51.   In a bid to appease the IMF, Argentine officials have since Wednesday stepped up calls to float the peso.

52.   IMF and Argentine officials will meet in January, the leader noted, although an exact date and venue have not yet been decided.

53.   IMF and Argentine officials will meet in January, the leader noted, although an exact date and venue have not yet been set.

54.   IMF managing director Horst Koehler has sent a letter expressing his readiness to work with the Argentine government on resolving the economic crisis, an Argentine official said Thursday.

55.   Interpol personnel in Mexico City arrested him Saturday, Argentine officials said.

56.   A commission of top-flight Argentine officials and selected foreigners will be on the commission, according to sources who said that a formal announcement would be made later Thursday.

57.   A meeting of South American leaders scheduled to be held in Buenos Aires this week was postponed to later in the month, Argentine officials said Monday.

58.   And Argentine officials increasingly have begun to doubt their miracle witness Moatamer, who while in Venezuela identified photos of several current and former Iranian diplomats.

59.   Argentine officials said Israeli experts would be arriving to help in the investigation.

60.   Argentine officials dropped Maradona from their roster Thursday after he tested positive for five banned drugs, all related to the stimulant ephedrine.