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      <title><![CDATA[Cristina Kirchner’s government has become an “embarrassment” for Argentina]]></title>
      <link>http://en.mercopress.com/2010/03/11/cristina-kirchner-s-government-has-become-an-embarrassment-for-argentina</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Former Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde (2002/03) accused the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of being an “embarrassment” for Argentina and called for a drastic change of policies from “confrontation to one of understandings”.]]></description>
      <category><![CDATA[Politics, Argentina]]></category>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:46:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Argentine government blames Shell and Petrobras for gasoline shortage]]></title>
      <link>http://en.mercopress.com/2010/03/11/argentine-government-blames-shell-and-petrobras-for-gasoline-shortage</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Argentina's government accused energy companies Royal Dutch Shell and Petrobras on Wednesday of deliberately causing gasoline shortages in order to force rival YPF to raise its prices.]]></description>
      <category><![CDATA[Energy & Oil, Politics, Argentina]]></category>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:37:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mrs Kirchner escalates clash with Judiciary, implies censorship from the Court]]></title>
      <link>http://en.mercopress.com/2010/03/10/mrs-kirchner-escalates-clash-with-judiciary-implies-censorship-from-the-court</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner escalated Tuesday the clash with the Judiciary branch saying that when the magistrates call for “moderation”, the expression seems to rhyme with “censorship” since they don’t realize “the weight they hold”.]]></description>
      <category><![CDATA[Politics, Argentina]]></category>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:33:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pro-Kirchner picket leader meets in Iran with fugitive from Argentine law]]></title>
      <link>http://en.mercopress.com/2010/03/10/pro-kirchner-picket-leader-meets-in-iran-with-fugitive-from-argentine-law</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Argentine pro-government picket leader Luis D'Elía, justified his trip to Iran and his meeting with Mohsen Rabbani, a former Iranian official who is considered to be one of the masterminds in the 1994 deadly terrorist attack of the Buenos Aires AMIA Jewish centre and remains fugitive from the Argentine law.]]></description>
      <category><![CDATA[Politics, Argentina]]></category>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:28:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Argentina’s YPF imports fuel to meet demand for the first time in 30 years]]></title>
      <link>http://en.mercopress.com/2010/03/10/argentina-s-ypf-imports-fuel-to-meet-demand-for-the-first-time-in-30-years</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Argentine-Spanish oil company YPF said on Tuesday that it plans to import 50 million litres of gasoline as demand outstrips supply. Argentina, an oil-producing country where fuel is subject to government price controls, has not imported gasoline in 30 years.]]></description>
      <category><![CDATA[Economy, Energy & Oil, Argentina]]></category>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:49:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russian company sets up sturgeon farm in Argentina to produce caviar]]></title>
      <link>http://en.mercopress.com/2010/03/09/russian-company-sets-up-sturgeon-farm-in-argentina-to-produce-caviar</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Russian company Sturgeon & Caviar is set to begin in coming weeks the production of caviar in the Argentine northern province of La Rioja according to local government sources.]]></description>
      <category><![CDATA[Fisheries, Investments, Argentina]]></category>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:33:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Coordinated restrictions for hake fishing in Patagonia’s San Jorge Gulf]]></title>
      <link>http://en.mercopress.com/2010/03/08/coordinated-restrictions-for-hake-fishing-in-patagonia-s-san-jorge-gulf</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Argentine Fisheries Director Norberto Yauhar suspended the initiative to limit common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) fishing in waters of San Jorge gulf following a meeting with fisheries officials from Patagonian provinces.]]></description>
      <category><![CDATA[Fisheries, Argentina]]></category>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:05:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Argentina awarded the Oscar for the best foreign language film]]></title>
      <link>http://en.mercopress.com/2010/03/08/argentina-awarded-the-oscar-for-the-best-foreign-language-film</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Argentine film "The Secret in Their Eyes" a thriller about a 25-year-long manhunt, which paints rough times in recent Argentine political history, won the Academy Award for best foreign language film.]]></description>
      <category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:59:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Argentine government tells Congress it will pay debts with reserves]]></title>
      <link>http://en.mercopress.com/2010/03/08/argentine-government-tells-congress-it-will-pay-debts-with-reserves</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Argentine government officials reiterated over the weekend that despite efforts from the opposition to stop the Government, it would service the public debt with the Central Bank foreign reserves.]]></description>
      <category><![CDATA[Economy, Politics, Argentina]]></category>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:48:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kirchner administration escalates dispute with Congress over bank reserves]]></title>
      <link>http://en.mercopress.com/2010/03/06/kirchner-administration-escalates-dispute-with-congress-over-bank-reserves</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Argentine Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo assured on Friday that it's not the Senate's prerogative "to designate the Central Bank Governor," and informed that their only task is to check whether the person appointed by the Executive "is suitable for the seat or not".]]></description>
      <category><![CDATA[Politics, Argentina]]></category>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:02:00 UTC</pubDate>
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