Deputy and head of the newspaper salesmen union, Omar Plaini, admitted that some members of the CGT Labour Confederation closed to its boss Hugo Moyano, are considering the possibility of changing the voting system to choose labour union officials and thus allowing greater participation of the smallest unions.

The head of the Argentine Episcopal Conference (CEA) José María Arancedo expressed his support for the Government's strategy to claim the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands, deeming it “a state matter.”

Salvagers started to pump fuel away from the half-submerged wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship on Sunday, a month after it capsized and foundered off the Italian coast.

The most important leader of Peru's leftist Shining Path insurgency was seriously wounded and captured by security forces after being shot in a remote jungle rife with drug trafficking, President Ollanta Humala said in his first major victory against what remains of the rebel group.

Rupert Murdoch is under pressure over his Sun tabloid after the arrests of several senior staff in a corruption probe, but whistleblowers inside his media empire may pose more of a threat than the public outrage that forced the closure of its sister paper.

EU maverick Hungary will offer to tweak most of the laws at the heart of a dispute with Brussels when it responds formally to demands for change this week in a bid to unlock talks on vital aid.

Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney grabbed back some momentum after midweek losses in three states, scoring a narrow win in Maine's caucuses, hours after winning a straw poll of Republican conservative activists.

Japanese Emperor Akihito will undergo heart bypass surgery this week after a detailed examination found a heart problem had worsened, the Imperial Household Agency was quoted as saying.

Uruguay is concerned over the “militarization of the South Atlantic,” within the framework of the Argentine-UK dispute over the sovereignty of the Malvinas islands, Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luis Almagro said today.

Throughout the Grammys Awards night, many celebrities remembered Whitney Houston, who died suddenly on Saturday. She was evoked by fellow artists in acceptance speeches and songs. Jennifer Hudson sang Houston's signature hit, "I Will Always Love You," in the night’s most emotional moment.

Lucas Ocampos scored an extraordinary goal in River Plate’s 2-0 victory over Chacarita to return to the top of the National B Division. Vélez Sársfield and Racing Club started their Clausura Tournament campaign with draws against Godoy Cruz and Tigre, respectively.

At the New Jersey church where her singing career first took flight, fans and admirers gathered on Sunday to celebrate the life of Whitney Houston and mourn her passing a day after the pop music diva died in a Beverly Hills hotel.

In the middle of New York Fashion Week, typically filled with skinny models in slender garments, it was a celebration of the full figured and fabulous when lingerie maker Bare Necessities launched Bare Plus -- a new line catering to the rising numbers of plus-size women. 

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, in a video recording posted on the Internet, urged Syrians not to rely on the West or Arab governments in their uprising to topple President Bashar al-Assad.

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has put aside club rivalry by stating that Liverpool's Steven Gerrard would be the best man to lead England at Euro 2012.