News headlines in June 2013, page 6

  1. Deteriorating Urban Transport Sparked the Protests

    - Inter Press Service

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    RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 24 (IPS) - A group of young people touched a nerve in Brazil's large cities, triggering an outpouring of urban outrage at the deterioration of transportation conditions and of the quality of life.

  2. World Bank Formally Urged to Overhaul ‘Doing Business’ Report

    - Inter Press Service

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    WASHINGTON, Jun 24 (IPS) - An external review panel is calling on the World Bank to institute sweeping reforms to its widely cited annual "Doing Business" report, including doing away with a controversial ranking of countries on a variety of business-friendliness metrics.

  3. Q&A: India to Make Food a Fundamental Right

    - Inter Press Service

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  4. Diversifying Income Helps Ease Climate Woes

    - Inter Press Service

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    SUBANG, Indonesia, Jun 24 (IPS) - When 45-year-old Kaswati joined an income-generating project in her village in Indonesia's West Java province in 1999, all she hoped to do was supplement her family's income at a time of erratic harvests.

  5. Asylum Seekers Struggle to Survive Under Israeli Restrictions

    - Inter Press Service

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    TEL AVIV, Jun 24 (IPS) - Tesfahiwet Medin holds a university degree and experience as a nurse. But six years after escaping the violent dictatorship in his native Eritrea, the 39-year-old says he feels like a part of him is missing, as he's been prevented from continuing in his profession in Israel.

  6. Mini-Factories Emerge to Process Fruit in Cuba

    - Inter Press Service

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    CEBALLOS, Cuba, Jun 24 (IPS) - Homemade machines for pulverising fruit and sealing cans of preserves, created by inventive entrepreneurs, are one of the pillars of a slight rise in mini-industries in different parts of Cuba, where food production is picking up.

  7. In Southern U.S., Energy Equity Seen as Path to Sustainability

    - Inter Press Service

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    ATLANTA, Georgia, Jun 24 (IPS) - Advocates of the concept of "energy equity" have begun employing it in the southern United States to create a diverse coalition of citizens who might otherwise approach energy policy issues differently.

  8. Greeting Whales, Not Eating Them

    - Inter Press Service

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    REYKJAVIK, Jun 24 (IPS) - After a two-year break, Iceland has resumed its hunting of fin whales. But environmental campaigners outside of Iceland are doing their best to stop it.

  9. Women in Zimbabwe’s Parliament Will Change Widow’s Lives

    - Inter Press Service

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    HARARE, Jun 24 (IPS) - When Maude Taruvinga* votes in Zimbabwe's elections later this year, she will be voting for her local female politician as she has placed her hopes for a better future on the presence of more women in this southern African nation's legislature.

  10. Rape in Brazil Still an Invisible Crime

    - Inter Press Service

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    RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 24 (IPS) - Sexual violence against women is alarmingly under-reported and invisible in Brazil where, for example, there are no accurate, comparable data on rape in the country's 27 states.

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