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By Pascal Fletcher JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – After years of headlines about Africa’s poverty, its emerging middle class is now grabbing attention as a driver of growth and democracy and an expanding pool of consumers for market-hungry retailers. Consumer demand is a motor of Africa’s economic and investment surge, and analysts see middle class buyers with [...]
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AFRICA INVESTMENT: Africa’s emerging middle class drives growth and democracy
Posted by admin on May 10th, 2013
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No Comments »Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder deals democracy another blow
Posted by admin on March 2nd, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: Another, blow, deals, Democracy, Gov., Michigan, Rick, Snyder No Comments »If it is not stopped, the Republican war on democracy will tear this nation apart
Posted by admin on January 27th, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: Apart, Democracy, Nation, Republican, Stopped, tear, this No Comments »Michigan Republicans brag about their hard work trampling democracy and cutting corporate taxes
Posted by admin on December 29th, 2012
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: about, Brag, corporate, cutting, Democracy, Hard, Michigan, Republicans, taxes, Their, trampling, work No Comments »American Family Association guy says overturning DOMA or Prop. 8 will be ‘end of democracy’
Posted by admin on December 16th, 2012
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: American, Association, Democracy, DOMA, end., Family, overturning, Prop, says No Comments »Ghana awaits new president in test of democracy
Posted by admin on December 9th, 2012
ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghanaians waited anxiously on Sunday for results to a leadership election that was fraught with technical problems, but which officials hope will still burnish the country’s reputation as a pillar of African democracy. A leading local news outlet that was compiling results credited incumbent John Dramani Mahama with victory on Sunday, contradicting [...]
BREAKING: No Way Egypt Coming Out Of This With A Functional Democracy
Posted by admin on November 27th, 2012
CAIRO—Following countrywide protests against President Mohamed Morsi’s sweeping assertions of executive power, sources confirmed Tuesday that, just so you know, there’s no chance whatsoever that Egypt is emerging from all this with a fun… Tweet This Post
Obama, in Asia, says Myanmar trip to encourage democracy
Posted by admin on November 19th, 2012
BANGKOK (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama denied on Sunday his upcoming trip to Myanmar was an endorsement of the government there, calling it an acknowledgement of the progress made in shaking off decades of military rule and encouragement for it go further. On Monday, Obama will become the first serving U.S. president to visit [...]
Hell to Pay: Pelosi tells us ‘democracy is on the ballot’
Posted by admin on November 3rd, 2012
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Insight: China grassroots democracy challenge awaits new leaders
Posted by admin on October 29th, 2012
XIAOSHAN/WUKAN, China (Reuters) – Hua Youjuan is an unlikely Chinese official. Free-spirited but driven, she left her village at age 17, got a degree in marketing, and opened a string of businesses in nearby cities in eastern China before settling in the coastal boomtown of Ningbo, 160 km (100 miles) from home. … Tweet This [...]
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