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Bill legalizing abortion passed in pope's native Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina on Wednesday became the largest nation in Latin America to legalize elective abortion, a triumph for a feminist movement that overcame a last-minute appeal by Pope Francis to his compatriots and could pave the way for similar actions across the socially conservative, heavily Roman …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Argentine Senate approves bill legalizing abortion

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s Senate passed a law legalizing abortion early Wednesday after a marathon 12-hour session, a victory for the women’s movement that has been fighting for the right for decades.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Argentine Senate weighs fate of abortion in pope's homeland

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The decades-long fight by Argentine women’s groups for legal abortion was being decided by the Senate in a debate that spilled into the early hours of Wednesday before a vote that could change the outlook for the procedure across a continent where it is still …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Argentine Senate weighs fate of abortion in pope's homeland

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The decades-long fight by Argentine women’s groups for legal abortion was being decided by the Senate in a debate that spilled into the early hours of Wednesday before a vote that could change the outlook for the procedure across a continent where it is still …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Argentina looks to add more transgenders to labor force

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Angeles Rojas strides down the hall of the Argentine state bank, passed portraits on the walls of past bank presidents who may have been shocked to see a young transgender on its workforce.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Argentines bid a raucous farewell to Maradona amid clashes

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Soccer superstar Diego Maradona was buried Thursday in a private ceremony attended by only two dozen people — a stark contrast to earlier in the day when tens of thousands of weeping fans filed past his coffin for hours in an observance that mixed head-of-state-like honors …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Thousands bid farewell to Maradona in Argentina amid clashes

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Tens of thousands of fans, many weeping, filed past the coffin of soccer superstar Diego Maradona on Thursday in ceremonies that mixed head-of-state-like honors with the chaos of a rowdy stadium.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who scored the “Hand of God” goal in 1986 and led his country to that year's World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine use and obesity, has died. He was 60.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Argentina's soccer fans weep for superhero Diego Maradona

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina's stunned soccer fans sought each other out Wednesday to mourn the death of Diego Maradona, gathering by the hundreds in spots linked to the life of the legendary player.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who scored the “Hand of God” goal in 1986 and led his country to that year's World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine use and obesity, has died. He was 60.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Maradona admitted to a hospital with signs of depression

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Diego Maradona was admitted to a hospital with signs of depression Monday, three days after his 60th birthday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Maradona admitted to a hospital with signs of depression

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Diego Maradona was admitted to a hospital with signs of depression Monday, three days after his 60th birthday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Correction: LT--Argentina-Transgender Newscaster story

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — In a story March 17 about Argentina's first transgender newscaster, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the newscaster, Diana Zurco, said that she asserted her identity while a teenager by saying “I'm a trans boy.” In fact, she said: “I'm trans.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Argentina's vice president charged with bribery

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Catholic youths converge on Rio

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

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