Argentine novelist Ernesto Sabato dies

BUENOS AIRES, April 30 (UPI) — Ernesto Sabato, the Argentine novelist who also headed an investigation into disappearances under the military junta, died Saturday at 99.

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The old and new are tangoing together

Why visit? The Paris of the River Plate, a city of belle époque palaces and ornate parks fronting the mouth of the world’s widest river, has just been put within easier reach, thanks to new daily non-stop flights with British Airways, which took off in February.

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Argentine writer Ernesto Sabato, who led probe of dirty war crimes, dies at 99

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Writer Ernesto Sabato, who led the government’s probe of crimes committed by Argentina’s dictatorship, has died at 99.

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DANIEL ZADUNAISKY The Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina Writer Ernesto  Sabato , who led the government’s probe of crimes committed by Argentina’s dictatorship, has died at 99.

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Physicist-turned-writer who headed probe of Argentine dirty war crimes dies at 99

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A widely honored Argentine novelist who led a probe of crimes committed by the nation’s dictatorship has died at 99.

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Former Agent for Pinochet Is Found Slain in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES — A former member of the Chilean secret police who was involved in killing a former Chilean army chief during that country’s dictatorship was found stabbed to death in his apartment in Argentina, Argentine officials said Friday.

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Grim outlook for S. America war on drugs as submersibles multiply

BUENOS AIRES, April 29 (UPI) — Anti-narcotics operations in Latin America face new setbacks as organized crime gangs use increasing numbers of submersible craft to avoid detection.

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Argentine police probe stabbing death of Pinochet agent who organized Carlos Prats bombing

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentine police are investigating the stabbing death of a former secret agent convicted of organizing the assassination of a leading critic of Chilean dictator Gen.

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Argentine union leader wants labor loyalists running country’s government and private firms

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina’s top labor leader says President Cristina Fernandez should run for re-election.

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Ex-Chilean agent stabbed to death in Buenos Aires

Argentine police are investigating the stabbing death of a former secret agent convicted of organizing the assassination of a leading critic of Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet.

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