61.   Though the Argentine government has done little to mount a defense or appeal, officials argue that Argentine beekeepers are being unfairly punished for being more efficient.

62.   This month the Argentine government provided Jewish investigators with bank-account records that may help them track down gold transfers to Argentina by Nazi agents.

63.   To protect banks from running out of cash, the Argentine government has mandated since December that financial companies do precisely that.

64.   When the Argentine government decided over the weekend to devalue the peso, it also decided on several measures to spare its citizens some of the pain of devaluation.

65.   Yesterday, stocks rose as investors in equities were encouraged by strong international demand for Argentine government bonds.

66.   Yields on Argentine government bonds have dropped this year, reflecting a decline in U.S. rates and rising investor confidence in the local economy.

67.   Past Argentine governments have sheltered Nazis fleeing Europe after the war.

68.   Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, in an interview published Sunday in the Buenos Aires Clarin newspaper, demanded that the Argentine government identify those responsible for the arms sale.

69.   An attempt by the Argentine government to invoke immunity failed, said spokeswoman Carola Baller of the Foreign Ministry.

70.   Also, the company will be soon renegotiating its concession contract with the Argentine government, adding yet another layer of uncertainty.