AMIA accord with Iran sent to Congress
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, in a recorded message from her Government House office aired last night as a national broadcast, defended her government’s accord with Iran to form a truth commission to investigate the deadly 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires and announced that the agreement will be sent for debate and approval by Congress.

Argentina condemns Chilean military slurs

Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli yesterday described a video that was released on Wednesday, in which Chilean marines are seen marching and xenophobically chanting “Argentines I will kill,” as “unacceptable,” adding “I hope that” Chilean President Sebastián Piñera’s government will take the “appropriate measures” to punish the behaviour.

Lawmakers grill CIA nominee

WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama’s nominee for CIA director, John Brennan, told a Senate confirmation hearing yesterday he did not try to stop waterboarding as he faced tough congressional questioning on security leaks and the use of drones to kill US terrorism suspects.

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