BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) — After 16 hours of debate, Argentina’s Senate passed a controversial reform law Saturday that critics say targets media outlets critical of the government.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner saw her party suffer political losses earlier this year.

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner saw her party suffer political losses earlier this year.

The 44-24 vote is a victory for Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who had pushed to change the way the media operates in the South American nation after her party suffered devastating political losses earlier this year.

Kirchner blamed media coverage, especially by conglomerate Grupo Clarin, for her party’s defeats.

The law approved by the Senate calls for the creation of a regulatory agency and spells out ownership rules regarding how many and what kind of outlets one company can hold.

Kirchner sent the media bill to Congress in August and, according to the government, its intent is to diversify the public airwaves.
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The Argentine Congress passed the bill last month by a vote of 147 to 4, though the wide margin did not reflect the heated debate over it. Congressmen opposed to the measure protested by walking out of the chamber and not voting. Some threatened to turn to the courts to challenge the legitimacy of the vote.

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, the bill divides the airwaves in three parts: A third of broadcast concessions would be allocated to private companies, a third to state broadcasters; and a third to nonprofit organizations. The bill would limit the number of licenses a company can hold, and it would set quotas for national programming.

The CPJ said “many Argentine journalists and free press advocates acknowledge a need to overhaul broadcasting regulations enacted in 1980, during military rule, but have concerns about this bill.”

CPJ, a nonprofit organization that promotes press freedoms worldwide, found that provisions in the Argentine bill could restrict freedom of expression, particularly an article that gives the president authority to appoint most members of a new broadcast regulatory body.
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“We believe that the regulator must be autonomous and independent to ensure that broadcast concessions are not subjected to political interference,” said Carlos Lauria, CPJ senior program coordinator for the Americas, in an article posted on the CPJ Web site.

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Yes he can win the Nobel Peace Prize. Even on the same day that President Obama met with his war council yet again to consider sending up to 40,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
President Obama speaks about his Nobel award at the White House on Friday.

President Obama speaks about his Nobel award at the White House on Friday.

The confluence of events — some might even call it irony — was a stark reminder that this award was more about the promise of change than actual change. Peace is not at hand in Iraq or Afghanistan, and while the president has articulated a new approach to the world it will be difficult to translate that vision into some actual victories.

“Even as we strive to seek a world in which conflicts are resolved peacefully and prosperity is widely shared, we have to confront the world as we know it today,” Obama said in the White House Rose Garden. “I am the commander in chief of a country that’s responsible for ending a war and working in another theater to confront a ruthless adversary that directly threatens the American people and our allies.”

Let me be clear that I don’t buy into any of this silliness from some pundits about how winning such a prestigious honor could backfire on Obama. Becoming only the fourth U.S. president to ever win the Nobel can hardly be spun into a negative.

But it’s important to note that the award does not create one job in the U.S. economy. It does not provide one Republican vote on Capitol Hill for the president’s health care push. And the challenges are clearly not just on the domestic front.

With the Norwegian Nobel committee citing the president’s “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” one top Obama adviser told me this is an affirmation of the administration’s aggressive efforts to reach out across the world. But this adviser quickly acknowledged the hard work of trying to turn that dialogue into actual progress on difficult problems like forging Israeli-Palestinian peace. Video Watch Obama’s speech on Nobel award »
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And I think this award puts new pressure on the president from the right and left. Conservatives like CNN contributor Ed Rollins was quick to charge the honor will only highlight the fact that the president has few achievements to point to yet. “I think certainly you have to give him an ‘A’ for trying,” he said. “But at the end of the day, what has he accomplished?”

I think you can also see liberals like Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin, who has been pushing Obama for a timetable to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan being emboldened. Why wouldn’t Feingold now say something to the effect of, “Mr. Peacemaker, why are you potentially further escalating the war in Afghanistan?”

Nevertheless, this is a sweet moment for the president. What’s striking to me is that exactly one week ago I was in Copenhagen, Denmark, where the president swooped in for a few hours to push Chicago’s Olympic bid. Once he lost, the dramatic defeat led many — including me — to report that this was obviously a blow on the international stage.
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That’s why when the news about the Nobel Peace Prize landed like a lightning bolt in the wee hours of Friday morning, White House aides were ecstatic. As I rushed to get some reaction, I finally reached Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel by telephone and he was quick with a quip.
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“It’s clear Oslo beats Copenhagen any day of the week,” Emanuel told me.

Jennifer Hudson shows off new baby boy David

(People.com) — Motherhood definitely seems to agree with Jennifer Hudson, who gave birth to her first child, David — named after her fiancé, David Otunga — on August 10.

“I love being nurturing and caring because I love to see other people happy,” says Hudson. “Who better to devote my time to than my own child?”

From singing lullabies (“He can be crying at the top of his lungs and just turn off like a switch”) to frequent bottle-feedings (“I’ve never seen a baby eat like he does!”), the singer (who chose not to address the tragic loss of her family members last October) offers PEOPLE an intimate look into her new life as a mom.

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How hard was it keeping your pregnancy under wraps?
“David and I were the only people who knew for a long time. I would forget I was pregnant, it was so easy. I didn’t have any morning sickness, no cravings either. I just thought, ‘Oh, well, we’ll wait until it’ll tell on itself.’ I didn’t show until I was seven months so that made it easy right there.”

Your son was delivered via C-section, what was your recovery like?
“Everybody told me how much it was going to hurt afterwards but I think I have a different tolerance for pain than others. By that night after I had the baby, I’m like, ‘Look, I can’t sit in this bed anymore. I’ve got to get up!’ I’ve been up and about since he was born. To me, the pain is no different than when you work out a muscle you’ve never worked out before and it’s sore.”

Has his personality emerged yet?
“He has a lot of personality, like David. He’s always been a good sleeper. His favorite time to smile now is diaper changes. Or when he spits up on you — he just cracks up like he thinks it’s the funniest thing. And his bottle is his pacifier. With a pacifier, it’s like he knows, ‘Ain’t nothing come out of here. No, I don’t want that. Where’s the real deal?’ His best friend is that bottle; that’s all he wants.”

Would you be supportive if he wants to pursue a career in entertainment?
“We’ll definitely encourage education. His father is an education fanatic so we definitely want him to get an education and go to school. My mom always said, ‘Whatever you want to do, I’ll support you as long as you’re happy.’ So I will do the same.”

For more photos of the family — and the rest of our exclusive interview with Hudson — pick up next week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands October 15.