19/11/2008 00:02
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Aerolíneas clear for takeover

>Joint congressional committee recommends expropriation

A bicameral congressional committee urged President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner yesterday to expropriate the country's top airline as the government moves to bring the carrier under state control. The government is in talks to take over Aerolíneas Argentinas, owned by Spanish travel group Marsans. But negotiations have stalled over disagreement on how much the company is worth. The committee's recommendation opens the way for lawmakers to present legislation calling for the company to be expropriated, said Mariano West, a congressman from the ruling Peronist party. "But we haven't been able to come to an agreement yet," he said. Continues on Page 3

SPORTS
Coach Maradona debuts today URBAN STORIES

WHERE IS PALERMO VIEJO?
The Heralds Sorrel Moseley Williams walked across Palermo viejo looking for the heart of this typical porteño neighbourhood. PAGES 4-5

LOCAL HISTORY
EXHIBITION ABOUT TRAGIC PAST
The Archivo General de la Nación is hosting an exhibition dedicated to the Campaña del Desierto, a bloody campaign set in the 19th century against the natives. PAGE 3

AUSTRALIAN STAR
MINOGUE'S BA GIG
Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue delighted her local fans. The Herald's Lucas Whitworth writes about his own experience at the show. PAGE 7

Henry Paulson.
Paulson defends US$700B plan
US treasury secretary briefs
House panel on handling of program and expresses reservations about tapping the pool for mortgage guarantees to relieve skyrocketing home foreclosures.

• AUTO INDUSTRY
US carmakers seek US$25B. PAGE 5

• SAMUELSON
How to bail out General Motors. PAGE 10

U.S. PRESIDENT-ELECT HOPES TO VISIT ARGENTINA
Obama calls President
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner spoke to US Presidentelect Barack Obama for the first time since his election win, in a telephone conversation while Fernández was in Tunisia on her North African tour.
Fernández described the phone call as a "great honour for Argentina." Obama said he hopes to visit Argentina soon and be able to have a conversation with the President "face to face."

DAVIS CUP FINAL
'No letting guard down'
Argentina captain Alberto Mancini is expecting to face a tough opponent this weekend - despite the absence of top-ranked Rafael Nadal -when his team plays Spain in the Davis Cup final.
Juan Martín del Potro and David Nalbandian will play singles, but the doubles team will depend on "the results and intensity and length of the matches," Mancini said. Nalbandian could join José Acasuso or Agustín Calleri for the doubles.