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Argentine president moves to control newsprint (AP)

August 24th, 2010

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez delivers a speech during a national address in Buenos Aires, Argentina Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2010. Fernandez said leading newspapers, Clarin and La Nacion, used the newsprint company, Papel Prensa SA, to impose media monopolies on Argentina, stifling other viewpoints by refusing to sell paper at fair prices to competitors. (AP Photo/ Eduardo Di Baia)AP - The government moved Tuesday to take over Argentina’s only newsprint maker, alleging two leading newspapers illegally conspired with dictators to control the company three decades ago and then used it to drive competing media out of business.


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