Biggest Bear Ever Found -- "It Blew My Mind," Expert Says
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There's a new titleholder for the biggest, baddest bear ever found. A prehistoric South American giant short-faced bear tipped the scales at up to 3,500 pounds (1,600 kilograms) and towered at least 11 feet (3.4 meters) standing up, according to a new study. The previous heavyweight was a North American giant short-faced bear -- a related extinct species -- that weighed up to 2,500 pounds (1,134 kilograms). The largest bear on record in modern times was a 2,200-pound (998-kilogram) polar bear shot in Alaska in the 19th century. The South American giant short-faced bear roamed its namesake continent about 500,000...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 04:10:17 AM
What’s Wrong with Argentina? A quick tour of the country tells us the story clearly.
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When President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner initiated the nationalization and expropriation of the Argentine assets of YPF, an oil company owned mostly by Spanish interests, it came as no surprise to anyone who has visited the country recently or watched it closely. The theft, a consistent manifestation of the Kirchner personality and the mercurial character of the Argentine political class, was more a return to business as usual for the country than a shock — and goes a long way toward explaining why Argentina is poor. In January 1912, an impartial observer of Argentina and the United States would have...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 04:10:17 AM
Falklands: Argentina ambassador calls for Britain to hand back 'colonial enclave'
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Alicia Castro tried to pull Argentina's immediate neighbours into the dispute, claiming UK diplomatic and business relations could be damaged if the islands were not handed over to Buenos Aires. She said Las Malvinas – Argentina's name for the Falklands – would be better off if they cut their ties with the UK.
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 04:10:17 AM
Argentina's Congress votes for YPF nationalisation
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Argentina has approved the expropriation of YPF, the country’s biggest oil company, from Spanish energy giant Repsol amid scenes of raucous jubilation inside and outside Congress. Following two days of debate, the Chamber of Deputies passed the nationalisation bill with a majority of 208 votes – 81 per cent of the house – after the Senate had paved the way for approval last week by also voting in favour. In both houses, the bill was backed by the overwhelming majority of opposition parties. Cristina Kirchner, the Argentine president, who had announced her decision to nationalise a little more than two...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 04:10:17 AM
Argentina the Outcast
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Roughly 20 years ago, an important Argentine minister startled a newly arrived Brazilian ambassador by telling him that “Argentina is prodigal in three things: meat, wheat, and insane gestures.” The decision to expropriate 51% of YPF, Argentina’s biggest energy firm, from the Spanish company Repsol is one of those gestures. Added to its contempt for foreign creditors, and to the growing and arbitrary protectionism that violates all global and regional rules, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s decision pushes Argentina closer to being deemed internationally as a lawless country.
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 04:10:17 AM
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