Fernandez cruises to victory
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Argentine first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner rode an economic boom and her husband's popularity to victory in a presidential election on Sunday to become the country's first elected woman leader.
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was enough to ensure he would be able to govern. Vazquez declared himself winner a few hours. after compulsory voting ended in the nation of 3.4 million, and his two challengers conceded.
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Pablo Prigioni had 20 points and Luis Scola added 16 yesterday to help Argentina, the defending Olympic champion, defeat Uruguay, 90-69, in its opener in the FIBA Americas tournament in Las Vegas. Uruguay center Esteban Batista was held to 7 points, shooting 3 for 10. Emilio Taboada led Uruguay (1-1) with 14 points.Carlos Arroyo had 16 points and 8 assists for Puerto Rico in a 108-67 victory over Panama. Ricardo Sanchez scored 19 points and Carmelo Lee had 17 for Puerto Rico (1-1). Gary Forbes scored 19 points for Panama (0-2).Samuel Dalembert scored 6 of his 18 points in the final minutes and Jermaine Anderson scored the last 6 points to finish with 17 in Canadaâs 80-73 victory against Venezuela (0-2).
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SAITAMA, Japan  - Spain beat Olympic champions   Argentina 75-74 in a bruising Latin showdown to reach the final   of the world basketball championship on Friday.
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QUITO, Ecuador  - Ecuadorean presidential candidate Rafael Correa's political movement "Alianza Pais" claimed victory in Sunday's run-off election, a spokesman told reporters.
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Defending champion Alinghi evened the America's Cup with a 30-second victory in the fourth race on Wednesday.
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Juan Monaco of Argentina outlasted Luis Horna of Peru 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 Friday night to advance to the semifinals of the Copa Telmex.
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Bronze is the best the American men can do in basketball, and the reason is simple: A hastily assembled assortment of NBA stars couldn't beat a better team &#151; Argentina. Manu Ginobili scored 29 points to lead his nation to another victory over the country that used to dominate the sport, an 89-81 win in the Olympic semifinals Friday night.
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Last week at Kentucky Speedway, 41-year-old Adrian Fernandez became just the second driver older than 30 to win a race this season.
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Argentine first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner declared victory Sunday night as election returns showed her leading all rivals in her bid to succeed her husband and become the country's first female president.
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MEXICO&#39;s Adrian Fernandez held off a last curve challenge to win the Indy 300 here today. Fernandez foiled Bryan Herta while Brazil&#39;s Tony Kanaan moved closer to claiming the Indy Racing League season crown.
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Prime Minister Paul Martin gained a major victory for his flagging government early Thursday by reaching an agreement with provincial and territorial leaders that would
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Spain&#39;s Javier Pascual Rodriguez edged Colombia&#39;s Ivan Parra at the finish Thursday to win the 18th stage of the Spanish Vuelta, his fourth win of the race.
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Adrian Fernandez had enough horsepower to beat Tony Kanaan by mere inches in Sunday&#39;s Toyota Indy 400, but it didn&#39;t cost Kanaan the 2004 Indy Racing League championship.
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Adrian Fernandez beat Bryan Herta by 0.0716 of a second at the Delphi Indy 300 yesterday in Joliet, Ill., for his second victory in a month, but it was overshadowed by a scary crash late in the race that sent Buddy Rice&#39;s car skidding upside down along
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Spain's Antonio Zafra Fernandez from Madrid, 36, right, is congratulated by "Mr. Monopoly" Merwin Goldsmith after he won the World Monopoly Championship in Tokyo, Saturday, Oct.
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As the Olympic Games headed into the home straight, Argentina won their first Olympic gold medal in more than half a century when their soccer team beat Paraguay Saturday.