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Distribution of Laptops Expands in Latin America’s Classrooms
- Inter Press Service
In Latin America, the distribution of laptops in public schools, an effort that has enjoyed success in countries like Argentina, Uruguay and Venezuela, is being studied by the governments of other nations interested in learning from their experience about the challenges that can be expected.
Money Still 'Buys' You Gold at the Olympics
- Inter Press Service
The Olympic Games are widely viewed as a chance for countries to showcase their fastest, strongest, most skilled and disciplined athletes, a time when political, economic and cultural differences are set aside and individuals are judged on personal merit alone.
India Grapples With Garbage
- Inter Press Service
'We tell friends planning to visit us to follow the stench of rotting garbage,' says Jeevaratnam (one name), a homemaker in this village 16 km from Kerala state’s capital of Thiruvananthapuram.
Brazilian Street Stars Dance and Shine in Spain
- Inter Press Service
Arrayed in colourful garments they have made themselves, six teenagers who used to be street kids in Fortaleza, in northeast Brazil, visited this southern Spanish city to recount their life experiences and awaken solidarity.
Samoan Breadfruit Makes a Splash in the Caribbean
- Inter Press Service
Can a single species of tree significantly reduce hunger, unemployment and deforestation in the tropics? Researchers and scientists behind a surge in breadfruit activity think so.
The Goals of Rio+20
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development will be held in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, from Jun. 20-22, twenty years after the first great Earth Summit in 1992. Dubbed Rio+20, the conference will draw more than 80 heads of state. Discussion will focus on two main themes: the "green economy" in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, and the institutional context of sustainable development, writes Ignacio Ramonet, editor of Le Monde diplomatique en Espanol.
Tahrir Square: Round Two
- Inter Press Service
The long-awaited verdict in Egypt's 'trial of the century' - a life sentence for ousted president Hosni Mubarak and acquittals for most other defendants - has brought the people back to Cairo's Tahrir Square. The controversial court rulings come at a time of extraordinary domestic political upheaval, with Egypt's first free presidential runoff only ten days away.
Child Victims of Côte d'Ivoire's Crisis Survive Off Trades
- Inter Press Service
Twelve-year-old Ahmed* pauses on his crutches in the narrow lane that leads from his house to the main road, glancing at the bullet holes still visible on the walls here in the Abobo Park 18 area of Abidjan. He sighs, then speeds up again to catch the bus that will take him downtown to the Adjamé quarter.
Refugees Crowd Behind Five-Star Checks
- Inter Press Service
A group of Palestinian Jerusalemites steps down from a crowded bus to let two Israeli soldiers climb aboard to check identity cards, below the aluminum roof of this newly operational checkpoint terminal.
U.S.: Law of the Sea Treaty Ratification Faces Unsettled Waters
- Inter Press Service
Given the wide range of its supporters — everyone from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces to Greenpeace — one would think that Senate ratification of the 1982 Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) would be a slam dunk.
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