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Argentine Ex-president Kirchner To Serve Prison Term At Home

Former Argentine President Cristina Kirchner is due to start serving a six-year sentence (Credit: AFP)

A judge on Tuesday agreed to let Argentine ex-president Cristina Kirchner to serve a six-year fraud sentence at home, easing concern among backers keeping a vigil outside her apartment with plans to protest in case she was jailed.

The South American country's Supreme Court last week upheld the 72-year-old's fraud conviction as well as a sentence of six years and a lifelong ban on holding public office.

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