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Argentine President's Case Dropped

Appeals court upholds decisions.

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An appeals court upheld a ruling to dismiss a case against Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Thursday. Kirchner was accused of concealing the alleged involvement of senior Iranian officials in a 1994 bombing on a Jewish center in Buenos Aires. Two out of three judges voted against an appeal from prosecutors, ruling that there was no evidence that a crime had been committed. Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas dismissed the case in late February after reviewing a report prepared by special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was found dead in in his apartment hours before he was due to testify against Kirchner.

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