Argentine President Nestor Kirchner (C) talks with Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernandez (L) at the Casa Rosada Government House in Buenos Aires December 15, 2005. Argentina will pay off its remaining $9.8 billion in debt to the International Monetary Fund by year-end, tapping its foreign exchange reserves in order to do so, Kirchner announced on Thursday. At right is Economy Minister Felisa Miceli. REUTERS/Handout-Presidency