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Argentina's Austerity Measures
The president of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, says he has no choice but to impose stringent austerity measures to try to stop a run on the national currency.
Argentina's president, Mauricio Macri, has announced a number of emergency austerity measures to try to contain a run on the country's currency.
Also today, an amazing story of two Indian female pilots who are planning to circumnavigate the globe in 90 days in a light sports aircraft. And the government of Singapore is paying for people to go on dates to encourage people getting married and having babies.
(Photo: Demonstrators protesting against the economic policies of the government in Buenos Aires. Credit: Juan Mabromata /AFP/Getty Images)
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Mon 3 Sep 201816:06GMT
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