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  • 17/12/2010 | Argentina

    'Defence plans not improvised,' Puricelli

    The Defence Minister, Arturo Puricelli, assured today by his administrative agency that "there will be continuity" in the politics applied by Nilda Garré, and sustained that the government, "is not improvising defence plans."

  • 19/11/2011 | Argentina

    Facebook page created in Cuello's defence

    A webpage has been created in the defence of the former stepfather of Tomás Dameno Santillán, and since the page was opened on Facebook it has received thousands of hits and comments; mostly insults against the only suspect in the crime.

  • 20/03/2012 | Argentina

    CFK thanks Peru over frigate decision, calls for regional 'joint defence' against militarization of South Atlantic

    In a live press conference on Tuesday, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner thanked “the Peruvian government and population” for their decision to leave without effect the scheduled visit of a British frigate “in support of the Argentine sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands.”

  • 28/03/2012 | Argentina

    Man allegedly kills son in self-defence

    A young man was shot to death by his father in Mar del Tuyú, who was later released after turning himself in and claiming that he killed him in legitimate defence. 

  • 06/05/2012 | Argentina

    Timerman blasts UK Defence Minister over apology demands

    Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman replied to recent demands of an apology made by English Defence Minister Phillip Hammond over a controversial Olympic ad shot in the Malvinas Islands and urged the UK to engage in negotiations.

  • 12/10/2012 | Argentina

    Argentina to appeal to 'bilateral administration' with Ghana

    Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli assured that Argentina will apply a "bilateral administration" with Ghana to achieve the release of the Libertad Frigate, which has been detained in a port close to Accra with its crew since October 2nd due to a complaint by a US hedge fund.

  • 13/11/2012 | Argentina

    Sabbatella reiterates AFSCA will not control editorial guidelines

    The head of the Federal Authority of Audiovisual Communication Services (AFSCA) Martín Sabbatella spoke today in further defence of the government-run institution regarding statements made by another representative regarding controls on editorial guidelines of the country’s media outlets.

  • 14/11/2012 | Argentina

    AFSCA could take over media groups if they don't guarantee license transfers

    The head of the Federal Authority of Audiovisual Communication Services (AFSCA) Martín Sabbatella said today that the government could intervene in audiovisual media companies who exceed the amount of licenses that fall in line with the Media Law, as of December 7.

  • 23/01/2013 | Argentina

    Puricelli says Santísima Trinidad sinking, 'possible sabotage'

    Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli said today that the sinking of the ARA Santísima Trinidad could have been a planned sabotage attack.

  • 25/01/2013 | Argentina

    CFK: 'Consumers should start defending themselves'

    Cristina Fernández de Kirchner maintained today that customers and consumers “have to start to defend themselves,” during a ceremony to sign an agreement with governors for the construction of 17,000 new homes.

  • 01/02/2013 | World

    Despite weak Senate performance, Hagel may yet win Pentagon post

    Chuck Hagel's cautious testimony may not have won converts during his contentious nomination hearing for US defence secretary, but it appeared today not to have cost support he will need to be confirmed as the new Pentagon chief.

  • 06/02/2013 | World

    US Senate committee delays vote on Hagel confirmation

    The US Senate Armed Services committee will not vote this week on Chuck Hagel's confirmation as President Barack Obama's next secretary of defence, the panel's chairman said today.

  • 16/02/2012 | World

    Britain set for Malvinas Islands oil windfall

    Britain will share in a Malvinas Islands windfall when oil starts flowing there later this decade and, with taxes and royalties estimated at up to $167 billion, the potential prize could inflame mounting tensions with Argentina over sovereignty.

  • 03/12/2012 | World

    Bloody new photo of Trayvon Martin's killer released

    A colour photograph of George Zimmerman with a bloody, swollen nose taken on the night he shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin last February was posted on the Internet today by Zimmerman's legal defence team.

  • 13/01/2013 | World

    UK prepares new plans to defend Malvinas Islands

    UK’s defence chiefs have drawn up new contingency plans designed to prevent hostile action by Argentina towards the Malvinas Islands, according to reports presented by English newspaper The Telegraph.

  • 15/05/2012 | World

    Obama issues veto threat against House defence bill

    US President Barack Obama threatened to veto a defence policy bill in the House of Representatives that would authorize higher Pentagon spending and tie his hands on national security issues from nuclear arms reductions to handling war detainees.

  • 07/06/2012 | World

    New York City official defends 'supersize' drink ban

    New York City's top health official shot back at critics who have blasted the city's plan to limit the sale of oversized sugary drinks such as soda, calling beverage industry opposition ridiculous.

  • 29/03/2012 | World

    UK: 'Argentina poses no credible military threat to Malvinas'

    On the verge of the Malvinas War 30th anniversary, the UK’s Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said that the Islands “don't face a current credible military threat from Argentina”, and remembered that “Argentine Mirage combat jets are no real menace to the Islands, which are well defended by the way too powerful RAF Typhoon jets.”

  • 10/04/2012 | World

    Attorneys for Martin shooter Zimmerman withdraw from case

    George Zimmerman's lawyers withdrew from his defence after the man who shot and killed an unarmed black Florida teenager telephoned prosecutors directly, contacted a television journalist and set up a website all without their knowledge.

  • 28/04/2011 | World

    Obama names Panetta as next US defence secretary

    President Barack Obama nominated CIA director Leon Panetta to be US defence secretary and General David Petraeus to replace him at the spy agency, in a major reset of the US national security team.

  • 06/01/2012 | Latin America

    Venezuela names defence min accused by US as drug kingpin

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez named as defence minister General Henry Rangel Silva, who the United States has described as a "drug kingpin" linked to cocaine smuggling from neighboring Colombia.

  • 14/11/2011 | Sports

    UK ponders missile defence for London 2012 Olympics

    Britain is ready to use missiles to protect next year's London Olympics from an airborne attack, Defence Minister Philip Hammond said, amid reports the United States was unhappy with security plans for the games.

  • 30/08/2012 | Sports

    Barcelona to study case for the defence

    Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova has work to do on his defence before the visit of Valencia this weekend after errors from Gerard Pique and Javier Mascherano handed Real Madrid the Spanish Super Cup.

  • 06/09/2012 | Sports

    Sabella still has doubts about the team's line-up

    Argentina's national football team coach Alejandro Sabella still has doubts to define the team that will face Paraguay for the World Cup qualifiers on Friday.

  • 16/04/2012 | Argentina

    Puricelli flys to Brazil

    Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli will travel to Brazil today to meet with his counterpart Celso Amorim, with whom he will analyze different issues on the bilateral agenda.


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