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In U.S., Corporate Cash Pouring into State Campaigns
- Inter Press Service
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov 06 (IPS) - Local and state campaigns have become a moneyed battleground this year for corporations and special interest groups hoping to sway the results of elections for local and state offices on Nov. 6.
Winds of Racial Change in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 05 (IPS) - The appointment of Judge Joaquim Barbosa, seen as a popular hero because of his performance in one of Brazil's highest-profile corruption cases, as the first black president of the country's Supreme Court on Nov. 22 will be a landmark in national history.
Narco-States Grope for New Strategy*
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Nov 05 (IPS) - Mexico, Colombia and Guatemala face the need to modify their approach to the fight against drug trafficking and are urging the world to do the same. But Mexico and Colombia's willingness to make the necessary changes is unclear.
A Posthumous Message from Hurricane Sandy*
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 05 (IPS) - Hi, this is Sandy. By the time you read this, I'll be gone, after dissipating into increasingly weaker remnants of strong winds, heavy rains and snowfall in the Great Lakes region of North America.**
Kenyan Candidate Running Against Homophobia
- Inter Press Service
, Nov 05 (IPS) - During an interview at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Nairobi, David Kuria Mbote, Kenya's first openly homosexual candidate for public office, stresses that his campaign will not be only about gay rights.
Serbia Sinks into Depression
- Inter Press Service
BELGRADE, Nov 05 (IPS) - Renato Grbic is a simple Belgrade fisherman, who grew up on the shores of the Danube River in Belgrade, but he performs an additional job that he is not paid for.
Parents Worry After Malala Attack
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 05 (IPS) - Young schoolgirls seemed undeterred by the attempt to kill Malala Yousafzai, but parents in northern Pakistan are becoming increasingly concerned over their children going to school.
Q&A: Exposing the Good, the Bad and the Lack of Media Freedom
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 04 (IPS) - Pansy Tlakula, the African Union's Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, has done her best to address the continued harassment of journalists in the Gambia.
Migrants in Poland Find a Voice At Last
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Nov 04 (IPS) - It took hunger strikes and a case like Layla Naimi's to push authorities in Poland to amend laws dealing with irregular migrants.
Military Curfew Slowly Strangling Nigerian Town
- Inter Press Service
KANO, Nigeria, Nov 03 (IPS) - A recent military curfew imposed on the violence-wracked north-eastern Nigerian town of Potiskum has not only made life unbearable for residents, but it has also reduced their chances of survival.
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