Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:49:15 GMT http://www.buenosairesherald.com BuenosAiresHerald.com Copyright © 2010 Nefir S.A. - All Rights reserved. http://www.buenosairesherald.com/favicon.ico Forty-nine people were killed and 675 injured after a train crashed this morning while pulling into Once station, officials confirmed. Emergency teams concluded the rescuing of victims from the wreckage, sending the critically injured to local hospitals to be treated. Paramedics were also treating victims at the scene. 93449 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93449/once-train-crash-49-dead-675-injured Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Transport Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi stated during a press conference that the train was stopping as it entered the station, but “it did not stop,” and assured that “we have enough material” to determine the causes of the accident. 93466 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93466/the-train-was-stopping-we-dont-know-what-happened-in-the-last-40-metres-schiavi Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT First footage of this morning's fatal train crash where 49 people were killed and 550 injured were released. The shocking images show the train pulling into Once central station which then buckled after hitting the shock absorbers at the end of the track line. 93463 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93463/first-shocking-footage-of-once-train-crash Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner changed her official agenda for today, suspending planned activities for this afternoon. The decision came in light of the tragic railway accident at Once train station today, which claimed the lives of at least 49 people and injured at least 550. 93464 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93464/cfk-suspends-afternoon-activities-in-light-of-once-train-crash Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT 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 Tuesday. 93477 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93477/bullrich-summons-city-teacher-unions-for-wage-talks Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT 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. 93467 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93467/unemployment-rate-drops-to-67 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT 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. 93465 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93465/us-chides-iran-over-failure-of-iaea-mission Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT 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. 93459 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93459/fitch-downgrades-greece-on-debt-swap-plan Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT 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. 93447 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93447/cruise-ship-is-riskfree-says-health-minister Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT 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. 93451 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93451/syria-us-french-journalists-killed Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT By Mariano Martín The national government has achieved what previously seemed impossible: unite the main industrial unions, including historic rivals, into the same formation. 93432 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93432/uom-and-smata-seek-leadership-and-to-provoke-moyano Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT 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. 93469 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93469/greece-pores-over-bailout-laws-amid-protests Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was questioned by police today over his dealings with an alleged prostitution ring that was run from the northern French city of Lille and organized sex parties in Paris, Brussels and Washington. 93374 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93374/strausskahn-held-in-french-prostitution-probe Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Yemen pushed Ali Abdullah Saleh from power after 33 years today, voting to install his deputy as president with a mission to rescue the nation from poverty, chaos and the brink of civil war. 93375 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93375/yemen-election-ensures-salehs-exit-after-33-years Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT The accident that saw a Sarmiento line train crash into the platform at Once station this morning and left some 340 people injured, affected hundreds of people on their morning commute. One of the passengers named Fabián, stated to press, “I flew 15 forward due to the impact. I had people piled on top of me, none of us could move.” 93457 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93457/i-flew-15-metres-forward-due-to-the-impact-says-once-crash-victim Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Global stocks eased after data showed the euro zone may be sliding toward recession and China's new export orders shrank in February. 93446 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93446/global-stocks-lower-on-euro-zone-recession-worries Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Universidad de Chile currently beat Mendoza's Godoy Cruz 3-0 at Santa Laura stadium for the Group 8 of the Libertadores de America Cup. 93475 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93475/universidad-de-chile-thrash-godoy-cruz-first-half Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT 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. 93460 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93460/ba-stocks-edge-up Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT 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. 93448 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93448/misiones-over-700-policemen-take-over-police-station Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT 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. 93456 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93456/dollar-trades-steady-at-ar$437 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT 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. 93472 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93472/tevez-could-return-in-two-weeks-mancini Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT 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. 93474 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93474/chávez-surgery-rocks-venezuela-ahead-of-election Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT The German founder of file-sharing website Megaupload was granted bail by a New Zealand court on Wednesday after a month in custody as he prepares to fight US extradition hearings over Internet piracy and money laundering charges. 93391 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93391/nz-judge-grants-megaupload-founder-bail Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT A devastating prison fire that killed 360 inmates in a Honduran penitentiary was likely caused by a candle or cigarette that set a mattress alight, investigators said. 93414 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93414/investigators-say-prison-fire-likely-caused-by-cigarette Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT 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. 93453 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93453/woods-says-not-fired-up-by-talk-of-tiger-taming Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT 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. 93452 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93452/-adriano-back-after-weight-loss-still-out-of-pace-- Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Is an economic blockade of the Malvinas on? The apparent postponement of the Scout (a container vessel chartered from the Malvinas by the local shipping firm SAAS... 93438 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93438/scout's-honour-on-the-line- Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT When I recently asked a Japanese friend what lesson Latin America could learn from Japan, I expected him to say something about being prepared for natural disasters or about being... 93339 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93339/lessons-from-japan Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT After more than a quarter of century of silence, former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla has been speaking out. Until he addressed the court in Córdoba in December 2010 that convicted him on numerous counts of murder, torture and other crimes, he let his lawyers speak for him. 93171 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93171/an-exercise-in-evasion Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT There can be no doubt that our national and popular government will remain nationalist throughout this year (whether its continuing popularity will also survive remains to be seen)... 93173 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93173/the-new-face-of-nationalism Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT The most recent issue of the Columbia Journalism Review carries a feature story about the rise and fall of the financial press in the United States. The rise, in this case, is more evident than the fall. B 89833 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/89833/public-and-interest Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT The news is that FIFA, soccer’s world body, could annul Argentina’s 1978 World Cup victory. That may be putting it too harshly, but they are focusing on Argentina’s arranged 6-0 victory... 93011 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93011/1978-world-cup-win-probed Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Argentine politicians are fond of reminding us that democracy costs money, a great deal of money, so the only people who complain about it are authoritarians yearning for dictatorial... 92916 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/92916/politics-and-money Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Take any senior European politician, bureaucrat, economic expert, banker, diplomat, or even a delegate from a powerhouse in the developing world, and you will receive exactly the... 92656 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/92656/grexit-the-call-of-the-young Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT After Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman lodged Argentine protests over British military deployment in the South Atlantic to the United Nations Security Council, UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon urged Argentina and Britain to “avoid an escalation” ... 92100 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/92100/malvinas-three-countries-back-off-port-ban Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Eight years ago Laura Pollán was a schoolmarm who lived with her husband Héctor Maseda, leader of the illegal Cuban Liberal Party. Despite all the vicissitudes of living in a country... 81861 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/81861/laura-so-very-laura Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT This truncated week has not sent out the best message to our youth thus far (without even including that story truly worthy of this bicentenary month of the birth of Charles Dickens... 93411 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/93411/the-carnival-spirit Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Needing a little quiet on your next trip to the movie theatre? This week’s favourite film pick is of a silent kind, but proves that actions can indeed speak louder than words. ‘The Artist’ is in the Oscar eye, being carried through by talented cast, entertaining extras and complimentary background music. Meanwhile, Spielberg’s back with highly-acclaimed epic, ‘War Horse’. (See inside article for full details). 92938 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/92938/this-week-at-the-movies Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT