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Brazil Shores Up Industry to Keep Its Place as Emerging Power
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 03 (IPS) - The recovery of industry in Brazil, in the face of the global economic crisis that has accentuated the loss of competitiveness against manufactured products from abroad, is a high-priority task for the government in its attempt to keep the economy on a growth path.
Coming of Age in a Guantanamo Jumpsuit
- Inter Press Service
TORONTO, Oct 03 (IPS) - Plenty of monikers have been attached to Omar Khadr, one of the most famous Guantanamo Bay detainees - child soldier, terrorist, war criminal, Al-Qaeda family member, security threat.
Deadly Explosions Hit Central Aleppo
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Oct 03 (IPS) - Four blasts have struck a government-controlled district close to a military officers' club in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, killing at least 40 people and wounding more than 100, opposition activists say.
Cuba’s Fragile Power Grid Needs Renewable Energy
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Oct 03 (IPS) - Only 3.8 percent of the electric power generated in 2011 in Cuba came from renewable sources, compared to 18 percent in 1979 – a retreat that alarms experts, who fear for the system’s sustainability.
Social Inclusion the Key to Venezuela’s Elections
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Oct 03 (IPS) - Whoever wins Venezuela's presidential elections on Sunday Oct. 7 will do so as a result of the idea of social inclusion, which has become dominant in an electorate whose social and political features have changed radically in the last decade.
U.S.: Living with Hate in a Free Market of Ideas
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 03 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama’s unequivocal defence of First Amendment protections of blasphemy and hateful speech during last week’s address to the 67th United Nations General Assembly defied calls from Muslim protesters and some foreign government leaders to ban a controversial YouTube video and support stronger restrictions to religious criticism.
Ethiopia Charts a Chinese Course
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 03 (IPS) - The death of Ethiopia's leader of 21 years has raised fears of instability in one of Africa's fastest-growing non-oil producing nations, which could potentially slow investment activity.
Pakistani Workers Slaving Brick by Brick
- Inter Press Service
LAHORE, Oct 03 (IPS) - One does not always need a time machine to travel into the past – a visit to a typical brick kiln in Pakistan’s Punjab province is enough to evoke a time when human beings were traded like animals and slavery was rampant.
Rights Groups Slam Bahraini Court Ruling
- Inter Press Service
Reducing Poverty in South Africa by Cutting Time in Traffic
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Oct 02 (IPS) - In South Africa, Bus Rapid Transit systems, which were pioneered to great effect in Latin American countries such as Colombia and Brazil, are being promoted as potentially effective ways of delivering improved public transport services to the urban poor. But experts question whether systems such as these can alleviate poverty to any meaningful extent.
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