Argentina to dissolve intelligence body after prosecutor death

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Argentine's president made the announcement in a TV address 

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President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has announced plans to disband Argentina's intelligence agency. 

In a TV address, she said she would draft a bill to set up a new body. 

Ms Fernandez said the intelligence services had kept much of the same structure they had during the military government, which ended in 1983. 

The move comes after the mysterious death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman - hours before he had been due to testify against senior government officials.

He had been investigating the bombing of a Jewish centre in the capital in 1994 which left 85 people dead.

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Mexico missing: Thousands march to demand full investigation

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Thousands of people have taken part in demonstrations in Mexico City to demand a full investigation into the disappearance of 43 students four months ago.

The trainee teachers went missing after taking part in a protest in the south-western town of Iguala on 26 September. 

Prosecutors say they were seized by local police and handed over to a local gang, which killed them. 

Those marching included the families of the missing students. 

They started their journey from four different suburbs of Mexico City and headed to the city's main square, the Zocalo.

More than 100,000 people have been killed or have disappeared in Mexico.

But the BBC's Katy Watson says the case of the 43 students has galvanised Mexicans angry with high levels of corruption and collusion between local authorities, police and criminal gangs.

Russian Threats Underscore Europe's Need To Boost Military

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An international cat-and-mouse game played out in the waters of Stockholm a few months ago.

The "mouse" was a foreign submarine — Russia is the main suspect — that got away.

And as Russia's military becomes more aggressive, European leaders fear they do not have the military power to deal with this new threat.

Take Sweden, for instance. Its days of military might are long gone.

The numbers tell the story, says Karlis Neretnieks, who used to run Sweden's National Defense College and has had a long career in the military.

"The army has been reduced by 90 percent, from approximately half a million men to, today, 50,000 [troops] including the home guard, 25,000 if you just count the regulars," he says.

The story is similarly dramatic with the navy — which has been scaled back by some 80 percent — and the air force, which has slimmed down by 70 percent, according to Neretnieks.

Auschwitz anniversary: The survivor who brought the Holocaust to life

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In the Spring of 1945 a teenager called Thomas Geve had a remarkable story to tell. 

He had survived for two years in the death camps at the heart of the Nazi Holocaust - Auschwitz first, then the westward forced march as the Germans retreated from the Russian advance, and finally Buchenwald. 

His mother died in Auschwitz but his father, who had been separated from the family in the chaotic months as Europe slid into war in 1939, had survived in England.

Facebook CEO leads list of U.S.' youngest

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Being a CEO is a great gig if you can get it – so much so that many CEOs hang on into their jobs well into their 70s and 80s. But some CEOs are getting a jump start. 

There are 10 CEOs of companies in the Standard & Poor’s 1500 index aged 40 or younger, according to a USA TODAY analysis of data from S&P Capital IQ. These CEOS, including Mark Zuckerberg at social networking king Facebook (FB), Joey Agree at real-estate firm Agree Realty (ADC) and Sardar Biglari of restaurant chain Biglari (BH) have reached the top of the corporate chain well before hitting their big 4-0. The ages are based on data from the company’s most recent regulatory filings. 

The average age of CEOs in the S&P 1500 is 56, giving you an idea of just how unusual these leaders are. But interestingly, the companies with the youngest CEOs have been outperforming the market – along with those with the oldest leaders. Shares of the companies with CEOs aged below 40 are up an average of 39.7% over the past two years. That beats the 36% gain of the S&P 1500 as a whole.