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Argentina: Economic minister resigns

BUENOS AIRES, July 17 (UPI) -- Argentina's economic minister resigned after she was ordered to testify about $64,000 in cash discovered in a bag in her office.

Felisa Miceli stepped down after notifying President Nestor Kirchner, who then appointed Industry Secretary Gustavo Peirano as her successor, La Nacion newspaper reported Tuesday.

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Miceli maintains her innocence and said the cash in U.S. and Argentine currency found in her office was a loan from her brother to purchase a house.

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