Gov. Mark Sanford & $74,000 Fine Agreement - Post Chronicle
South Carolina governor Mark Sanford, who is ... of using taxpayer money to travel to Argentina to see his girlfriend, among other concerns, and is paying the $74,000 to settle ethics charges. The State Ethics commission brought 37 civil charges ...
UPDATE 2-Argentina amends debt swap filing with SEC - Reuters
BUENOS AIRES, March 18 (Reuters) - Argentina moved a step closer on Thursday to a planned swap of defaulted debt and an issue of up to $15 billion in new bonds, with an amended filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The swap is aimed at cleaning up fallout from the country's massive
New Market Research Report: Argentina Oil & Gas Report ... - PRLog (free press release)
... b/d in 2009 and is forecast to recover to 2.17mn b/d in 2014. The principal exporters will be Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador and Brazil. In terms of natural gas, the region in 2009 consumed an estimated 201.2bn cubic metres (bcm), with demand of 256 ...
Argentina Bonds Rally As Government Moves Closer To ... - Wall Street Journal
BUENOS AIRES (Dow Jones)--Argentine bonds surged Thursday after the government took a major step toward dealing with the holders of defaulted debt and a return to international credit markets. On Thursday, Argentina amended documents it previously ...
Argentina's Juan Monaco bounced from Indian Wells - Investors Business Daily
Indian Wells, California, Mar 18, 2010 (EFE via COMTEX) -- Argentina's Juan Monaco was eliminated here Thursday from the BNP Paribas Open, falling in three sets in the quarterfinals to big-serving Croat Ivan Ljubicic 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. The Argentine ...
Like Maradona to Argentina '86, like Michael Jordan to the Chicago Bulls, Lionel Messi is Mr Barcelona - Daily Mail
Thierry Henry summed up Lionel Messi's recent form with one simple word: ridiculous. Messi scored two goals and set up another as Barcelona rolled over Stuttgart 4-0 on Wednesday to reach the Champions League quarter-finals. The Argentina forward has notched 31 goals in all competitions to continue
Exclusiva AP: Multa a Sanford por viaje a Argentina - Houston Chronicle
El gobernador de Carolina del Sur, Mark Sanford, accedió a pagar 74.000 dólares para llegar a un arreglo en un caso en el que se le acusaba de violar las normas éticas del estado por sus viajes y gastos de campaña. El gobernador republicano está acusado de infringir 37 leyes, incluida una
Around the world: Writer takes drive across Americas ... - The Oakland Press
CHACABUCO, Argentina — It was just like driving to work, except that I kept on going: From New York to Argentina, through 12 countries, for four months and more than 13,000 miles. It’s the first leg of my overland trip around the world, an ...
Argentina province OKs chemical castration for rapists - CNN
Buenos Aires, Argentina (CNN) -- Officials in Argentina's Mendoza province have authorized chemical castration for rapists after a significant increase in sexual assaults last year. Mendoza authorities convened a scientific legal committee and ...
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Little fanfare for 7th anniversary of war in Iraq
 Almost seven years after the first bombs in the war to oust Saddam Hussein, Iraqis went about their business Friday with little observance of the anniversary, looking to the future with a mixture of trepidation and hope.
Losing the battle to keep female flesh off Afghan TV
 Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, who banned television and barred women from appearing in public without an all-enveloping burqa, the Afghan government is fighting a losing battle to keep female flesh off TV.
Dutch: Gay troops not to blame for genocide
Dutch government officials reacted angrily to claims by a retired U.S. general that Dutch forces were overrun in Srebrenica in 1995 in part because of the presence of gay soldiers.
Diplomats urge resumption of Mideast talks
 International diplomats set goals for new U.S.-backed peace talks aimed at establishing an independent Palestinian state.
‘Lawyer’ to U.S. missionaries in Haiti arrested
A man who acted as a lawyer for U.S. missionaries who were detained in Haiti has now been arrested in the Dominican Republic on migrant-trafficking charges.
Obama appeals to Iranians in online video
In a fresh appeal to the Iranian people, President Obama says in an online video that the U.S. wants more cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.
Avalanche engulfs sledders, at least 1 dead
At least one person was killed and several others are feared buried after a massive avalanche engulfs a group of snowmobilers in western Canada, according to reports.
Pope's Irish letter faces critical Catholics
 The pope addresses Ireland on Saturday in a letter apologizing for the sex abuse scandal — a message being watched by Catholics worldwide to see if it also acknowledges decades of Vatican-approved cover-ups.
Web produces new generation of China activists
 There is a vibrant community of tech-savvy users who can easily hop over China's "Great Firewall" that blocks access to sites like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. They are a minority of the 384 million people online in China but among the most vocal.
Nuke deal with Russia is close, says Clinton
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says that American and Russian negotiators are "on the brink" of agreement on a nuclear arms reduction treaty.
Pakistan wants recognition for terror fight
Saying it has bowed far enough to U.S. interests, Pakistan will use next week's high-level talks with the Obama administration to seek more recognition for its part in the fight against terrorism.
Minister: Sierre Leone hit by disaster hoax
A top official in Sierre Leone's government says a report that at least 200 people had been killed in a mining accident is a hoax.
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