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  • Paramedics care for wounded passengers from a commuter train that crashed at a railroad station in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Leonardo Zavattaro,Telam)

    Train slams into station in Buenos Aires; 49 killed

    A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters, authorities said.


  • A wounded passenger is carried out of a train after it crashed in Buenos Aires on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. At least seven people were killed and 162 injured in the rush-hour crash, which involved two passenger trains and the bus, the driver of which drove around barriers in an attempt to beat the trains, Argentine authorities said. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Pezzoni, DyN)

    Bus-train crash kills 9, injures 212 in Argentina

    A train slammed into a bus trying to beat it across the railroad tracks during rush hour in the Argentine capital Tuesday, ramming the bus into a platform and then striking another locomotive head-on. At least nine people, including the bus driver, were killed and 212 were injured, authorities said.


  • Violence breaks out after River Plate relegated

    River Plate was relegated to the Argentine second division for the first time in its 110-year history Sunday, sparking ugly street battles between police and fans with dozens injured inside and outside River's Monumental stadium.


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