The U.N. General Assembly’s vote for the Asia-Pacific non-permanent seat on the Security Council went down to the wire on October 18, as a second ballot had to be held when none of the contenders, Cambodia, South Korea, and Bhutan, won a clear two-thirds majority. After the first round of voting, neither South Korea, Cambodia, nor Bhutan had gained the necessary 128 votes from the 193 General Assembly member states to secure a win. A moderator who read out the results Read more [...]

Returning after a month on the sidelines – Juan Martin Del Potro today takes on Marinco Matosevic in the semi-final match of the ATP 250 event in Vienna. The top seed here, the Argentine is getting some match practice ahead of the upcoming ATP World Tour Finals in London.Placed at No.7 in the ATP rankings, Del Potro has not been able to live up to his billing since winning his maiden Grand Slam at the US Open in 2009. The 23-year old Argentine has 10 career titles to his name and has managed Read more [...]

Argentina's Emiliano Grillo battled bravely to hold his lead in the third round of the Perth International Saturday before being gunned down by two more experienced rivals, Americans Bo Van Pelt and Jason Dufner. World number 24 Van Pelt holed a 15-metre putt from the back tier of the 18th green at the end of the day to grab a one shot lead over world number 10 Dufner at the US$2 million tournament at Lake Karrinyup. He said he was pleased to end the day with momentum, adding: "It was just Read more [...]

Arsenal Sarandi have moved up to 10th in the Argentinian Apertura following a 2-0 win at home to 10-man Colon Santa Fe on Friday.Arsenal scored in the final minute of each half through Striker Lisandro Lopez (45) and Midfielder Jorge Ortiz (90), while the visitors had Ivan Moreno Fabianesi sent off eight minutes from time which only capped off a miserable afternoon for the visitors.Meanwhile in the day's other game, Independiente won 1-0 at Argentinos Juniors thanks to a 67th-minute goal from Read more [...]

Argie Claudio Yacob is loving life at West Bromwich Albion. Yacob, 25, will come face to face with Carlos Tevez today, a year after the Manchester City striker fled to Argentina with his homesick family, claiming his life in England had become a nightmare. He told The Sun: “English football is the most famous football and the best in the world. “When I was a child I’d listen to English games on the radio with my dad, Hugo. “It’s every kid in Argentina’s dream to play in England Read more [...]

Timerman reading the communiqué at Casa Rosada (Photo Telam) Late Friday and 17 days into the controversial retention of the vessel, Foreign Minister Hector Timerman read a communiqué from Government House, Casa Rosada pointing out Argentina’s position and emphasizing that Argentina “will appeal to all possible Read more [...]

Flagship of the Argentine navy with all its ceremonial sails displayed According to the Buenos Aires media in a letter from the solicitors’ office representing NML Capital in Accra, Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa Ankomah addressed to Argentina’s legal defence Larry Otoo, it indicates that “our client has no intention Read more [...]

Kell Brook (left) should have little trouble 3pts Kell Brook to win in rounds 4 - 6 at 100/30 (bet365). 1pt Kell Brook to win in round one at 20/1 (Sky Bet). Kell Brook has vowed to retire from boxing should he come up short against Argentina's Hector Saldivia this weekend. The Sheffield man is on the cusp of a mega-money domestic showdown with Amir Khan in 2013 and knows defeat Read more [...]

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Oct. 18, 2012) - Salta Exploraciones S.A. (Salta), Cascadero's (TSX VENTURE:CCD) 50% owned Argentine subsidiary and Lumina Copper's 100% owned Argentine subsidiary, Corrientes Argentine S.A. (Corrientes), have agreed to enter a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to conduct a 50/50 Joint Venture (JV) exploration program on the Francisco I and Francisco II properties in north western Argentina. The properties are, immediately adjacent to the west of Lumina's Read more [...]

HID Global announced its industry and logistics RFID tag solution combined with NFC technology is being used to help the Bodega Norton winery in Argentina refine its harvesting process to improve productivity and employee satisfaction. The company developed a solution to replace the winery’s tracking system, which was based on the manual distribution and collection of some thousands of aluminum and plastic chips that tracked the amount of grapes picked by harvesters. Read more [...]