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{Watch} From plastic bag to the real thing: Messi delights Afghan boy with signed jersey

An Afghan boy who became an Internet sensation by wearing a plastic bag fashioned as a Lionel Messi shirt now has the real thing. The Argentinian

Sport

Mascherano accepts one-year jail term in plea bargain

Argentina international Javier Mascherano has been handed a suspended one year prison sentence for tax evasion. Last year the Barcelona star pleaded

Sport

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

World

WISE Awards: Qatar maths and science push and Argentina Videobooks win praise

Science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and education for people with disabilities regularly top the agenda of the World Innovation Summit

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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.

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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

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

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.

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

World News

Argentina's Christina Fernandez bids farewell as president

Outgoing Argentine president Christina Fernandez de Kirchner urged her supporters not to let her legacy be destroyed as she bid farewell during a

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

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

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

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

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