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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Adele can change how music industry markets female acts
A top record executive has launched a damning attack on music industry attitudes, claiming the insistence on over-sexualising female artists has led to “boring, crass and unoriginal” music. Richard Russell is founder of record label XL Recordings, home to the … Continue reading
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L’Afrique des classes moyennes
Autrefois, quand des économistes évoquaient l’Afrique subsaharienne, ils ne s’intéressaient qu’à un seul et unique pays: l’Afrique du Sud. Il y a dix ans, c’était le pays le plus riche, pourvu des institutions les plus solides et du marché boursier … Continue reading
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El Barça asombra a entrenadores, jugadores e iconos del fútbol
¿Es este Barça el mejor equipo de la historia? 45.222 personas respondieron a la pregunta del prestigioso deportivo francés L’Équipe y el 76% lo hicieron afirmativamente: este Barça es el mejor equipo de todos los tiempos. Jugadores, entrenadores de prestigio, … Continue reading
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Food prices to double by 2030, Oxfam warns
The average price of staple foods will more than double in the next 20 years, leading to an unprecedented reversal in human development, Oxfam has warned. The world’s poorest people, who spend up to 80% of their income of food, … Continue reading
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Les fiertés de Mamani Keita
Un matin d’il y a sept ans, dont elle se souvient comme si c’était hier : Mamani Keita n’a pas deux euros en poche pour acheter le goûter de sa fille. Requête auprès d’un voisin, d’une copine… Nul ne possède la … Continue reading
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La izquierda italiana resucita con brío en las elecciones municipales
Un largo ciclo político empieza a morir en Italia. Las urnas han hablado, y el mensaje es un tsunami de esperanza y cambio democrático que deja seriamente tocado a Silvio Berlusconi. Un centro-izquierda más plural y esta vez realmente de … Continue reading
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Gaddafi ready to implement truce, says Zuma after talks
The South African President Jacob Zuma arrived in Tripoli yesterday for further talks with Colonel Gaddafi, in a fresh attempt to end the fighting in Libya. And as eight army officers became the latest to rebel against the leadership, President … Continue reading
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Cet « Agamemnon » n’est pas une agamemnonade de plus
Il y a toujours de bonnes raisons à ce qu’une pièce ne soit jamais, ou rarement, montée. Un peu comme ces textes inédits qui auraient mérité de le rester. Les tragédies de Sénèque trainent cette fâcheuse réputation. Bien qu’elles aient … Continue reading
Rachid Ghanouchi: “Mi sueño es conjugar islam y modernidad”
Hace 16 años Rachid Ghanouchi fue expulsado de España cuando asistía, en Córdoba, a un congreso sobre “el islam ante el desafío de la modernidad”: al parecer se le consideraba sospechoso de ideología extremista. Es probable que dentro de poco … Continue reading
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Yemeni protesters killed as Saleh’s troops storm their camp with tanks
Yemen’s security forces stormed an anti-regime protest camp in the southern city of Taiz yesterday, killing at least 20 people in the second bloodiest day of the four-month uprising against President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s rule. The raid coincided with the … Continue reading
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