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Stories for April 20th 2008

• Sunday, April 20th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina; Smoke cloud engulfs Buenos Aires for 5th day

  

  President Cristina Fernandez surveyed more than 200 raging brush fires by air, vowing to prosecute anyone who lit the blazes that have sent smoke billowing across the capital, clouding highways and grounding jetliners.

• Sunday, April 20th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Paraguay cracks six decades of iron fist one party rule

  

  Former Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo won a historic victory in Paraguay's Sunday presidential election, signaling the demise of more than six decades of one-party hegemonic rule in one of South America's poorest countries.

• Sunday, April 20th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Lorca to return to Chile as PSV clinch championship for the 21st time

  

  Chilean international Juan Lorca will return to Colo Colo as Vitesse Arnhem can not afford to buy the player for the reported €2 millions (euros) that the Chilean club are asking. Lorca's one year loan deal has expired and although he would like to stay in Holland no other club has indicated their intention to sign him.