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Bicycling to Work in Rio de Janeiro
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dic 14 (IPS) - The cyclists riding in the bicycle lanes along the beachfront avenue of this Brazilian city pass the car drivers stuck in rush hour traffic.
Civil War on the Egyptian Horizon
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Dic 14 (IPS) - Egypt is facing its worst political crisis since the January 2011 revolution ousted former dictator Hosni Mubarak, with analysts warning of a possible civil war. Furthermore, unlike during the revolution, opposition to the current regime is bitterly divided between Islamists and more secular Egyptians.
Case to Abolish Gambian Death Penalty Falls on Toothless Court
- Inter Press Service
BANJUL, Dic 14 (IPS) - The court of justice for the West African economic community is expected to hear a civil society case calling for the abolition of the death penalty in the Gambia this December, four months after the execution of nine prisoners shocked the world.
Caribbean Islands Find Economic Advantages in Sustainable Energy
- Inter Press Service
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Dic 14 (IPS) - With the exception of oil rich Trinidad and Tobago, most, if not all, other Caribbean islands are extremely vulnerable when it comes to the high costs of imported fuels that are easily disrupted by natural disasters and other phenomena.
First Muslim Human Rights Commission to Launch End December
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 14 (IPS) - Gathering for the first time here in Washington, representatives of the newly established human rights commission of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) stated Thursday that they plan to start their substantive work by the end of the month.
Despite Crises, Migration Still a Political Hot Potato
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 13 (IPS) - The United Nations will commemorate its annual International Migrants Day next week amidst reports of a rising tide of anti-migrant sentiments – primarily in Europe.
Cambodian Activists Challenge ASEAN Policies
- Inter Press Service
PHNOM PENH, Dic 13 (IPS) - For a brief moment last month, mainstream international media turned the spotlight on Cambodia, one of the world's 48 least developed countries (LDCs), as a high-level visit from U.S. President Barack Obama and the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) gave this country of 14.3 million people a glamorous edge.
Q&A: For Day Labourers, Life Is a Game of Russian Roulette
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 13 (IPS) - They wait in parking lots, hoping for someone to come and offer them a few days of work. This work could entail anything from cleaning to construction, and though they may not be trained or equipped for these types of jobs, they have little choice, for they are day labourers, undocumented immigrants with no legal or moral support and subject at the mercy of their employers.
Constitutional Poll Polarises Egypt
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Dic 13 (IPS) - This Saturday, Egyptians will head to the polls to vote on a controversial draft constitution. The referendum has divided this nation – still pulsing with the revolutionary fervour that toppled former dictator Hosni Mubarak in early 2011 - with most Islamist parties and groups supporting the proposed national charter, while liberal, leftist and 'revolutionary' groups, in addition to Egypt's sizable pro-Mubarak demographic, are opposed to it.
Iranian Bomb Graph Appears Adapted from One on Internet
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 13 (IPS) - The suspect graph of a nuclear explosion reportedly provided to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as evidence of Iranian computer modeling of nuclear weapons yields appears to have been adapted from a very similar graph in a scholarly journal article published in January 2009 and available on the internet.
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