City Education Minister Esteban Bullrich summoned teacher unions for a meeting on Thursday to continue with wage talks, after failing to reach an agreement on Monday.

Economy Minister Hernán Lorenzino and Treasury Secretary Juan Carlos Pezoa anticipated that the fiscal surplus totalled $622.4 million pesos ($142.9 million dollars) in January against the positive result registered the same month in 2011, when it reached 2.105 billions.

Rivals heaped criticism on surprise front-runner Rick Santorum in a debate among Republican presidential candidates, hoping to stall his surge at a pivotal period in the 2012 campaign.

The unemployment rate dropped to 6.3 percent during the third quarter of 2011, a percentage point lower than the 7.3 percent registered in the same period in 2010, according to the Indec national statistics bureau.

Global stocks eased after data showed the euro zone may be sliding toward recession and China's new export orders shrank in February.

The White House today criticized Iran over the failure of the UN nuclear watchdog's latest mission, saying it again showed Tehran's refusal to abide by its international obligations over its nuclear program.

Fitch cut Greece's long-term ratings today to its lowest rating above a default, becoming the first ratings agency to make the widely expected downgrade after the country announced a bond exchange plan to ease its massive debt burden.

Health Minister Juan Manzur confirmed this morning that the situation on the MSC Armonía cruise ship, which lost a crew member last Friday to Influenza B, “was under control” and in a “normal state” after it arrived to Buenos Aires port to be inspected by customs and health authorities today.

By Mariano Martín
The national government has achieved what previously seemed impossible: unite the main industrial unions, including historic rivals, into the same formation.

US correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs today when rockets fired by government forces hit the house they were staying in, opposition activists and witnesses said.

Trade unionists, communists and pensioners angry at punishing spending cuts in Greece marched through central Athens as lawmakers set to work on legislation needed to secure payment of a second bailout for the debt-laden country.

Vélez Sársfield crushed Chivas 3-0 at the José Amalfitani stadium in the match of the Group 7 for the Libertadores de America Cup 2012.

Buenos Aires stocks closed higher with the Merval benchmark stock index edging up by 1.4 percent to 2,838.62 points. Meanwhile, the country-risk fell by 2.8 percent to 777 basis points in the JP Morgan EMBI index.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's imminent departure for more cancer surgery in Cuba has thrown his re-election campaign into uncertainty and once again shaken the socialist leader's passionate supporters.

At least 700 policemen took over the Police Station in Posadas, Misiones Capital city, as they claimed for better working conditions and a salary hike. Likewise, the policemen requested to be allowed to unionize their men.

The US dollar stood at AR$4.31/AR$4.37, thus remaining the same from previous price at the close business at Buenos Aires exchange houses.

The prospect of outcast Carlos Tevez pulling on a Manchester City shirt again moved closer when manager Roberto Mancini said he accepted the Argentine striker's apology for his behaviour over recent months.

Universidad de Chile thrashed Mendoza's Godoy Cruz 5-1 at Santa Laura Stadium for the Group 8 of the Libertadores de America Cup.

Tiger Woods has often been fired up by adverse comments in the past but appeared to shrug off claims by Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño that he was beatable at this week's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.

Judy Garland's ruby red slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" have found their way home.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said it had acquired one of the four known surviving pairs of the iconic shoes made for the 1939 movie, with the help of Leonardo DiCaprio and Steven Spielberg.

Brazilian football star Adriano has delighted Corinthians with his pre-season weight loss but the club's head coach Tite believes he must now improve his fitness before he is ready for regular action.