Argentines flood banks ahead of new currency

Saturday, December 29, 2001

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Cash-hungry Argentines flooded banks by the thousands on Friday, forming long lines and shouting for their money after the government eased a five-day banking holiday that shut off most routine financial transactions.

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