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Religious Groups in Brazil Condemn Attacks on Islam
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 19 (IPS) - The Brazilian Commission for Combating Religious Intolerance (CCIR) condemned the film “Innocence of Muslims" as “disrespectful” of the prophet Mohammed, and organised a mass protest demanding respect for freedom of religion in this country.
Hotline Gives a Voice to Victims of Turkish Police Violence
- Inter Press Service
ISTANBUL, Sep 19 (IPS) - Most countries in the world have an emergency telephone number for the police. But in Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, an emergency telephone line has been launched for victims of police violence.
Xenophobes Find Police Protection in Greece
- Inter Press Service
ATHENS, Sep 19 (IPS) - Panahi Gholamhousein (22), an Afghan refugee who spends his days in a room that is barely five square metres with his wife Zarmina (18) and their 19-month-old daughter Zahra, has hardly left his place in downtown Athens since he was beaten up and robbed nearly a month ago.
EU Cap ‘Only Boosts Biofuels’
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Sep 19 (IPS) - The European Commission has announced it will limit the amount of crop-based biofuels used in transport, but its newly proposed measures are not nearly enough to curb the disastrous impact of the EU's biofuel policy around the world. Its effects will only worsen, activists say.
Uganda Oils Sales to China
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Sep 19 (IPS) - Almost a decade since Uganda initiated negotiations with China for the favourable export of coffee beans to the Asian giant, it is struggling to create even trade relations with the world's second-biggest economy. But economic experts predict that the East African nation could close the gap through the promotion of agriculture and the eventual export of oil.
U.S.: Public More Concerned About Rising China Than Elites
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 19 (IPS) - The U.S. public is more concerned about the rise of China – particularly as an economic power – than are elite sectors, including government officials, business leaders, scholars and media figures, according to a major new survey released here Tuesday by several U.S. think tanks.
Suu Kyi Backs Lifting of Final U.S. Sanctions on Myanmar
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 19 (IPS) - Speaking on Tuesday at her first public address in the United States, Myanmar’s opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, said that she supported the lifting of the last remaining U.S. economic sanctions on her country, but also warned that all remaining political prisoners need to be released.
Post-Arab Spring Democratic Gains at Risk, Group Warns
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 18 (IPS) - Almost two years after popular uprisings swept across the Middle East and North Africa, rights advocates are warning that ominous backsliding is taking place in countries across the region and beyond.
Occupy Celebrates Birthday, Forges Ahead
- Inter Press Service
SAN FRANCISCO, U.S., Sep 18 (IPS) - Led by a spirited brass band and waving placards decrying corporate greed, hundreds of occupiers took to San Francisco streets Monday to celebrate Occupy Wall Street’s first birthday, culminating in a ceremony where they symbolically ripped apart loan documents.
Q&A: “Pacification of Favelas Not a Real Public Policy Yet”
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 18 (IPS) - The “pacification” of the favelas in this Brazilian city, aimed at driving out armed groups and fighting drug trafficking, has not yet become a fully effective public policy, says Eliana Sousa Silva, who has lived in one of Rio’s shantytowns for nearly 30 years.
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