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Argentine enviro secretary fined for dirty river

October 29, 2009 By The Associated Press  MICHAEL WARREN (Associated Press Writer)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Environmentalists praised a judge on Wednesday for fining Argentina's environmental secretary and two local politicians for failing to clean up the polluted river that flows sluggishly through the heart of the capital.

More than 4,100 sources of pollution, including tanneries; oil, chemical, and metal plants; industrial food plants; and illegal sewage pipes drain...

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