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Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner acknowledges applauses as she enters Congress alongside Vice President Julio Cobos (R) to inaugurate the 127th period of ordinary sessions, in Buenos Aires on March 1, 2009. The President hasn't spoken to the Vice-President since he cast the deciding vote against the government-backed bill to break a 36-36 tie in the Senate to rejected a tax hike on grain exports on July 17, 2008 after months of protests by farmers opposed to the increase. AFP PHOTO/Alejandro PAGNI