Daily Headlines: August 24, 2007

* It’s a battle between transsexual prostitutes and wealthy residents in one Buenos Aires neighborhood.

* A Native American tribe is under investigation by Texan prosecutors for fraudulently selling tribal memberships to illegal immigrants.

* First it’s drug smuggling via submarine; soon enough it’ll be done via spaceship.

* Hungary and Cuba are in diplomatic quarrel over the European country granting “humanitarian” asylum to 29 Cubans.

* Chile’s economy grew at its fastest rate in two years, according to new government data.

* The E.U. will send election observers to Ecuador to oversee next month’s elections for constitutional assembly.

Sources- BBC News, Bloomberg, CNN, International Herald Tribune

Image- Bloomberg