The police came at a frantic space in vans, cars and motorbikes, all with sirens blaring and blue lights flashing.

A woman in Argentina who insisted on seeing the presumably lifeless body of her premature baby found the infant alive in the drawer of a hospital mortuary.

Protesters shut down a pipeline delivering Bolivian gas to Argentina last night as two rival Bolivian provinces struggled for control of a valuable natural gas field, officials said.

Oil and gas exploration group Pan Andean Resources has raised £2.84m (€3.77m) from institutional and private investors.