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Article

14 Jul 2008

Author:
Eric Reguly, Globeandmail.com [Canada]

Rio Tinto tries to sidestep elephant in the room [Zimbabwe]

Companies with investments in Zimbabwe are going through an awkward PR exercise. They can't deny they have operations in [the country, which sees] the human-rights-shredding election of president and chief thug Robert Mugabe. But they sure don't want to advertise it…Rio [Tinto] is probably paying closer attention than most…[also refers to BHP Billiton]