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Stories for April 12th 2007

• Thursday, April 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Al Gore dumps Barrick Gold sponsorship for Chile visist

  

  Al Gore has dumped financial backing from controversial Canadian mining company Barrick Gold for his upcoming Santiago event “Global Warming and Climate Change: The Time Has Come to Act.” The Academy Award-winning environmentalist distanced himself from any association with the mining company, which owns the controversial Pascua Lama gold mine.

• Thursday, April 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Army to patrol streets of crime plagued Rio do Janeiro

  

  Gov. Sergio Cabral Filho has formally requested that the army intervene to contain the violence that has been spiraling out of control in Rio de Janeiro.

• Thursday, April 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner: “honor” for Malvinas veterans and sovereignty dialogue

  

  Argentina's First Lady Senator Cristina Fernandez called for “dialogue and perseverance” in the struggle to recover the Malvinas/Falklands sovereignty and asked for “honor and respect” for those who fought in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict.