
Buenos Aires: A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station on Wednesday, injuring at least 340 morning commuters, Argentina's transportation secretary said. "There are people still trapped, people alive, and there may have been fatalities. We don't know if there are dead people" in the wreckage, JP Schiavi told reporters at the station. The commuter train came in too fast and hit...

08:44 PM, Feb 22, 2012

Buenos Aires: A train slammed into a bus trying to beat it across the railroad tracks during rush hour in the Argentine capital on Tuesday, ramming the vehicle into a platform and then striking another locomotive head-on. At least nine people, including the bus driver, were killed and 212 injured, authorities said. The force of the arriving train reduced the bus to a fraction of its width as it became...

02:10 AM, Sep 14, 2011

Buenos Aires: Beatles fan Gerardo Weiss ran a typical Buenos Aires barber shop until he had a dream that the Fab Four dropped in for a haircut. Seven years later, Weiss has made Beatles-inspired cuts his specialty. "The dream got etched on my memory," he said at the modest salon, the walls plastered with photos of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. "I decided to get rid...

11:24 AM, Jul 30, 2011

Buenos Aires: Stiff winds blew ash from a Chilean volcano on Tuesday in a widening arc across Argentina to the capital, grounding most air travel to and from the country for much of the day. Since airborne ash can severely damage jet engines, Aerolineas Argentinas and Austral, the country's state-owned international and domestic airlines, canceled all flights within Argentina as well as to and from other countries. At least six...

08:13 AM, Jun 08, 2011

Buenos Aires: Zookeepers in Buenos Aires showed off triplets Wednesday - three white cubs born to a pair of white lions imported from South Africa. Zoo officials say the two females and a male were born Nov. 16 and are the first white lions to be born in South America. Children who visit the zoo this Argentine summer can take part in a contest to name them. "We're very proud....

03:56 PM, Jan 06, 2011
Buenos Aires: A 21-year-old woman survived a fall from the ninth floor of a building in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires. The woman, who hails from South Africa, broke an ankle and sustained a facial injury in the fall, but she is out of danger, doctors said. The accident occurred on Saturday, when the woman, who is on a vacation in Argentina, tried to jump from the terrace of the building...

10:16 AM, Aug 16, 2010

The ship allegedly had over 9 tonnes of gold and silver on board. ...

11:40 AM, Jun 20, 2009

West Indies need to perform better if they have to compete with India, says the legendary fast bowler. ...

12:57 PM, Mar 22, 2008

Doctor says football star has gained weight again and is overeating and drinking. ...

03:42 PM, Apr 14, 2007

Italian businessman, Ottavio Quattrocchi has checked out of Sheraton hotel to an undisclosed location. ...

01:59 AM, Mar 09, 2007

The Argentinian Foreign Office is now processing documents presented by the Indian Government to extradite Quattrocchi. ...

08:04 AM, Mar 03, 2007

One tabloid headline had the twins running naked in the hallway of their hotel, a report the hotel staff denied. ...

10:48 AM, Nov 29, 2006

Barbara Bush's mobile phone and purse were snatched when she and her twin Jenna, were dining in Buenos Aires. ...

11:54 AM, Nov 22, 2006