The car industry in Argentina has remained immune to the global economic crisis, maintaining an increase both in sales and in productions this year.

Argentina's car industry is clearly accelerating with a 60% increase in sales in the current year. The production rate is up 30% per annum and exports show no sign of slowing down.

As the international price of gold continues to soar, thousands of people in Peru have moved to gold mining areas in the hope of striking it rich. Along with the unregulated digging comes a trail of deforestation and chemical contamination that is damaging one of the most biodiverse regions on earth. In addition to the negative environmental impact, there are also many social problems in the boom towns that have emerged. Al Jazeera's Craig Mauro reports.

Numerous journalists covering protests during the G20 summit in Ontario, Canada, have been strip-searched by Ontario's police.

Amy Miller, one of the four journalists who have now filed complaints with Ontario's police watchdog, has told of her ordeal in police detention.

US researchers monitoring activity by multinational companies in Iran say Japanese firms could be affected by unilateral US sanctions against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program.

The researchers, in their reports, named oil and gas producer Inpex Corp. and units of Japan's three largest banks-Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Mizuho Financial Group Inc.-as some of the Japanese companies that will be affected by a new US law against Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, without giving more details about the reports.