‘Noises not from submarine’:

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Experts ruled out Monday the possibility that noise detected at sea could have come from an Argentine submarine missing with 44 people aboard, in the latest bad news to hit their relatives.

“The sound footprint could not correspond to a sub’s ... it may have been a noise from a living thing,” said navy spokesman Enrique Balbi.

“The search continues,” he added, noting that there are 14 vessels and 10 aircraft scouring area 24 hours a day in the midst of a storm front in the South Atlantic that is expected to ease on Tuesday.

News that noises had been detected had raised hopes to find alive the 44 crew members aboard the ARA San Juan, missing for five days in the South Atlantic — after earlier apparent distress calls were dismissed as not coming from the vessel.

Argentina whose President is Mauricio Macri will still dispatch vessels with multibeam undersea probes to explore the site where the noises were detected, some 360 kms (225 miles) offshore in shallow waters at the edge of Argentina’s continental shelf that were on the sub’s course, Balbi said. (AFP)

Clinton distributes relief:

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Former US president Bill Clinton visited Puerto Rico on Monday and met with those left homeless after Hurricane Maria hit the US territory as a Category 4 storm.

Clinton arrived with medical supplies and solar energy equipment donated by the Clinton Foundation, which has already shipped 76 tons of medicine and medical equipment since the storm hit on Sept 20. Clinton also visited health clinics and the island’s largest shelter with Puerto Rico Gov Ricardo Rossello. He planned to meet with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz and other officials later Monday. (AP)