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PHILIPPINES: Despite Ad Ban, Tobacco Industry Seduces Customers
- Inter Press Service
Adventure motorcycle tours, and driving and racing events organised by tobacco firms. Canopies bearing cigarette brands in popular restaurants. Tobacco brands appearing beside the signages of convenience stores, whether along the Philippine capital’s urban alleys or provincial roads.
Russia's Agony a 'Wake-Up Call' to the World
- Inter Press Service
A wind turbine on an acre of northern Iowa farmland could generate 300,000 dollars worth of greenhouse-gas-free electricity a year. Instead, the U.S. government pays out billions of dollars to subsidise grain for ethanol fuel that has little if any impact on global warming, according to Lester Brown.
JAPAN: Foreign Caregivers’ Language Exam Triggers Debate
- Inter Press Service
Wahyudin dreams of becoming a full-fledged caregiver, if not a certified nurse, in Japan. But the Indonesian worker must first pass the required Japanese-language national certification examination, which is far from easy.
WORLD CUP: 'Now We Demand They Do It For the Poor'
- Inter Press Service
Weak floodlights barely held back gathering darkness as Somalia met Serbia in the finals of the Poor People's World Cup. A small band of supporters were on hand to see an African side lift the cup in Cape Town's Vygieskraal Stadium.
ARGENTINA: Limits to Economic Growth Loom
- Inter Press Service
The Argentine economy is making a rapid recovery after the impact of the global financial crisis last year, but experts warn about the limits to growth, which will reach a ceiling shortly unless investments increase.
HEALTH-UGANDA: WHO Happy With Counterfeit Bill; Activists Not
- Inter Press Service
The Uganda office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the country’s National Drug Authority are satisfied that the new version of the controversial Counterfeit Goods Bill does not threaten the importation and production of generic drugs by conflating them with fake drugs, as the first draft of the bill did. But health rights activists are not convinced.
BRAZIL: Environmental Impact Studies on Dams Count for Little in Amazon
- Inter Press Service
'It's a fait accompli,' acknowledges André Villas-Boas, head of the independent SocioEnvironmental Institute (ISA), resigned to the fact that the legal actions and protests have failed to block the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in Brazil's Amazon jungle region.
Haitians in DR Reap Far Less than They Sow
- Inter Press Service
Luis Miguel, a soft-spoken and serious 21-year-old from Haiti's Artibonnite Valley, stands on a ridge overlooking the small farm in the Dominican Cibao where he works as the owner's overseer. He adopted his Dominican moniker in order to fit in.
ZIMBABWE: Questions Raised Over Water Treatment Funding
- Inter Press Service
The memories of Zimbabwe's 2008-2009 cholera outbreak are fresh in the minds of everyone except the people who have the safety of the country's water in their hands.
COLOMBIA: Santos Inherits Country of Economic Contrasts
- Inter Press Service
During the eight years that Álvaro Uribe governed Colombia, annual economic growth averaged 4.3 percent. Nevertheless, President Juan Manuel Santos, who was sworn in on Saturday, has taken over a country with the highest unemployment rate in Latin America.
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