13/04/2012 | World

Six die as violence mars Syria truce, protests muted

Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad shot dead five protesters after Friday prayers, activists reported, while the government said an army officer was killed as violence marred a ceasefire brokered by international peace envoy Kofi Annan.

13/04/2012 | Argentina

Spain issues YPF warning

Tensions ran high in Spain yesterday as a minister stated that his government would interpret any “hostile gestures” against Spanish companies abroad as an act of aggression, in an apparent reference to a conflict with Argentina over the major oil company controlled by Spain’s Repsol.

13/04/2012 | Printed Edition

Spain issues YPF warning

‘Hostile gestures will bring consequences,’ Madrid says Tensions ran high in Spain yesterday as a minister stated that his government would interpret any “hostile gestures” against Spanish companies abroad as an act of aggression, in an apparent reference to a conflict with Argentina over the major oil company controlled by Spain’s Repsol.

13/04/2012 | Economy

Spain woes push up Italy borrowing costs

13/04/2012 | Argentina

Still no power in 1,473 homes

Eight days after the storm that affected Buenos Aires province, thousands of people remained without electricity.

13/04/2012 | Argentina

Storm alert issued for six provinces

Storm warnings for heavy rain and thunderstorms are in place for Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, northeast Salta, northern Santa Fe and northeast Santiago del Estero Provinces today the National Weather Forecasting Service (SMN) announced.

13/04/2012 | Argentina

Strikes affect services

13/04/2012 | Argentina

Takeover bill reportedly ready

13/04/2012 | Printed Edition

Takeover bill reportedly ready

The strongly rumoured nationalization of the oil company Repsol-YPF appeared to materialize when news agency reports said President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s administration had a bill at the ready declaring 50.01 percent of the oil company’s shares to be “of public use and subject to expropriation.”

13/04/2012 | Entertainment

The Grey stays lost in the woods