Buenos Aires mayor ousted over deadly nightclub fire
Buenos Aires lawmakers ousted the mayor on Tuesday, citing his failure to enforce safety codes that might have prevented a nightclub fire that killed 194 people in 2004.

A committee of Buenos Aires city deputies voted to sack Mayor Anibal Ibarra on charges of negligence and corruption for Argentina's worst tragedy in decades.

Ibarra, who has governed the city for six years, was suspended from office in November pending an investigation into the accusations along with charges of irregularities in the city's licensing and fire inspections of the club.

The fire at the Republica Cromagnon club started when concert-goers shot a flare into the ceiling, igniting flammable soundproofing material.

Ibarra, whose term was to expire in 2007, will be replaced by Deputy Mayor Jorge Telerman.