Brazil hotels set to cut rates for June's Rio+20 summit BBC News Rio de Janeiro hotel owners have agreed to cut prices during a major UN summit next month, amid fears that spiralling costs were putting off visitors. | The Brazilian government said room rates should now be at least 25% lower. | Some 50,000 visitors are expected in Rio for the UN sustainable develo...
Paris Hilton set to make her DJ debut in Brazil IMDb | Paris Hilton is reinventing herself yet again. The 31-year-old former reality TV star is set to make her debut as a DJ at Sao Paolo, Brazil's Pop Music Festival. | She'll be the festival's closing performer in a lineup that also includes Jenifer Lopez and Kelly Clarkson. | "Paris is part of the ti...
‘Leave Nothing But Footprints’ on Philippine Beaches Jakarta Globe Manila. Seashells and corals are competing with styrofoam packs, food wrappers, cigarette butts, and plastic bottles for space on some of the Philippines’ most scenic beaches. Graffiti mars tourist spots like lighthouses and caves, proclaiming the ...
Mumbai street vendor to speak at Rio labour meet Newstrack India | Mumbai, May 20 (IANS) Vegetable vendor Salma fights for the rights of the city's street vendors and has been jailed many times. Now the 26-year-old is going to an international conference in Brazil to speak about Indian domestic workers, labourers ...
Mumbai street vendor to speak at Rio labour meet DNA India | Vegetable vendor Salma fights for the rights of the city's street vendors and has been jailed many times. Now the 26-year-old is going to an international conference in Brazil to speak about Indian domestic workers, labourers and hawkers | Salma, w...
Justice and Peace laid bare for cash Daily Press | I know, most of you readers were hoping this week's column would be about dinosaur flatulence, but no, it's time for another installment of "Nude in the News." | It's our spasmodically recurring feature, dedicated to the eternal truth that naked pe...
The French connection: lessons from an edible garden The Independent | Whether or not they know the English translation, even a child in France knows their veg. A whole genre of kids' books exists in France which have no English equivalents: we own a few, including L'imagier du Légume, a pictorial guide intended to h...
Batala Wshington DC at Artomatic The Examiner | I love this group, Batala DC, a Brazilian-inspired percussion band that dances, marches, and chants. | This women’s group will liven up any event as I imagine some places to where I would like to dispatch them. If I were President Obama, I would ...
'Save the planet', science leaders urge G8 governments BBC News Leaders of the global science community have issued joint statements to world leaders meeting at the G8 summit later this month in the US. | National science academies from 15 countries have called on the leading industrialised economies to pay greater heed to science and technology. | The academies include those from the US, China, India and the U...
