Argentina

Qatar Airways will bring South America to its rapidly expanding network by flying directly to Brazil and Argentina in the next few months.
South America’s two largest cities – Sao Paulo in Brazil and the Argentinean capital Buenos Aires – will join the airline’s rapidly growing international destinations over the next few months.
The national carrier will service the two South American cities using its state-of-the-art Boeing 777 aircraft.
Adding to the five new destinations already planned for 2010, the two South American cities will complete an “exciting line-up” of new routes for Qatar Airways direct from Doha.

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Updated on Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 10:56 IST

London: India has landed the eight spot in a new list of 20 best looking nations, which concluded that Americans are the most attractive looking people in the world.

The United States topped the poll more than 5,000 globe-trotting Britons, reports The Telegraph.

Second place was grabbed by Brazil while Spain was third.

Australia came fourth, Italy fifth.

Sexy Swedes helped the nation into sixth spot, and England made it into seventh place in the poll.

India was eighth, France ninth, and Canada finished off the top 10.

A spokeswoman for www.OnePoll.com, which carried out the UK study, said: America has got a lot on offer and boasts some of the sexiest people on the planet.

Catalonia are gonna play Argentina tonight,
Catalans are managed by legendary Dutch Master Johan Cruyff, while Argentina by Mr. Maradona (who is allowed to score with his hand coz he is short ;-0 )

what are your predictions?
i think 2-1 to Barca.

Mexico City legalizes same-sex marriage, adoptions

CNN) -- Mexico City, one of Latin America's largest metropolises, on Monday legalized same-sex marriage and adoption by same-sex couples.

By a vote of 39 to 20, the city's legislative assembly approved revisions to the civil code to permit same-sex marriages. Five legislators abstained.

In a separate motion, the assembly voted 31 to 24 in favor of legalizing adoption by same-sex couples, with nine abstentions.

The revision will change the definition of marriage to a union between two people, instead of the current version, which specifies a union between a man and a woman.

Civil groups in favor and opposed to the vote had gathered since early in the morning outside the legislative building.

Pakistan thrash India to reach Hocky Champions Challenge final

SALTA: Pakistan beat India 6-3 to set up a final against New Zealand in Champions Challenge hockey tournament on Saturday.

New Zealand held out two-time defending champion and host Argentina 3-2 to reach Sunday's final, where the winner will qualify for the Champions Trophy next July in Moenchengladbach, Germany.

Pakistan took only two minutes to score, through Rehan Butt, who would collect a hat trick in another classic match between the archrivals.

Dubai Debt Delay Rattles Confidence in Gulf Borrowers (Update2)

Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Dubai is shaking investor confidence across the Persian Gulf after its proposal to delay debt payments risked triggering the biggest sovereign default since Argentina in 2001.

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not so good news eh :(