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Newsprint monopoly

A worker walks past paper rolls at Papel Prensa newsprint plant in San Pedro, some 180 kilometers, about 115 miles, north of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday. The paper used to produce newspapers came under government control in Argentina on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, after Argentina’s senate voted 41-26, in a long-sought victory for President Cristina Fernandez in her dispute with the country’s opposition media.
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A worker walks past paper rolls at Papel Prensa newsprint plant in San Pedro, some 180 kilometers, about 115 miles, north of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday. The paper used to produce newspapers came under government control in Argentina on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, after Argentina’s senate voted 41-26, in a long-sought victory for President Cristina Fernandez in her dispute with the country’s opposition media.