Tue, 21 May 2013 13:02:02 GMT http://www.buenosairesherald.com BuenosAiresHerald.com Copyright © 2010 Nefir S.A. - All Rights reserved. http://www.buenosairesherald.com/favicon.ico Pre-dawn emergency workers searched feverishly for survivors in the rubble of homes, primary schools and an hospital in an Oklahoma City suburb ravaged by a massive tornado feared to have killed up to 91 people and injured well over 200 residents. 131579 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131579/intense-rescue-efforts-as-91-feared-dead-in-tornadohit-oklahoma Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Iran has approved the memorandum of understanding with Argentina to create a joint “truth commission” to probe the 1994 terrorist attack on the AMIA Jewish community centre, Iranian Embassy chargé d’affaires Ali Pakdaman informed a local radio yesterday. 131576 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131576/iran-approves-amia-deal Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Jorge Rafael Videla died of a heart attack Friday, five days after a fall in the shower led to internal bleeding. 131562 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131562/dictator-videlas-cause-of-death-heart-attack Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri’s emergency decree for the “defence of freedom of expression” was approved by the city’s Constitutional Affairs Committee yesterday and will be debated by the full legislature. 131561 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131561/ba-city-legislature-committee-approves-macri's-press-decree Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Argentines expect inflation to clock in at 34.9 percent over the next 12 months, a 0.7 percentage point increase from the previous monthly report issued by Torcuato Di Tella University. 131527 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131527/argentines-expect-inflation-to-clock-in-at-35-survey Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Economy Minister Hernán Lorenzino today played down the black market dollar transactions and revealed the so called "blue" dollar "makes me laugh." 131511 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131511/lorenzino-blue-dollar-makes-me-laugh Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT A hot-air balloon collided with another balloon mid-air during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey and crashed to the ground, killing two Brazilian tourists and injuring 23 other people on board. Three Argentines were among those injured. 131553 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131553/two-brazilian-tourists-killed-three-argentines-injured-in-turkish-balloon-crash Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT By Patricio Navia The last two weeks have been plagued with problems for the Barack Obama administration. Three controversies have kept the White House on the defensive and have delayed legislative progress on key issues central to Obama’s second term. 131581 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131581/obama-on-the-defensive Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Britain has said economic agreements in the South Atlantic could be relaunched on one condition: that Argentina drops its sovereignty claim over the resource-rich Malvinas Islands. 131563 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131563/uk-give-up-malvinas-islands-and-we'll-talk Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Vice President Amado Boudou today asked to build up “a new international financial architecture” focused on “the need to change the adjustment policies.” 131515 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131515/doha-forum-boudou-asks-to-build-a-new-financial-arquitecture Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Currency strength due to stimulus measures in the developed world is currently Latin America's Achilles' heel, though the region's macroeconomic management is a bright spot, the head of the United Nations' body for the region said. 131516 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131516/un-strong-currencies-weaker-exports-threaten-latin-america Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT At least 43 people were killed in car bomb explosions targeting Shi'ite Muslims in Baghdad and the southern oil hub of Basra today, police and medics said. 131499 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131499/car-bombs-target-shiites-in-iraq-more-than-60-killed Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Pope Francis sent a greeting letter to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for May 25 (May Revolution) celebrations where he assured to remember all Argentines in his prayers. 131531 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131531/pope-francis-greets-argentines-for-may-25-national-day Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Justice Department's seizure of phone records for journalists at the Associated Press is hurting the agency's ability to gather news, the wire service's Chief Executive and President Gary Pruitt said. 131510 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131510/ap-chief-says-phone-probe-makes-news-sources-reluctant-to-talk Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Farmers once more confirmed they continue on the sidewalk opposite to the government as the head of the Argentine Rural Federation Eduardo Buzzi today said they were analyzing to launch a “protest day.” 131506 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131506/farmers-may-launch-protest-day Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT North Korea fired two short-range missiles, making six launches in three days, and it condemned South Korea for criticizing what it said were its legitimate military drills. 131496 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131496/north-korea-fires-sixth-missile-in-three-days Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT European shares fell from multi-year highs, with the UK market having hit a near 13-year peak this week, as concerns over a possible end to central bank stimulus measures halted the region's equity rally. Japan's Nikkei share average edged up to a fresh 5-1/2-year high reversing earlier losses. 131580 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131580/european-shares-fall-from-multiyear-highs Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT By Alia Malek Above the Syrian coastal town of Tartous, groups of Alawite men and boys were amassing at different landings along a road that winds higher and higher, away from the Mediterranean and into the hills. We saw them assembling as we travelled the same path, taking advantage of a day off to get out of the city. 131574 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131574/in-the-hills-of-bashar-alassad's-stronghold Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The unemployment rate increased to 7.9 percent in the first quarter of 2013 compared with 7.1 percent over the same period of last year, marking the highest reading in nearly three years, the government’s INDEC national statistics bureau said yesterday. 131572 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131572/ba-city-unemployment-soars-by-78-percent Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Venezuela’s opposition yesterday released an audio recording that it said contains a prominent member of the ruling party discussing political strategy with a Cuban intelligence officer. 131556 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131556/cuban-meddling-in-venezuelan-politics Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Port workers in the main grains hub of Rosario went on strike over wages yesterday, a local union spokesman said, slowing exports from the world's No. 1 soymeal and soyoil supplier. 131524 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131524/rosario-port-paralyzed Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT By Juan Forero b- The Washington Post The once-almighty US dollar has lost its lustre in some corners of the world. But there’s one outpost where greenbacks have never been stronger: in socialist, anti-imperialist Venezuela, whose government rails against US-style capitalism as the bane of humanity. 131557 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131557/maligned-dollar-flourishes-in-caracas-and-beyond Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The US dollar price ended higher today at exchange houses at AR$ 5.25 (selling price) while the black market dollar or so called "blue" ended five cents lower at AR$8.90. 131505 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131505/us-dollar-rose-to-ar$525-blue-rate-lower Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Guatemala's constitutional court overturned a genocide conviction against former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, throwing out all proceedings in his case since a dispute broke out last month over who should hear it. 131534 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131534/guatemala-court-overturns-rios-montt-genocide-conviction Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Jose Mourinho will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season after three years at the Spanish club, paving the way for his expected return to Chelsea. The Portuguese coach’s final season has been blighted by infightings and a lack of trophies. 131542 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131542/mourinho-to-leave-real-madrid Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile today, the US Geological Survey said, but Chilean emergency authorities said they saw no prospect that the tremor would generate a tsunami. 131498 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131498/magnitude-68-quake-strikes-off-chile-no-tsunami-seen Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Buenos Aires province teachers' union announced in a press briefing today they will continue protesting "until the government improves the 22.6 percent wage hike offer." 131501 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131501/buenos-aires-province-teachers-threaten-to-strike-again Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT President Ollanta Humala's approval rating fell 5 points to a six-month low of 46 percent, reflecting the unpopularity of his proposal to buy an oil refinery owned by Spain's Repsol and his support for Venezuela's new government, an Ipsos poll showed. 131427 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131427/ollanta-humalas-approval-rating-in-peru-slips-to-sixmonth-low Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT 131503 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131503/justin-bieber-taylor-swift-big-winners-at-billboard-awards Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT 131569 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131569/obama-on-the-defensive Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT 131452 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131452/europe's-new-victorians Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT 131480 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131480/boca-river-lanata-and-government Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT 131395 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131395/disappearing-democracy-is-a-journalistic-dilemma Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT 131394 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131394/media-intervention-or-invention Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT 131360 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131360/a-cruel-hypocrite-who-must-be-remembered Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT 131359 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131359/dictator-died-in-a-democracy Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT 131306 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131306/the-death-of-narrative Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT 131182 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131182/saving-president-cristina Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT 131567 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131567/it's-the-economy-stupid! Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT 131459 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131459/sunday-columnists'-roundup Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT By Pablo Suárez 131375 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/131375/nothing-much-happens-and-yet Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT