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• Petition calls for justice in AMIA attack

  July 3, 2011 1:49pm

  A campaign was launched to bring the masterminds of the AMIA Jewish center bombing in Buenos Aires to justice.

• Argentina to compensate victims of Israeli Embassy bombing

  June 30, 2011 1:20pm

  Relatives of victims of the 1992 attack on the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires will receive compensation from Argentina.

• Awareness campaign on AMIA attack wins awards

  June 26, 2011 1:27pm

  A campaign to create awareness in Argentina about the 1994 attack against the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires won two awards at the prestigious Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

• Argentine court says candidate can’t be ‘rabbi’ on ballot

  June 17, 2011 10:18pm

  A Buenos Aires court ruled that a rabbi running for the city’s legislature cannot use the title “rabbi” on an election ballot.

• In Buenos Aires, a mayor facing a Jewish challenger taps a rabbi to lead his party’s list

  June 13, 2011 7:19pm

  Municipal elections in Argentina’s capital feature a Jewish mayoral candidate, a rabbi running atop the rival party’s legislative list — and a neo-Nazi who also wants to be mayor.

• Bolivia boots Iranian defense minister over ’94 bombing

  June 1, 2011 1:44pm

  Iran’s defense minister left Bolivia following complaints from Argentina over his alleged involvement in the 1994 bombing of the Buenos Jewish community center.

• Google ordered to stop recommending anti-Semitic sites

  May 19, 2011 2:04pm

  A court in Buenos Aires has ordered Google to stop recommending anti-Semitic and racist websites to users.

• Indictments handed down in AMIA bombing cover-up

  May 15, 2011 3:24pm

  A former Jewish leader was among those indicted in Argentina for bribery during the original investigation of the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires.

• Day school headmaster seriously hurt in Buenos Aires attack

  May 10, 2011 8:07pm

  The headmaster of an Orthodox Jewish day school in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was attacked as he left the school.

• Jewish-backed Argentinian soccer club takes title

  May 8, 2011 6:33pm

  A professional Argentinian soccer club founded more than a century ago in a Jewish neighborhood won its league championship.