Daily Headlines: October 31, 2007

* Some couples get married in an ornate church. Others opt to be wed in a pastoral outdoor setting. Yet those that are futbol-crazy exchange vows in Argentina’s Church of Maradona.

* Mexico's attorney general emphasized the need for the U.S. to curb arms sales and money laundering in order to lower crime related to the drug trade.

* U.N. secretary general Ban Ki-moon plans to stress environmental issues during his visit to Argentina, Chile, and Brazil next week.

* Russia will double or triple its arms sales to Venezuela, according to a Russian arms official.

* Follow-up: $119,500 was the price paid by a Texan rare books dealer for an alleged lock of Ché Guevara’s hair auctioned off last week.

Sources- The Offside, BBC News, AFP, El Universal, Bloomberg, The Latin Americanist

Image- The Offside