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Stories for April 7th 2011

• Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 08:56 UTC

  Brazil rejects as ‘unjustified’ request to halt work on a huge dam in the Amazon

  

  Brazil has said a request to halt work on its massive hydro-electric dam in the Amazon rainforest is unjustified despite environmental concerns. Brazil's foreign ministry was responding to the request by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

• Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 08:53 UTC

  Fed minutes show members sharply divided on how to address rising prices

  

  Members of the US Federal Reserve are in sharp disagreement about how to address rising prices. The bank might need to tighten the reins on the economy before the end of the year to stave off inflation, said some members of the central bank's policy-setting body.

• Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 08:43 UTC

  Unasur letter supporting Argentina’s Malvinas claims delivered to Ban Ki-moon

  

  Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman met Wednesday with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and reiterated Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas and other South Atlantic Islands this time reinforced with a formal request from the Union of South American Nations, Unasur leaders in support of Argentina’s “historic and legitimate rights”.