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Argentine ex-president Kirchner goes on trial in new corruption case

Argentina's former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner waves at supporters from the balcony of her residence. [AFP]

Argentine ex-president Cristina Kirchner, who is serving a six-year fraud sentence under house arrest, goes on trial Thursday in a separate case for allegedly taking millions of dollars in bribes.

The center-left Kirchner, a  dominant and polarizing figure in Argentine politics for over two decades, served two terms from 2007-2015.

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