Neil Gaiman wins 2009 Newbery Medal

At 5:30am, author Neil Gaiman was woken by his assistant and, after a few drowsy minutes of phone tag, greeted by a panel of 14 librarians and book critics congratulating him on winning the 2009 Newbery Medal for...

Smoke chokes Buenos Aires

Smoke is hanging over Argentina's capital Buenos Aires, causing major disruption to daily life after farmers apparently set brush fires to clear their land. "The smoke, from about 300 fires, is blamed for at least...

Passenger riots shut Buenos Aires airports

Exhausted and fed up passengers at Argentina's main airport today smashed ticket counters, threw things at airport personnel and stormed the immigration control center, after a second day of canceled flights. The...

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