| Croatia's softly spoken 'Mr Clean'UK Telegraph - 5 hours agoIvo Josipovic, the social democrat who was elected Croatia's president on Sunday, capitalises on his image as a soft-spoken intellectual and a squeaky-clean political reputation. Voters, who were seemingly fed up with the graft scandals that engulfed Croatian politics over the past months, turned to Josipovic who had promised to usher in "the return of morals into politics". Jurist Josipovic wins Croatia presidential vote Reuters Debt Plan in Argentina Sets Bank Against the PresidentNew York Times - 14 hours agoRIO DE JANEIRO — A disputed plan by President Cristina Fern?ndez de Kirchner of to use billions of dollars in foreign currency reserves to repay debt has inflamed political tensions in that country, Latin America’s third-largest economy. Mrs. Kirchner’s cash-poor government is seeking to use $6.5 billion of Argentina’s nearly $48 billion in central bank reserves to help cover $13 billion in international debt that is due this year. Argentine Leader in Decisive Battle Wall Street Journal | |
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