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Bitcoins Catching On in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Sep 09 (IPS) - The Bitcoin, a virtual currency that circulates outside regular financial systems, is catching on in Latin America.
Obama's Case for Syria Didn't Reflect Intel Consensus
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 09 (IPS) - Contrary to the general impression in Congress and the news media, the Syria chemical warfare intelligence summary released by the Barack Obama administration Aug. 30 did not represent an intelligence community assessment, an IPS analysis and interviews with former intelligence officials reveals.
Downsizing Finance: The Mother of All Bubbles
- Inter Press Service
ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida, Sep 09 (IPS) - As our climate destabilises, floods inundate cities, wildfires burn forests, droughts kill our crops and manmade radioactive isotopes leach into our soil and water, many accountants and policy analysts are waking up. They are joined by NGOs, civic leaders, whistle-blowers and a few public-minded politicians.
Mugabe’s Policies Starve Zimbabweans
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Sep 09 (IPS) - Tambudzai Javangwe from Mwenezi district in southern Zimbabwe, has run out of food and each day she begs for hand-outs from well-wishers so that she can feed herself an her six orphaned grandchildren.
Egyptian Workers Rising Again After the Uprising
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Sep 09 (IPS) - It was the Egyptian state's brutal restrictions on worker freedoms that transformed Kareem El-Beheiry from a disengaged lay worker into a tenacious labour activist.
Turning the Tables on the Trackers: Wikileaks Sniffs out Spy Salesmen
- Inter Press Service
BERKELEY, California, Sep 08 (IPS) - What was Mostapha Maanna of Hacking Team, an Italian surveillance company, doing on his three trips to Saudi Arabia in the last year? A new data trove from WikiLeaks reveals travel details for salesmen like Maanna who hawk electronic technology to track communications by individuals without their knowledge.
"Bring What You Want, Take What You Want”
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Sep 08 (IPS) - Disillusioned with an economy that promotes individualism and ruthless consumption, thousands of people in Argentina are giving things away in street markets, organising car pools with strangers or offering free accommodation to travellers from abroad.
Africa's Farmers Seek Private Money
- Inter Press Service
MAPUTO, Sep 08 (IPS) - Africa currently imports almost 40 billion dollars worth of food a year, but it should implement measures to attract private sector investment in agriculture in order to reduce its food import bill and increase its self-reliance, experts in the sector tell IPS.
Cuba Streamlines Public Health System
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Sep 07 (IPS) - One challenge faced by the Cuban government, and a high priority for citizens, is improving the efficiency and sustainability of public health services, a constitutional right that the state is supposed to ensure for all.
Where a Moustache Can Mean Life or Death
- Inter Press Service
ALI SARAY, Iraq, Sep 07 (IPS) - "The soul needs to reincarnate a thousand times before becoming one with god," says Rajab Assy Karim from Ali Saray, 190 kilometres north of Baghdad. Iraq is full of ‘shortcuts' to the ultimate, and several seem to pass through this tiny desert village.
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