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Barbados: Crunch Time

Publicado Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 18/11/2009

“Barbadians have become alarmed at the prospect of having its investment paper perched at the brink of junk rating, a status most unfamiliar to Barbadians through the years”: Barbados Underground says it's economic “crunch time”!

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Ukraine: News and Views Roundup

Publicado Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 17/11/2009

Ukraine roundup: flu and politics - at What's Up, Ukraine? and at Jamestown Foundation Blog, here and here; the latest on the tense relationship between the Ukrainian president and PM - at Ukrainiana, as well as two posts - here and here - on one of the 18 presidential candidates, Vasyl Protyvsi ...

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India: Equality

Publicado Posted by Rezwan on 14/11/2009

“About 15 percent population consisting of political leaders and government servants have, through their corrupt practices, amassed 85 percent of the total wealth of India, leaving only 15 percent of it to the balanced 85 percent population of the country,” comments Ram Bansal at India i ...

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Morocco: Aicha Ech Chenna Wins Opus Prize

Publicado Posted by Jillian C. York on 13/11/2009

In Morocco, women who get pregnant out of wedlock are often shunned from their communities. Activist and social worker Aicha Ech Chenna has been working for almost 25 years to help such mothers and their children. Now, her efforts are being rewarded.

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Trinidad & Tobago: “Axe the Tax”!

Publicado Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 13/11/2009

From Trinidad and Tobago, This Beach Called Life clears the air on “the not-so-new property tax that has angered homeowners into an angry fireball. Citizens, despite cursing and more cursing, were about to resign themselves to paying the much higher property tax when, out of nowhere, a flagpol ...

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