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Tests to establish whether the adopted heirs to Argentina's main media group were stolen as babies during the years of military rule have proven negative. A DNA sample from Marcela and Felipe Noble Herrera did not match those taken from families whose relatives disappeared around the time of their birth. Here's Vanessa Buschschluter of our America's desk.
The negative result was welcomed by the lawyer for the Noble Herrera siblings, who've always
maintain
ed that their adoption was legal and that they were not stolen from left-wing prisoners. Their lawyer says this is
conclusive
proof they have no ties to the victims of Argentina's Dirty War. But human rights groups say birth dates were often falsified to erase the tracks of illegal adoptions and have demanded the siblings' DNA be compared to that of 200 more families.
President Obama has met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in Washington despite being urged by China to cancel the private meeting. The White House said it
underscore
d President Obama's strong support for the preservation of what he called Tibet's unique religious and cultural identity, and the protection of human rights for Tibetans.
Otto von Habsburg, the eldest son of the last ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, has been laid to rest in the imperial crypt in Vienna. Ceremonies recalling the pomp of the empire lasted six hours as the funeral cortege processed through the city. Bethany Bell reports.