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  • Francisco Varallo, player at 1st WCup, dies at 100 Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:12PMBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former Argentina footballer Francisco Varallo , the last surviving player from the first World Cup in 1930, died on Monday at the age of 100. His death in La Plata, Argentina, was confirmed by his former Argentine club Gimnasia y Esgrima, which did not specify the cause of death.
  • Francisco Varallo, player at 1st WCup, dies at 100 Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:08PMFormer Argentine soccer star Francisco Varallo, the last surviving player from the first World Cup in 1930, died Monday. He was 100. His death in La Plata, Argentina, was confirmed by his former Argentine club Gimnasia y Esgrima, which did not specify a cause of death. Varallo played in the final between Uruguay and Argentina in Montevideo, Uruguay.
  • Argentine business leaders break ranks with govt Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:49PMArgentine business leaders break ranks with govt
  • Question and Answer: Lonnie Martin Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:26PMFor 25 years, the Baroda Fire Department has been like a second family to Lonnie Martin. In fact, for 20 of those years he's been fighting fires alongside his son, Shawn. Both men also are Baroda-Lake Township police officers - Shawn a full-time sergeant and Lonnie a reserve officer. By day, Lonnie Martin is a lead technical analyst for Whirlpool Corp. Because of long hours at work, he plans to ...
  • Last survivor of first World Cup soccer final dies at 100 Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:05PMBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Francisco Varallo, remaining survivor of the first World Cup final in 1930, has died at the age of 100, Argentine media reported on Monday.
  • Last surviving player of first World Cup final dies at 100 Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:04PMBuenos Aires - Francisco Varallo, the longest surviving player from the first World Cup final, died Monday at the age of 100, Argentinian media reported.
  • USA men's World Amateur team selected Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:51AMUNIVERSITY PLACE, WASH.-- USA World Amateur Team captain Fred RIdley will have a trio of collegiate golfers on top of their games at the ready when the American squad heads to Argentina in October to compete for the Eisenhower Trophy in the biennial event.
  • Forex: USD/JPY approaches to daily low Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:43AMFXstreet.com (Buenos Aires) – Despite today’s enthusiastic opening that took the pair to a fresh 2-week high around 85.90, pair is back under pressure approaching to daily low of 84.55 reached past European session.
  • Forex: Dollar gains against high yielding currencies Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:13AMFXstreet.com (Buenos Aires) – Dollar has been in frank recovery since Asian opening, against high yielding rivals: Euro and Pound, had lost all the ground gained past Friday, while Australian dollar give up half of it, approaching 0.8900 after reaching an intraday high of 0.9030. Save havens such as Swiss Franc and Yen, managed to post gains against greenback, as risk environment returns to ...
  • Man wanted in $23 million Ponzi scheme to be extradited to Colo. Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:03AMDENVER - Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced on Monday a man wanted for an elaborate Ponzi scheme will be extradited from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Colorado.
  • Maidana still champion Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 11:43PMInterim WBA World light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KOs) retained his title over former world champion DeMarcus ‘Chop Chop’ Corley (37-14-1, 22 KOs) by way of a very tough unanimous decision.
  • San Lorenzo beats All Boys 3-1 Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 9:04PMJuan Mensequez, Guillermo Pereyra and Cristian Tula scored in the second half as San Lorenzo downed a nine-man All Boys 3-1 in the Argentine Apertura football tournament on Saturday. Menzequez opened the scoring in the 55th minute and Pereyra added another in the 68th. Mauro Matos scored for All Boys with a 70th-minute penalty before Tula made the game safe for San Lorenzo in the 83rd.
  • San Lorenzo beats All Boys 3-1 Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 8:41PMBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Juan Mensequez, Guillermo Pereyra and Cristian Tula scored in the second half as San Lorenzo downed a nine-man All Boys 3-1 in the Argentine Apertura football tournament on Saturday.
  • Grace and grit in Guatemala Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 4:57PMOn a trip to Central America with a St. Paul tour company, hiking and biking up steep mountains worked the leg muscles; building a home for the needy employed the heart.
  • Intellectual blah blah... Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 4:37PMFrom my struggling artist and stupid NRI stages, I entered the intellectual blah blah period working for global companies. Let's travel three countries from where I unlearnt blah blah to attain the reality of social insights.
  • New video gives tour of trapped miners' refuge Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 1:28PMCOPIAPO, Chile - The first video released of the 33 men trapped deep in a Chilean copper mine shows the men stripped to the waist and appearing slim but healthy, arm-in-arm, singing the national anthem and yelling "long live Chile, and long live the miners!" - images that bolstered family members' spirits Friday.
  • Big cities toxic to raising kids Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 11:44AMAbout 70 percent of the world’s population is expected to be living in cities by 2050. Some experts are concerned that as cities continue to grow and prosper, they become less and less habitable for families.
  • You are here Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 2:56AMFileteado was born at the same time, and on the same streets, as Buenos Aires's most famous art form, the tango.
  • Capello met Arteta to ask if he would play for England Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 10:39PMFabio Capello has personally sounded out Everton's Spanish midfielder Mikel Arteta on whether he would consider taking British citizenship and becoming an England international, it emerged yesterday, but no long-term decision has been made on the player's future.
  • Maidana, Corley make weight Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 8:58PMWBA interim super lightweight world champion Marcos Maidana and American challenger DeMarcus Corley made weight without problems at today’s weigh-in at the famous Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Real Salt Lake's Álvaro Saborío and Will Johnson to Join Respective National Teams for Upcoming Frie Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 3:15PMSANDY, Utah (Friday, August 27, 2010) - Real Salt Lake players FW Álvaro Saborío and MF Will Johnson have both been called into their respective national teams for international friendlies set to take place between September 3-7.
  • Buenos Airies Gay Travel to Boom Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:50PMBuenos Aires has been making the cover of newspapers and magazines all over the world since the Argentine Senate voted to legalize same-sex marriage, and the tourism industry there hopes for huge things.
  • Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers For Aug. 26 Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:03PMDebuting on the list this week is Crossfire , a story of family, horse racing, and blackmail. Captain Tom Forsyth returns to live with his estranged mother after leaving the army, only to find that she’s being forced to make her prize horses lose every race they enter.
  • Pond scum seen lucrative in Argentine biofuels push Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:49PMSource: Reuters * Argentine company uses algae to make biodiesel * Argentina is one of world's top biodiesel suppliers By Luis Andres Henao SAN NICOLAS, Argentina, Aug 27 (Reuters) - An Argentine company opened ...
  • W. Golf. Seminoles To World Championship Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:36PMAfter topping off the 2010 season with one best national finishes in the history of the program, Florida State's Maria Salinas (Peru) and Macarena Silva (Chile) will represent Florida State and their countries in the 2010 Women's World Amateur Team Championship.
  • Doctors remove 56-pound tumor from woman Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:33PMBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Doctors were shocked when they looked into a woman's uterus searching for an orange-size...
  • From tango to mambo, salsa to samba, these cruises have it all Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:25PMMSC Cruises has announced plans for a new series of dance-themed cruises starting later this year.
  • Pope: Love One Another, Especially the Needy Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:22PMBUENOS AIRES, AUG. 27, 2010 ( Zenit.org ).- Benedict XVI is underlining the need to love one another, especially the neediest persons, as God loves us.
  • Fantastic Fest Adds 16 Including U.S. Debut of "Stone" Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:11PMAustin's Fantastic Fest has added 16 films to its lineup, with the U.S. premiere of John Curran's "Stone" joining this year's fest, taking place September 23 - 30. The latest batch include what the fest teased as a "bayou-dwelling psycho-killer, a disturbed housemaid, Muay Thai bone-crushers, blood-sucking vampires, undocumented immigrants, cannibal families, and more to its genre-bending lineup ...
  • Forex: USD/JPY extends gains to 85.38 Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 11:58AMFXstreet.com (Buenos Aires) – USD/JPY continues climbing reaching at the time of writing a fresh intraday high at 85.38. After reaching a fresh 15-year low early this week at 83.60 price zone, pair has been aiming a very shy upside recovery, supported by strong verbal intervention coming from BOJ.
  • Rescuers expand lifeline to trapped Chile miners Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 5:09AMEngineers reinforced a lifeline Monday to 33 miners entombed deep inside a Chilean gold and copper mine, preparing to keep them supplied with food, water, medicine and communications during the four months it may take to carve a tunnel wide enough to pull them out.
  • Ayerza inks new Tigers deal Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 4:58AMLeicester prop Marcos Ayerza has signed a new deal to remain at Welford Road
  • Supplies reach trapped miners in Chile WNW Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 4:55AMAssociated Press, COPIAPO, Chile — Trapped nearly half a mile inside the earth and facing perhaps four months before rescue, 33 miners began accepting food, water and oxygen from above ground Monday as rescue teams worked to gauge their state of mind and brace them for the long wait ahead.
  • Supplies reach miners Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 3:28AMCOPIAPO, Chile -- Trapped nearly half a mile inside the earth and facing perhaps four months before rescue, 33 Chilean miners began accepting food, water and oxygen from above ground Monday as rescue teams worked to gauge their state of mind and
  • US Under-Secretary Of State On 10-Day Latin America Tour Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 2:57AM(RTTNews) - Under-Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith A. McHale will begin a 10-day tour of Argentina, Uruguay and Chile on Tuesday to improve the United States' cultural, educational and economic relations with those countries.
  • Searching for The Secret in Their Eyes Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 2:57AMJuan José Campanella's El secreto de sus ojos (A Secret in Their Eyes) won this year's Academy Award for best film in a foreign language. Ben Bollig tells us why it is not only a psychological thriller, but also an attempt to cope with Argentina's past of unsolved crime during the dictatorship in the 1970s Juan José Campanella's El secreto de sus ojos has become the second film from Argentina to ...
  • The Luxury Collection Hotels and Resorts Launches Journeys by the Luxury Collection an Exclusive Series of Once-in-a ... Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 2:19AMBuilding on its position as a portal to the world’s most desirable destination experiences, The Luxury Collection brand of hotels and resorts is launching a series of expertly curated itineraries aimed at giving guests the most authentic, enriching, and personal encounters within sought-after global destinations.
  • South Atlantic squid catch declining Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 10:26PMBUENOS AIRES, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Environmental factors may be causing a dramatic drop in the number of squid being caught in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, experts say. Atlantic Ocean - Squid - Argentina - South America - Provinces
  • Soccer-Gimenez survives heavy knock to score hat-trick Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 11:39AMMidfielder Christian Gimenez was almost substituted after a nasty knock on the head before his hat-trick gave Cruz Azul a 3-2 away win at Chiapas Jaguars in the Mexican first division.
  • Malaysians in cahoots with Nigerians Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 11:07AMKUALA LUMPUR (Aug 22, 2010): With their hands full solving scores of scams and other crime cases committed by Nigerians here, the police are having a headache now that these foreigners are luring Malaysians to work with them.
  • As it Happened - Cork 1-15 Dublin 1-14 Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 7:24AMCork's strong finish saw off Dublin in Croke Park this afternoon. Read how the Rebels reached the All-Ireland Senior Football final with our text commentary here.
  • Resume of star rich with characters Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 4:55AMWASHINGTON — Everything Robert Duvall says, whether about meeting his wife or doing a play or making a crab cake, tends to become a yarn worthy of a Robert Duvall movie.
  • Messi leaves behind Argentina blues and smiles again - Feature Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 4:05AMMadrid - On Saturday Lionel Messi started to smile again - and that is good news for football fans around the world.
  • High temperature hits Argentina in winter Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 3:39AMA bare-arm Argentine woman rides a bicycle in Buenos Aires, Aug. 21, 2010. Temperature reached 30 degrees centigrade in the winter time of Argentina. (Xinhua/Martin Zabala)
  • Argentine came to West Covina to realize his dreams Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 1:28AMAlberto Pelaez of West Covina had dreams he knew he could only fulfill in the United States. The Argentinian fulfilled his first dream, owning his own auto shop and working on his favorite car at Prestige Mercedes Benz in Baldwin Park for 30 years.
  • Fight Schedule Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 11:08PMNational TV in parentheses Aug. 27 At Johannesburg, Moruti Mthalane vs. Zolani Tate, 12, for Mthalane's IBF flyweight title; Mzonke Ffana vs. Cassius Baloyi, 12, for the vacant IBF super featherweight title. At Dover (Del.) Downs Hotel & Casino, Ahmed Kaddour vs. Terrance Cauthen, 12, junior welterweights. Aug. 28 At Guaynabo, Puerto Rico (PPV), Ivan Calderon vs. Giovani Segura, 12, for Calderon ...
  • Velez goes top of Argentine league Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 9:04PMVelez Sarsfield's 2-0 win over defending champion Argentinos Juniors on Saturday lifted it to the top of the Argentine Apertura standings. Leandro Somoza hit the opener from a 71st-minute penalty and Santiago Silva added the second following a corner in the 76th as Velez climbed above Estudiantes and Banfield after three games.
  • Argentina coach Batista picks Diego discards for Spain friendly Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 7:07PMBUENOS AIRES: Argentina coach Sergio Batista put his stamp on the post-Diego Maradona era by recalling World Cup absentees Javier Zanetti, Esteban Cambiasso and Andres D’Alessandro to the national squad on Friday.
  • Velez beats Argentinos 2-0 Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 6:23PMBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Velez Sarsfield's 2-0 win over defending champion Argentinos Juniors lifted it to the top of the Argentine Apertura on Saturday.
  • Team USA captain proud of roster Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 5:40PMRoberta Bolduc of Longmeadow knew she’d have plenty of talent to deal with, as captain of Team USA in the upcoming Women’s World Amateur Team Championships in Argentina.