WORLD IN BRIEF : ARGENTINA : Markets Looted by Slum Dwellers
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Poor residents of the Argentine city of Rosario looted food stores and delivery trucks despite the efforts of police to keep order. Many of the looters were women and children, a news service reported. Similar looting last year grew to riots in which 16 people were killed and 200 injured. The cost of living soared by 79% last month in Argentina.
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