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A fossil of a sabre-toothed squirrel has been found in Argentina.

Multiple Fortune 100 companies were the victims of a coordinated series of cyber attacks dubbed Nitro, says security firm Symantec Corp. At least 48 firms - all of which are involved in the chemical and defense industries - were subject to the attack, which has been traced back to a computer system owned by a man in his twenties working out of northern China.

Here is the list of the nominees for the 2011 FIFA Ballon d’Or World Player of the Year.

The nondescript stretch of asphalt is an unlikely symbol of Brazil's attempt to lift its economy into a new high-tech era.

American oil and gas company Apache Corp plans to increase investments in its Egypt operations by $1.5 billion starting in 2012, Egypt's General Authority for Free-zones and Investments said on Saturday.

Vancouver-based Argentex Mining Corp. said Friday that Argentina's new decree tax repatriation law will not affect the company in the near term.

Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler said on Thursday he was sober when he fell in the shower in his Paraguay hotel room earlier this week.

Alfredo Astiz, Argentina's infamous Blond Angel of Death, and 11 other death squad members from the 1970s were jailed for life on Wednesday

Argentina's oil, gas and mining companies must start repatriating all export revenue, according to an order by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's administration, which is struggling to halt capital flight from the inflation-plagued economy.

Fernandez trounced her opponents, gaining almost 54 percent of the electorate – her closest challenger, Socialist Hermes Binner polled only 17 percent.

Argentina's center-leftist president, Cristina Fernandez, won a landslide re-election victory Sunday as voters credited her unconventional policies for a long economic boom.

Argentina's fiery center-leftist president, Cristina Fernandez, swept to a landslide re-election victory Sunday, crowning a comeback that seemed unthinkable for much of her turbulent first term.

For the small club of companies who trade the food, fuels and metals that keep the world running, the last decade has been sensational. Driven by the rise of Brazil, China, India and other fast-growing economies, the global commodities boom has turbocharged profits at the world's biggest trading houses.

John Marinatto held an unusual conference call Tuesday with the hopes of dismissing the topic of the Big East conference's realignment. Marinatto, the Big East commissioner, wanted Wednesday's men's basketball media day to be about basketball, not the seismic changes the Big East has undergone because of football's influence.

The U.S. Supreme Court will ultimately decide if victims and their families can sue corporations or political organizations in America for human rights abuses in other countries.

Real Madrid face their toughest opponent in Group D when second-placed Olympique Lyon visits the Santiago Bernabeu for their UEFA Champions League tie on Tuesday.

Real Madrid face their toughest opponent in Group D when second-placed Olymipique Lyon visits the Santiago Bernabeu for their Uefa Champions League tie on Tuesday.

Air travel has resumed in South America after an ash cloud from Chile's Puyehue Volcano grounded flights.

Research show a huge tail made the Carnotaurus one of the fastest dinosaurs of its time.

Inside the Texas governor's big, black SUV rides a small-town girl who never expected to be first lady of the state. Anita Perry, the wife of Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry, is still a nurse at heart, reaching out to friends and strangers with warmth and health advice. But the quiet blonde who first dated Perry in high school has blossomed over the years into a formidable partner in his political career.

Los Galacticos get a hat trick from Gonzalo Higuain