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Argentina 2-1 Peru
Region: Argentina
Substitute Martin Palermo's close-range finish deep into injury time earned Argentina a thrilling last-gasp win over Peru in Buenos Aires. His crucial strike happened just minutes after Diego Maradona's men looked to have suffered yet another World Cup qualifying setback. Palermo, whom Maradona has recalled to the national team after a 10-year absence, tapped home at the far post in driving rain to send his coach div... more
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5 Arrested in Anti-Semitic Demonstration in Argentina
Region: Argentina
On Sunday, May 17th, five people were arrested in what authorities described as an anti-Semitic demonstration that turned violent. The confrontation occurred outside the Israeli embassy of Argentina. The embassy was holding celebrations for the 61st anniversary of the state of Israel's founding when some participants were confronted by a gang of youths holding clubs, one knife and a pistol according to the Israel&rsqu... more
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Ariel Ortega: The Anti-Messi
Region: ArgentinaPrior to Lionel Messi even capturing the spotlight of the entire football world, there was a young man from the province of Jujuy that was making a big splash in the then-vaunted River Plate youth system. He was poster child of River Plate's youth system in the early 90's. He completely skipped that process and made his debut with River's first team on December 14, 1991 against Platense. His performance lef... more
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Basile Being Wooed By City
Region: ArgentinaFormer Argentine national team coach Alfio Basile confirmed on Tuesday that he has received an offer to replace Mark Hughes at Manchester City. Basile, 65, could be returning to Europe after having a short stint at Atlético Madrid back in the early 90´s. French paper Le Figaro reported that the Argentine coach confir... more
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The Day After For River
Region: ArgentinaRiver Plate are enduring one of their biggest crises in team history and the light that was at the end of the tunnel seemed to be a train coming full speed. After bringing a huge contingency to Asunción as the Millonarios were poised to qualify for the knockout stage of the Copa Libertadores. The had the perfect opponent in the perfect group to accomplish the mission. But when they stepped onto the pitch at... more
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It is a great experience: Maradona
Region: Argentina
Diego Maradona said he felt “proud” after his first match as coach of Argentina ended in a 1-0 friendly international win over Scotland at Hampden Park here Wednesday. But that didn’t stop the football great from having one more go at his old England adversary Terry Butcher, now Scotland’s assistant manager, who has made no secret of his bitter... more
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Maradona Slams Messi in Interview
Region: Argentina
You can criticize his political leanings or the way he lived his life. Yet when it comes to telling the truth he never backs down. Diego Maradona will compliment you the same way he will criticize you. At the same time he has also been able to be yet just another person piling on in Argentina on the national team's recent streak of underachievement. In 2005, Maradona invited Lionel Messi to his tele... more
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Basile Upset Over Palermo Injury
Region: Argentina
Argentine national team coach Alfio Basile mentioned the fact that Martín Palermo was on his call-up list for the upcoming matches against Paraguay and Peru next week. ¨It hurt me to see what happened to (Martín). He is a great goalscorer. This was Martín´s time to come back to the national team. His injury is quite a shame to have happened at this moment,¨&nb... more
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Weblogs Day 2008 in Buenos Aires
Region: Argentina
On August 20th, the third edition of Dia de Weblogs (Weblogs Day) took place in Buenos Aires, and it took place, as it does every year, at Palermo University. This time, there were several topics in debate, which were not limited to blogs only. There was a space to discuss about entrepreneurs, mass media and new projects on the Internet. During the last part of the program, many projects related to the Web we... more
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Argentinian Students Chain Themselves to Demand Better School
Region: Argentina
Posted by Juliana Rincón Parra to Global Voices Online In the province of Rio Negro near the city of General Roca in Argentina, the students of the CEM 106 are asking the government to follow through with their promises of solving the problems their school has. Videos of the open sewage drains in front of the school, of the 3 classrooms for more than 240 students and the septic tank which overflows in the backy... more
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