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Mitch Moxley

Pequim, China, 5/11/2010, (IPS/TerraViva) – Cada vez é maior o número de chineses com recursos econômicos como Li Xiaoxue e seu marido, Dai Chunlin, que se propõem a driblar a política nacional de filho único para ter uma menina.
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Tibetana en la aldea de Zhong Liu, en la occidental provincia china de Sichuan. Crédito: Mitch Moxley/IPS.

Por Mitch Moxley

JIAJU, China, oct (IPS) – En 2005, la revista National Geographic China calificó a esta aldea de la occidental provincia de Sichuan como la más bella del país. La distinción es una bendición o una maldición, según cómo se mire.
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A Tibetan woman in Zhong Lu village, in China's western Sichuan province. Credit:Mitch Moxley/IPS.

By Mitch Moxley

JIAJU, China, Oct 27, 2010 (IPS/TerraViva) – In 2005, the ‘National Geographic China’ magazine named this ethnic Tibetan village in western Sichuan province, sprawled over a valley wall amid snow-capped mountains, China’s most beautiful. Depending on how you look at it, that distinction was either a blessing or a curse.
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Por Denise Ribeiro *

SALVADOR, Bahía,  (IPS/TerraViva) “Sociedad y gobiernos: debates y alternativas para un mundo post crisis” es el nombre del Foro Social Mundial Temático que comenzó este viernes en la capital del nororiental estado brasileño de Bahía. Continue Reading

Bunder diamond camp in India. Credit: Sameergoswami

By IPS Correspondents*

NEW DELHI, Jan 26, 2010 (IPS) – Diamonds haven’t been among the first concerns at the World Social Forum these last 10 years. But through the recession and the still tottering recovery, a new sparkle in that business is pointing the way to a brighter world that is also better in a WSF sort of way.
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Unemployed men in Mexico. Credit: El mundo de Laura

By IPS Correspondents*

LONDON, Jan 26, 2010 (IPS) – The agreed, if dubious, solution to the financial crisis was to get people and governments – in the richer countries – to borrow more in order to spend more. What is not in doubt is the growing numbers of people who will be able to neither borrow nor spend.
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The state-owned OMC has welfare programmes for tribals around its mines. Credit: Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC)

By Keya Acharya

NEW DELHI, Jan 21, 2010 (IPS) – The Indian government’s grant of the final environmental clearance to a Korean giant firm, allowing it to acquire 3,000 acres of ‘forest lands’ in the eastern state of Orissa, has prompted a fresh spate of protests from more than 4,000 families that will be affected by a proposed mining project.
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