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Argentina's nationalization of YPF, the country's largest oil and natural gas producer, may come back to hurt its energy ambitions, said this month's International Energy Agency oil market report.

On the Road is one of the most anticipated films in the Cannes Film Festival lineup this year. Based on Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel of the same name, the iconic story follows a young man's literal and figurative journey to self-discovery. Sal Paradise (Sam Riley) is a struggling writer who has just lost his father to cancer; he decides to embark on a road trip with the free spirited Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund).

After legalizing gay marriages in 2010, Argentina now welcomes a new gender rights law that gives it citizen the right to undergo sex-change surgery or hormone therapy lawfully.

Where to watch live coverage of the Europa League final between Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, plus a full preview, prediction and probable lineups.

Winning the title in four major European nations might never be repeated and the fact Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has overcome the great Barcelona to achieve the feat makes his success even more remarkable.

Spain?s chief economist said Wednesday Bolivia will ?compensate Red Eléctrica Española the costs invested in the country?s electricity network? after the South American country announced it would expropriate the local unit of the Spanish utility, Transportadora de Electricidad S.A.

Apart from Arsenal, Real Madrid and Liverpool, cash rich French Ligue 1 side PSG and Italian Serie A club Juventus are also interested in luring the player away.

On Tuesday, TripAdvisor released its 2012 Travelers' Choice Destinations awards honoring 440 destinations in 37 markets.

Team U.S.A. will face tough challengers in Argentina, France and Tunisia in Group A.

The U.K. banned all exports to Argentina's military Thursday amid heightened tensions over the long-standing Falkland Islands dispute.

Brazilian oil company Petrobras said Wednesday it will focus on investing in and developing its domestic energy sources rather than immediately invest more in concessions in Argentina.

The European Union is preparing to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization over Argentina's new import restrictions, and may seek additional action in response to the country's recent nationalization of its largest oil firm YPF. The Argentinian government seized control of the company from Spanish oil major Repsol.

The thrill of walking in the footsteps of Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott has put Antarctica back on the tourist map this year.

Argentina added to its gold reserves for the first time in nearly six years in September 2011 as the price hit record highs, mirroring the trend among emerging central banks to diversify further from paper currencies such as the U.S. dollar.

Gold prices steadied near $1,640 an ounce in Europe on Tuesday as a softer tone to the dollar arrested the previous session's slide, but traders largely stuck to the sidelines ahead of a key monetary policy meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Spanish oil company Repsol threatened on Monday legal action against any investors helping newly nationalized Argentine oil company YPF develop oil resources previously discovered by the Spanish firm.

Argentine oil group YPF has cut computer links with parent Repsol, two sources familiar with the matter said Sunday.

Fearing a trade war, a Spanish oil executive is asking Madrid to take a cautious approach to how it responds to Argentina's seizure of two subsidiaries of a Spanish oil major .

In a seeming effort to profit from the latest European disaster, large investors are causing some unusual movements in the U.S. securities markets.

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Argentina's plan to seize control of oil and gas company YPF SA from Spain's Repsol YPF has ended years of deliberations by China's Sinopec Group to purchase the company. The move has also caused international condemnation.