10/05/2012 | Argentina

Former Callejeros drummers' murder trial resumes

The court which currently has former Callejeros drummer, Eduardo Vásquez, on trial for murdering his wife, Wanda Taddei in February 2010, will resume the court hearing today. The last witnesses to see the couple together are to give evidence before the judge.

19/12/2012 | Argentina

Man kills bosses, colleague, starts fire before killing self

A factory employee in the Greater Buenos Aires area of San Fernando murdered his two bosses and a colleague, gravelly injured another and set the place on fire before killing himself, authorities said.

03/01/2012 | Argentina

GSK fined over vaccine trials; 14 babies reported dead

GlaxoSmithKline Argentina Laboratories Company was fined 400,000 pesos by Judge Marcelo Aguinsky following a report issued by the National Administration of Medicine, Food and Technology (ANMAT in Spanish) for irregularities during lab vaccine trials conducted between 2007 and 2008 that allegedly killed 14 babies.

03/01/2012 | Argentina

GSK Argentina says deaths not related to vaccine trials

GSK Argentina Medical Director Rosana Felice, come on stage and told reporters that the company will appeal the ruling and fine issued by Judge Marcelo Aguinsky over the killing of 14 babies during vaccine trials conducted in 2007 and 2008.

08/05/2012 | Argentina

Former Callejeros drummer's murder trial adjourned until Thursday

The judge currently leading the court case investigating former Callejeros drummer, Eduardo Vásquez for murdering his wife, Wanda Taddei, put the murder trial on hold today after meeting with judges to decide proceedings. The case will proceed on Thursday when the final witnesses witll give evidence.

08/02/2011 | Argentina

José León Suárez residents protest killings in train derailment case

José León Suárez residents, along with several social organizations, led a demonstration in front of the 4th police precinct in order to protest the deaths of two young men last week during a robbery attempt to a derailed train in the area.

14/05/2011 | Argentina

Carrascosa reaffirms innocence from prison

Carlos Carrascosa, a businessman convicted for murdering his wife María Marta García Belsunce in 2009, reaffirmed his innocence today from prison. He also stated that due to the “inefficiency” of public prosecutor Diego Molina Pico, it remained unknown as to who killed his wife.

21/07/2011 | Argentina

Police officer who killed man in San Telmo to testify before court

The Federal Police officer whose gun went off accidently yesterday - firing a shot and consequently killing passing-by pedestrian Ariel Domínguez, was kept last night under custody of the Border Patrol. Today he is to make a statement in court over the incident.

07/11/2012 | World

Syrian rebels fire at, miss Assad's palace

Syrian rebels fired mortars at President Bashar al-Assad's palace in Damascus today but missed, in an attack underlining the growing boldness of forces fighting to end his family's 42 years in power.

02/12/2012 | World

Tunnel collapses in Japan killing three

A tunnel on a major highway in central Japan collapsed today, killing at least three people and starting a blaze, Japanese media reported.

06/05/2011 | World

Obama pays tribute to unit in bin Laden raid

10/03/2012 | World

Yemen air strikes kill 45 suspected Qaeda militants

US drone attacks killed at least 25 al Qaeda-linked fighters including one of their leaders while a Yemeni air force raid killed 20 more in the south, sources said, in the biggest airstrikes since Yemen's new president took office.

17/06/2012 | World

Nigeria church suicide bombings kill 19, spark reprisals

Suicide car bombers attacked three churches in northern Nigeria today, killing at least 19 people and wounding dozens, and triggering retaliatory attacks by Christian youths who dragged Muslims from cars and killed them, officials and witnesses said.

18/01/2011 | World

Suicide bomber kills 42 police recruits in Iraq

A suicide bomber wearing a vest filled with explosives attacked Iraqi police recruits in former dictator Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, killing at least 42 and wounding over 100, officials said.

20/04/2011 | World

'Restrepo' director among civilians killed in Libya

Fighting in Libya's besieged rebel city of Misrata killed at least 10 civilians including an Oscar-nominated British filmmaker, and NATO urged non-combatants to avoid troops so it could step up air strikes.

02/05/2011 | World

Bin Laden killing was 'joint US-Pakistani operation'

An operation to hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden was run jointly by Pakistan and the United States, Pakistani sources said, belying perceptions of a rift in relations between the two countries' spy agencies.

18/03/2012 | Latin America

Uruguay court accuses two male nurses of murdering at least 16 patients

An Uruguayan court indicted two male nurses accused being responsible of at least sixteen patients and a female nurse of cover up, a court judge announced.

21/04/2012 | Latin America

Fifteen killed in northern Mexican bar shootout

Fifteen people were killed and at least one seriously wounded in a suspected drug-related shootout on Friday in a bar in northern Mexico, a region that has been brutalized by fighting between criminal gangs.