Buenos Aires  - The Argentine government said Monday it would not continue negotiating with agricultural producers in the face of recent criticism from their leaders of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's policies.

Argentina's four agricultural federations organized a rally Sunday in Rosario, some 300 kilometres north of Buenos Aires, marking the Day of the May Revolution, which in 1810 began the country's independence from Spain.

Buenos Aires - Argentine farmers' unions Wednesday resumed their strident stand-off wit

Buenos Aires - A survivor of the Argentine military dictatorship who is serving as a witness in trials against perpetrators of human rights abuses during that era has been released by kidnappers nearly 30 hours after being taken captive in an apparent attempt to silence him.

Argentine human rights activist Juan Evaristo Puthod, a survivor of the last dictatorship in the South American country from 1976-83, went missing on Tuesday prompting an intense search effort.

Puthod appeared bruised and exhausted at a hospital after unknown kidnappers took him hostage in the city of Zarate, 80 kilometres north of Buenos Aires.

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Zurich - Argentina maintained first place in the latest world football rankings issued on Wednesday by the ruling body FIFA, with European champions Greece enjoying a best-ever eighth place while E