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Electric Glitch Triggers New Qantas Flight Emergency

Mechanics poring over 747 after plane is forced to return to Sydney

(Newser) - Less than two weeks after a hair-raising Qantas landing, another of the airline's planes was forced today to return to Sydney's airport because of an electrical problem. Airline spokesmen did not discuss the specifics of the glitch, but mechanics were examining the Boeing 747 that had been bound for Argentina,...

Argentina's Ex-President Kirchner Dead at 60

Death leaves current president Cristina Fernandez a widow

(Newser) - Nestor Kirchner, Argentina's former and probable future president, and husband of current President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, has died today of a heart attack. He was 60. Kirchner, widely expected to run for the presidency next year, had undergone two heart procedures earlier this year, reports Reuters. Kirchner was...

Docs Remove Woman's 56-Pound Tumor
Docs Remove Woman's 56-Pound
Tumor
Aug 27, 2010 1:53 PM CDT

Docs Remove Woman's 56-Pound Tumor

Surgeon: 'We were totally shocked'

(Newser) - Surgeons in Argentina removed a 56-pound tumor from a woman's uterus, the AP reports. The cancerous mass was 19 inches across: "We were totally shocked," says the lead surgeon. The woman had felt a growth in her abdomen for a year but chalked it up to weight gain....

Mexico City Offers Free Honeymoon to Gay Couple

First Argentines to wed get the trip

(Newser) - Mexico City—the first city in Latin America to legalize gay marriage—is reaching out to Argentina—the first country in the region to do so . The first Argentine couple to wed under the new law will get a free honeymoon to the Mexican capital. The tourism minister says the...

250M People Now Live Where Gay Marriage Is OK
 250M People Now Live 
 Where Gay Marriage Is OK 
nate silver
Jul 15, 2010 1:42 PM CDT

250M People Now Live Where Gay Marriage Is OK

Same-sex unions continue slow and steady progress

(Newser) - When predicting the future of gay marriage around the world, it's tough to argue with the numbers: Nate Silver points out that Argentina's decision to sanction it means that 250 million people now live in places where it's legal. Click through to see his chart at FiveThirtyEight.com , which shows...

Argentina Legalizes Gay Marriage

Bill giving gay couples equal rights is a Latin American first

(Newser) - Argentina has become the first Latin American country to give same-sex couples all the rights of straight ones. A bill legalizing gay marriage has passed the country's Senate and President Cristina Kirchner has promised to sign it into law, CNN reports. Supporters and opponents of the law jostled outside during...

Vengeful TV Host Throws Octopus Into Blender
 Vengeful TV Host 
 Throws Octopus 
 Into Blender  
world cup fallout
Jul 12, 2010 3:57 PM CDT

Vengeful TV Host Throws Octopus Into Blender

Relative of Paul the psychic cephalopod meets grisly end

(Newser) - And you thought the run on octopus recipes was bad—a relative of Paul the newly retired World Cup psychic wound up in a blender on Argentine TV, reports the UK Sun . "Adios," Roberto Pettinato croons to the "pulpo Nazi" as he takes shooting the messenger to...

Argentina Media Heirs May Have Been Stolen Babies

DNA tests ordered by court

(Newser) - Brother and sister heirs to one of Argentina's largest media companies are being forced to undergo DNA testing to determine if they were stolen as babies from tortured political prisoners to be handed over to their adoptive tycoon mom. Human rights group Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo won a...

The Worst Calls of All Time
 The Worst Calls of All Time 
Jun 4, 2010 12:29 PM CDT

The Worst Calls of All Time

Don't feel bad, Armando, you're not alone

(Newser) - In honor of Armando Galarraga's perfect one-hitter, Salon decided to compile a list of some of the biggest blown calls in history. And we decided that it would be more fun to watch those blown calls than to read about them. So check out this video gallery, and get ready...

Holloway Suspect Wanted in New Murder

Joran Van der Sloot is top suspect in death of woman, 21, in Peru

(Newser) - Joran van der Sloot, the on-again, off-again top suspect in Natalee Holloway's disappearance, has been named the top suspect in the murder of another young girl in a tropical locale. Van der Sloot was the last person seen with Stephany Tatiana Flores Ramirez, a 21-year-old Peruvian girl who disappeared Friday...

Colombian Narco-Beauty Queen Busted

Cops: Model was ringleader of drug trafficking gang

(Newser) - Colombia's one-time Coffee Queen became queen bee of a gang that recruited models to smuggle cocaine from South America to Europe, police say. Angie Sanclemente Valencia was busted in Argentina yesterday after being on the run for 5 months, the BBC reports. Valencia, 30, was stripped of her title in...

Mark Sanford Won't Face Criminal Charges

AG calls on SC to 'move on' from governor's ethics woes

(Newser) - Mark Sanford, already bombarded with ethics charges and legislative censure, will not face criminal charges related to his international extramarital shenanigans, the State reports. A criminal case against the governor can't be proven "beyond a reasonable doubt," South Carolina AG Henry McMaster said today, adding, "The time...

Baby Survives Shooting By Suicidal Parents

7-month-old girl found alive with bullet in her chest 3 days later

(Newser) - A 7-month-old Argentine baby has miraculously survived being shot as part of her parents’ apparent suicide pact. The baby girl was found covered in blood alongside the bodies of her parents and her 2-year-old brother, a bullet lodged in her chest, ABC News reports. She’d been there for three...

Clinton Seeks to Defuse Falklands Spat

Secretary of state offers to facilitate, but not mediate, UK-Argentina talks

(Newser) - Argentina and Britain need to do something to resolve rising tensions over the Falkland Islands but they shouldn't expect the US to mediate, Hillary Clinton said yesterday. "What we want to do is to facilitate them talking to each other,” she said at press conference in Uruguay. “...

Man Saves Stalled Van From Train
 Man Saves 
 Stalled Van 
 From Train 
viral video
Feb 11, 2010 2:13 PM CST

Man Saves Stalled Van From Train

Buenos Aires man just avoids getting hit himself

(Newser) - An Argentina man has become a hero and YouTube sensation after pushing a stalled van out of the way of an oncoming train in Buenos Aires, narrowly avoiding being hit by the train himself. Check out the spectacular raw video above.

Orcas Storm Beach to Grab Seals

Killer whales surf ashore for dinner

(Newser) - Innovative killer whales are breaching a beach in Argentina to grab seals and sea lions in the first such behavior ever witnessed. A pair of orcas particularly adept at the brazen strategy, nicknamed Mel and Maga by observing National Geographic scientists, have been spotted repeatedly riding the waves to shore,...

Pork Is Natural Viagra: Argentine President

Cristina Kirchner describes 'impressive' pork-fueled weekend

(Newser) - Pork is no longer just the other white meat, but also the other blue pill, according to Argentina's president. That’s right: porcine meat is good for your libido. “Pork consumption improves sexual activity,” Cristina Kirchner said as she announced lower meat prices. “Some nicely grilled pork...

Argentine Men Are Latin America's First Gay Marrieds

HIV-positive due find gray area in country's laws

(Newser) - Rather than wait for Argentina’s top court to rule on their status, two HIV-positive gay men married today in the southern city of Ushuaia, after a special decree from the region’s governor. The nuptials—uniting Alex Freyre, 39, and Jose Maria Di Bello, 41—are a first for...

Judge Blocks Latin America's 1st Gay Wedding

Argentine couple's case sent to supreme court at last minute

(Newser) - An Argentine judge put the kibosh on Latin America's first gay wedding before it could take place today. The federal judge ruled yesterday to reverse a decision from a Buenos Aires judge allowing the wedding to proceed, the AP reports, until the country's supreme court can consider the issue. Jose...

Beauty Queen Dies After Cosmetic Surgery

Ex-Miss Argentina 'dies for a firmer behind'

(Newser) - Former Miss Argentina Solana Magnano died in Buenos Aires this weekend after suffering complications from cosmetic surgery on her buttocks. The 38-year-old mother of twins died after fluid injected as part of the procedure went to her lungs and brain, AP reports. A former chief of the Buenos Aires association...

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