won stage 11 from La

14/01/2016

Sport

Peterhansel leads Dakar as former pacesetter Sainz pulls out

Stephane Peterhansel is the new leader of the 38th edition of the Dakar Rally. The French 11-times champion steered his Peugeot to stage 10 honours –

13/01/2016

Sport

Sainz takes control of Dakar Rally after stage nine victory

Carlos Sainz took control of the Dakar Rally on Tuesday after the 2010 champion won a shortened ninth stage around Belen in Argentina. The day’s

12/01/2016

Sport

Price claims fourth win in Dakar Rally

After a well deserved rest day for the competitors of the Dakar Rally Toby Price got back to business in the 38th edition of the gruelling race. The

11/01/2016

Sport

Dakar racer ploughs into spectators injuring ten

A car racing in the Dakar Rally careered off the road and smashed into a crowd of spectators injuring ten, five of them seriously.

03/01/2016

Sport

On your marks, get set, go! Dakar Rally underway

Security fears mean the Dakar Rally is held in South America these days.

02/01/2016

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Streets turned to rivers in Argentina

As heavy rains cause rivers to swell in north-eastern Argentina, at least 20,000 people have been forced to be evacuated by the worst flooding in 50

27/12/2015

Argentina

Argentina: grandmother of missing child vows to 'continue fighting' after ID error

After almost four decades, she was filled with hope that a missing granddaughter had finally been found. But Maria Isabel de Mariani, the founder of

27/12/2015

Argentina

DNA dashes hope of Argentina activist searching for stolen child

The woman thought to be the lost granddaughter of an activist who searches for babies stolen during Argentina's military dictatorship was someone else, DNA tests show.

26/12/2015

Argentina

Argentine "stolen baby" reunited with grandmother after 39 years

After a search that’s taken almost 40 years, Chicha Mariani has at last been reunited with her granddaughter, Clara. Clara was one of Argentina’s

25/12/2015

Economy

Macri scaps currency controls and floats Argentine peso

The new Conservative government in Argentina has wasted little time in making an economic break with the recent past by floating the peso and

17/12/2015

Argentina

Argentine bus crash kills at least 42

A fatal crash in Argentina has left at least 42 dead when a bus careered over a cliff and into a ravine. It happened in the northern province of

14/12/2015

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Thousands of Argentines participate in mass street tango

Hundreds of couples took to the streets of downtown Buenos Aires on Saturday night, turning a main avenue into a three block open-air tango dance

14/12/2015

Argentina

Jubilation and anger as Mauricio Macri becomes Argentina's new president

Argentina’s new president Mauricio Macri has taken up the reigns, heading up a country which is deeply divided. His swearing-in has brought both his

11/12/2015

Argentina

Argentina: the dawn of a new era

Argentina gets a new president Mauricio Macri is centre-right Predecessor Cristina Fernandez boycotts handover ceremony Macri vows to work for

10/12/2015

Argentina

Macri promises radical economic "new era" for Argentina

Argentina’s Mauricio Macri is promising a radical economic change from leftist government and “the beginning of a new era”. He vows to draw a line

23/11/2015

Argentina

Argentina: Macri outlines plan to put economy on road to recovery

Celebrations in Argentina, but president-elect Mauricio Macri wasted no time getting down to serious business. Fixing the ailing economy will be the

23/11/2015

Argentina

Argentina moves to the right as Mauricio Macri wins presidential poll

It was a celebration full of typical Latin American enthusiasm. Conservative opposition candidate Mauricio Macri has been confirmed as the winner of

23/11/2015

Argentina

Argentina goes to the polls

More than 30 million voters are heading for the ballot box in Argentina. Centre-left candidate Daniel Scioli is going up against the centre-right’s

22/11/2015

Argentina

Argentina: voters pick new president in landmark run-off election

It is decision time in Argentina, with more than 30 million voters expected to head to the ballot box in the country’s first ever presidential

22/11/2015

Sport

Dakar 2016 race route unveiled

Details of the 2016 Dakar Rally were unveiled at a ceremony in Paris on Thursday. The 37th running of the event will be the eighth successive year

19/11/2015

Argentina

Argentine presidential forced to a surprise second round run-off

The pro-business opposition candidate Mauricio Macri has caused a major upset by forcing Argentina’s presidential election into a second round

26/10/2015

Argentina

Argentina votes with economy in chaos

Argentina is voting for a new president with Buenos Aires state governor Daniel Scioli well ahead in the opinion polls. Argentina election: Is

25/10/2015

Sport

Rugby World Cup: Argentina vs Australia battle for place in final

Argentina and Australia will come face-to-face on Sunday at Twickenham in the second of the two-all Southern Hemisphere Rugby World Cup semi-finals

24/10/2015

Argentina

Argentina: man suspected of keeping wife and son locked in cage for 6 years

Argentinian police have arrested 66-year-old Edgardo Oviedo on suspicion of keeping his wife and son locked up for six years. They were allegedly

07/09/2015

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Running with man's best friend

01/09/2015