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Greece: Hate Aid
She was standing patiently in the middle of the line, half tired, half bored. In her left hand she was holding a large, empty basket, in her right a newspaper, titled with the thick, red letters: ΧΡΥΣΗ...
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Rising Voices for Democracy in Togo
AFRICA SERIES : PART 4 Togo. Photo Credit: Barnfonden via flickr under a Creative Commons license. “Having a free society devoid of political intimidation, full glory of media freedom, participatory...
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Biofuels, Source of Land and Water Grabbing
Are biofuels an excellent example of a big policy flop? Fritz Holzwarth, deputy director-general at Germany’s Federal Environment Ministry, says yes. “The biofuel hype – and I am calling it a hype –...
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The EU Will Open Doors to a New Country: Croatia
EUROPEAN UNION SERIES : PART 1 Croatian President Ivo Josipovic and Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor signing Croatia´s Accession Treaty in Brussels, 9 December 2011. Photo Courtesy: the European...
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“Ben-Vindo”, meaning welcome in Portuguese, greets faces from 130 different countries at the entrance of the Ulysses Guimarães Convention Center at the heart of Brazil’s capital, Brasilia. Some...
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Young Voices Speak Against Corruption
Think Brigade’s multimedia journalist Rajneesh Bhandari covered the 15th International Anti-corruption conference held in Brasilia, Brazil from Nov. 7-10 2012. In his second post he talks with youth...
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Pirate Fish on European Plates? No Thanks!
“Do you have authorisation to tranship [transfer cargo from one ship to another] in the location you are transhipping?” asked an environmental campaigner via a satellite phone in the waters of Sierra...
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Political Impasse in Nepal Deepens
A man cleaning Swayambhunath Stupa. Photo by Rajneesh Bhandari/ThinkBrigade.com. It has become a common saying in Kathmandu — it’s difficult to predict Nepal’s politics. The squabbles between...
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From Hydro-Hegemony to Water Justice?
ThinkBrigade’s Hussam Hussein reports from the Sixth International Workshop on Hydro-Hegemony that took place at the University of East Anglia‘s London campus in January 2013. This year’s topic was...
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Relocation of slum settlers in the Philippines
Photo of the actual relocation site Montalban The winding road is seemingly endless, lined on both sides with a plethora of junkyards, slum areas and ravines of trash. At the end of this stretch is...
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