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# argentina - Today’s News
10 great products to make more of your garden
Say no to gnomes this summer with IKEA garden furniture.
# argentina - Saturday 11 May, 2013
PICTURES: The ruins of an Argentine town drowned by saltwater
The town was destroyed almost 28 years ago.
# argentina - Monday 6 May, 2013
15 of the best and worst images from Argentina’s ‘Superclásico’
Boca Juniors v River Plate was halted for 15 minutes due to crowd disturbances last night.
# argentina - Monday 29 April, 2013
Police seize three Rio favelas from drug traffickers ahead of Pope visit
2.5 million participants are expected to descend upon the city for World Youth Day.
# argentina - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
Record floods leave 54 dead in Argentina
Record rainfall has swept through the streets of La Plata, about 40 miles south of Buenos Aires.
# argentina - Friday 29 March, 2013
Pope Francis presides over his first Good Friday ceremony
The pope has attended the Passion of Christ in St Peter’s Basilica ahead of a torch-lit procession at the Colosseum later tonight.
# argentina - Thursday 21 March, 2013
Nobel peace laureate says Pope Francis was not complicit in ‘Dirty War’
“He was not complicit with the dictatorship, he did not collaborate,” says human rights activist and Nobel laureate Adolfo Perez Esquivel.
# argentina - Tuesday 19 March, 2013
Former Leinster 10 Felipe Contepomi to retire from rugby at the end of the season
The Argentine outhalf played 116 times for the Blues and kicked 1225 points.
# argentina - Saturday 16 March, 2013
Pope Francis gives rare insight into what happened at conclave
The new pope said today he wants “a poor Church for the poor” and spoke about how his name was inspired by St Francis of Assisi.
# argentina - Thursday 14 March, 2013
Diego Maradona: ‘Hand of God’ delivered Argentine pope
In my country the ‘hand of God’ has now brought about an Argentine pope,” says El Diego.
# argentina - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
Reactions from world leaders to the election of Pope Francis
World leaders have been sending their congratulations to the new pontiff.
# argentina - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
Falkland Islands residents vote to remain affiliated to Britain
1,513 people voted to keep the islands as a UK overseas territory – while only three said they wanted to break away.
# argentina - Monday 11 March, 2013
Around the world in 36 hours for the Trinity Jailbreak
Students travel to Argentina, Dubai and … Carlow all in the name of charity.
# argentina - Sunday 10 March, 2013
Falkland Islands voting in referendum on British status
The result is not in doubt but the scale of the ‘yes’ vote will be closely watched as a sign of the Falklanders’ strength of feeling about remaining British.
# argentina - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
Column: The ‘vulture fund’ eyeing Argentina – and what it means for other indebted states
A New York court will today influence the economic future of Argentina in a case that will have wide-ranging ramifications for other indebted nations, writes Nessa NÃ Chasaide.
# argentina - Wednesday 6 February, 2013
‘Falklands will be ours in 20 years’, says Argentine minister
His comments come amid a war of words before residents go to the polls in March to say whether they want the archipelago to remain a British overseas territory.
# argentina - Friday 1 February, 2013
Diego Maradona wins tax battle in Italy, can now return to Naples
The Argentina legend had been banned from setting foot in Italy because of an alleged unpaid tax bill of €37.2m.
# argentina - Saturday 19 January, 2013
Anonymous takes over website of Argentina’s Bureau Of Statistics
The hacker collective said it took over the website to protest government “lies”, after dubious new inflation figures.
# argentina - Sunday 6 January, 2013
Lionel Messi’s 2012 in one beautiful infographic
Barcelona star set a new world record for for goals scored in a calendar year in 2012.
# argentina - Thursday 3 January, 2013
Jumping ship: 2 Irish hockey players declare for Great Britain
David Ames and Ian Sloan appeared for Ireland in the Olympic qualifiers in March 2012.
# argentina - Friday 28 December, 2012
Haughey intervened over detention of British journalists during Falklands crisis
The Taoiseach was asked to provide assistance as Ireland was looked upon favourably by Buenos Aires during the Falkland Island conflict.
After Falklands invasion, Thatcher sought Haughey’s ‘urgent help’
Suggestions that Ireland would not support British efforts to ostracise Argentina after its invasion of the Falklands in April 1982 were met with warnings from diplomats in London.
# argentina - Tuesday 25 December, 2012
Christmas crackers: Cristiano Ronaldo v Lionel Messi
You pull, we pull. Facts, jokes and YouTube clips await the winner.
# argentina - Monday 24 December, 2012
South America: volcano alert raised in Chile, Argentina
A top-level red alert has been issued for Chile’s Copahue volcano, which is located at the country’s Andean border with Argentina.
# argentina - Saturday 22 December, 2012
Judge blocks wedding between woman and her twin sister’s killer
The mother of the girls says that her surviving daughter is mentally ill – but the would-be bride insists her betrothed was wrongly convicted.
Two dead and 300 arrested as mobs loot supermarkets in Argentina
Violence erupts as impatience grows with government of President Cristinia Kirchner.
# argentina - Friday 21 December, 2012
Maradona wants to coach Iraq at the World Cup in Brazil
Never thought I’d type that sentence.
# argentina - Saturday 15 December, 2012
UN court orders release of Argentine ship in Ghana
The ARA Libertad training ship was seized in October in the port of Tema as collateral for unpaid bonds dating from Argentina’s economic crisis a decade ago.
# argentina - Thursday 13 December, 2012
Sao Paulo awarded Copa Sudamericana final as match abandoned amid chaos
This isn’t what FIFA wants to see ahead of the 2014 World cup in Brazil in two years’ time.
Federer: Messi shows nice guys can win
The tennis player says that the Argentinian star is proof that you don’t have to be ruthless to be great.
# argentina - Tuesday 11 December, 2012
VIDEO: All 86 of Lionel Messi’s goals in 2012
Take 10 minutes to watch genius at work.
# argentina - Monday 10 December, 2012
Gerd Müller praises ‘giant’ Messi after goalscoring record falls
Der Bomber hopes the Argentine’s record stands the test of time.
‘Preparations were perfect, everything else was a bit of a disaster’ – Best on RWC ’07
The former Ireland flanker played his final match in the pool stage elimination by Argentina.
Modest Messi shrugs off 86-goal record
He may be only 25, but the Argentine star has already proven himself as the best of his generation.
# argentina - Thursday 29 November, 2012
‘Paddy Jackson has a serious international career ahead of him’ – Paul Marshall
The Ulster out-half will soon provide Jonathan Sexton with the main threat for the Ireland 10 jersey.
# argentina - Wednesday 28 November, 2012
It’s impossible for Kidney to ignore young Ulster stars – Ian Humphreys
The London Irish out-half has predicted bright international futures for his former teammates.
Forgotten man Fitzgerald facing long road back to the Irish fold
A protracted return from a neck injury means festive fixtures are the realistic aim for the Wicklow native.
# argentina - Tuesday 27 November, 2012
Hockey: Ireland beat South Africa, secure quarter-final spot
Andrew Meredith’s team will now face Poland in the last eight following today’s win.



























































