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Argentine media heirs submit to 'Dirty War' DNA tests

Scientists in Argentina have begun DNA tests on the adopted heirs to a media empire to see who their natural parents are.

A judge ordered the tests to see if Marcela and Felipe Noble Herrera were taken from people killed during military rule in the 1970s and 80s.

Human rights groups say the children were then given up for adoption.

The siblings say their privacy is being violated and there is no evidence against their adoptive mother.

Read entire article at BBC