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/ 23 November 2007

Football heaven in Argentina

It is, almost literally, football heaven. In Argentina football fans take their allegiance to the club very seriously. But now the fans of the Boca Juniors club can take their allegiance all the way to the grave — because a part of a peaceful cemetery, about 30km south of Buenos Aires, has been opened exclusively for Boca fans.

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/ 29 October 2007

Argentina’s First Lady cruises to victory

Argentine First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner rode an economic boom and her husband’s popularity to victory in a presidential election on Sunday to become the country’s first elected woman leader. Fernandez, a glamorous lawyer and centre-left senator, will take over from President Nestor Kirchner in December.