IPS Inter Press Service - PoliticsIPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.BRAZIL: Delivery Boy Newshounds Show Life in Sao Paulo- (Found June 19, 2008 ) RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 18 (IPS) - Cleyton Perronis motorbike has been a part of his life since he was 12. But 19 years later, its role changed from recreation to an essential working tool as, equipped with a cell phone, he became a reporter of daily life in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42867 MIDEAST: Anything for a Bath, Anything for Fuel- (Found June 19, 2008 ) GAZA CITY, Jun 18 (IPS) - The girl, about 16, is wandering about Jebaliya refugee camp, picking up anything she thinks can burn. She cannot find enough bits of wood, so she gathers plastic bags, old notebooks and even a pair of broken plastic sandals.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42866 Q&A: &39;Occupiers Cannot Also Be Liberal&39;- (Found June 19, 2008 ) ATHENS, Jun 18 (IPS) - Support for an academic boycott of Israeli universities exposed Ilan Pappe to death threats last year, forced him to resign as senior lecturer of political science at the University of Haifa, and leave the country.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42865 Q&A: "I Tell People How the Death Penalty Is Actually Practiced"- (Found June 19, 2008 ) WASHINGTON, Jun 18 (IPS) - For over 20 years, Sister Helen Prejean, a Roman Catholic nun, has worked to educate the public about the death penalty. She has been spiritual adviser to eight death row inmates, turning her experience visiting one into the best-selling book, "Dead Man Walking". In 1995, the book was made into a film starring Susan Sarandon, winning the actress an Oscar for her performance.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42864 MIDEAST: Cracks Widen in Israeli Cabinet- (Found June 19, 2008 ) JERUSALEM, Jun 18 (IPS) - The Prime Minister and the Defence Minister are at each other&39;s throats. The Foreign Minister and the Prime Minister are barely talking. And the Deputy Prime Minister, who wants to replace the Prime Minister, is already talking about what he might do if he does.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42862 THEATRE-US: Welcome to the Machine- (Found June 19, 2008 ) NEW YORK, Jun 18 (IPS) - "The Adding Machine" (1923) and "Top Girls" (1983) are separated by 60 years, but both used stylised techniques to portray workers as willing slaves of capitalism. That system has destroyed them, but they haven't the consciousness to know it. And they absorb attitudes that are racist and sexist.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42861 POLITICS: U.S. Still a Potent Influence in Asia- (Found June 19, 2008 ) WASHINGTON, Jun 18 (IPS) - Despite its steady rise as a global power, China still falls behind the U.S. in its regional sway in East Asia, according to a survey of countries in the region released Tuesday.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42860 |