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Argentina, Iran in joint probe of AMIA bombing

Text Argentina signed an agreement with Iran to create an independent Commission of Truth to investigate the 1994 bombing of the Buenos Aires Jewish community center.Argentina signed an agreement with...

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Contradictory legacy of Hugo Chávez

Text Whether the gains of Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian Revolution will survive his passing depends on how genuinely it is based on popular power, not just that of a charismatic leader. At this hour,...

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Will Iran thaw bring justice for AMIA victims?

Text Iran's relations with the West seem to be improving. Will this finally lead to a conclusive investigation of Argentina's worst-ever terrorist attack?Argentina and Iran have agreed to proceed with...

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Argentina: did Israel kill off AMIA bombers?

Text The murky case of a 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center suddenly got murkier thanks to statements by a former Israeli ambassador.The 20-year-old investigation into the July 1994 bombing...

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Argentina: deal to probe AMIA blast struck down

Text An appeals court in Argentina ruled that a controversial agreement with Iran to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center was unconstitutional.An appeals court in...

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Argentina: president charged in terror cover-up

Text A prosecutor in Argentina was killed days after he accused President Cristina Fernández of complicity in covering up Iran's involvement in a 1994 terrorist attack.An Argentine federal prosecutor...

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Argentina: many are suspected in AMIA coverup

Text It's not clear that anyone in Argentina's political class really wants the AMIA case solved. Israel and the US don't look much better. And suspect suicides are nothing new in Argentina.While the...

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Argentina: Fernández flips on prosecutor's 'suicide'

Text President Cristina Fernández changed her tune on the supposed "suicide" of the prosecutor investigating a massive anti-Semitic bombing—found dead just before he was to testify.Argentine federal...

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Argentina and Iran in oil-for-terror deal?

Text Did Argentina's President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner strike a secret deal with Tehran to cover up Iran's role in a terror attack in exchange for guarantees of oil imports?Organizers are...

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Argentina: golpe or auto-golpe?

Text As charges were dropped against President Cristina Fernández, the intelligence service dissolved and cabinet purged, opposition lawmakers said a "self-coup" is in the works.A federal judge in...

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Will Iran thaw bring justice for AMIA victims?

Text Iran's relations with the West seem to be improving. Will this finally lead to a conclusive investigation of Argentina's worst-ever terrorist attack?Argentina and Iran have agreed to proceed with...

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Argentina: did Israel kill off AMIA bombers?

Text The murky case of a 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center suddenly got murkier thanks to statements by a former Israeli ambassador.The 20-year-old investigation into the July 1994 bombing...

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Argentina: deal to probe AMIA blast struck down

Text An appeals court in Argentina ruled that a controversial agreement with Iran to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center was unconstitutional.An appeals court in...

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Argentina: president charged in terror cover-up

Text A prosecutor in Argentina was killed days after he accused President Cristina Fernández of complicity in covering up Iran's involvement in a 1994 terrorist attack.An Argentine federal prosecutor...

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Argentina: many are suspected in AMIA cover-up

Text It's not clear that anyone in Argentina's political class really wants the AMIA case solved. Israel and the US don't look much better. And suspect suicides are nothing new in Argentina.While the...

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Argentina: Fernández flips on prosecutor's 'suicide'

Text President Cristina Fernández changed her tune on the supposed "suicide" of the prosecutor investigating a massive anti-Semitic bombing—found dead just before he was to testify.Argentine federal...

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Argentina and Iran in oil-for-terror deal?

Text Did Argentina's President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner strike a secret deal with Tehran to cover up Iran's role in a terror attack in exchange for guarantees of oil imports?Organizers are...

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Argentina: golpe or auto-golpe?

Text As charges were dropped against President Cristina Fernández, the intelligence service dissolved and cabinet purged, opposition lawmakers said a "self-coup" is in the works.A federal judge in...

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Argentina: prosecutor's death classified homicide

Text A court in Buenos Aires found that Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman was the victim of murder, allowing a long-stalled investigation of his death to go forward.argentina.jpg.gifArgentine lawyer...

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Argentine judge demands Iraq arrest Iran diplomat

Text An Argentine federal judge called upon authorities in Iraq to arrest Iranian diplomat Ali Akbar Velayati, accused intellectual author of the 1994 bombing of Buenos Aires' Jewish...

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