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EX-Argentine president faces probe

ARGENTINA is opening a probe of its former President Nestor Kirchner for corruption allegations.
A senior judge said the court would also probe his links with the Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez.
Kirchner, who has made no comment, is married to current President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Opposition leader and former presidential candidate Elisa Carrio demanded the investigation Prosecutors said the evidence presented by her was sufficient to warrant a judicial inquiry.

The allegations against Mr Kirchner and two former government ministers centre on 30 alleged cases of corruption dating back to his presidency, which ended last year.

Ms Carrio alleges the former president and several top government officials distributed big construction contracts and government-owned licenses to drill for oil in return for financial rewards.

Also to be examined is a contract signed in 2004 by Kirchner and his Venezuelan counterpart. Argentina under the terms of the agreement was to buy Venezuelan fuel and in return for manufactured goods.
It is alleged that $90million (£61million) in Argentine government funds used to complete the deal have disappeared without a trace.

A court in the US recently jailed two Venezuelan businessmen for illegally acting as agents of the Venezuelan government on U.S. soil in an effort to silence a man who smuggled a suitcase stuffed with $800,000 in cash into Argentina.

US prosecutors say the cash was sent by Caracas to fund the presidential election campaign of Mrs Kirchner.