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Lovers' pitstop sends car off cliffFrom correspondents in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 20, 2004 A COUPLE who parked for a bit of passion on wheels got the surprise of their lives after their raucous rocking sent their car over a cliff in the west of Argentina, police said. There were no serious injuries, police said, but almost certainly some bruised egos as the 35-year-old man and 31-year-old woman plunged more than 300 metres into a ravine in Lujan de Cuyo, in the wine-making province of Mendoza. Oddly enough, authorities said the couple did not notice when the car took off...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - To the cheers of thousands of screaming Argentines, Cuban leader Fidel Castro criticized U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and Latin America in a speech Monday. Castro, who attended Sunday's inauguration of President Nestor Kirchner, was on his first trip to this economically troubled South American country since 1995. Dressed in a dark blue suit and tie, Castro drew shouts of "Ole! Ole! Ole!" and "Fidel! Fidel!" as he spoke for more than two and a half hours outdoors on a crisp winter night. Castro began by paying homage to Argentina-born revolutionary Ernesto...