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<title>The BRICS Report - Brazil </title>
<description>Udo spoke to Dr Lyal White Director of the Centre for Dynamic Markets at GIBS, about Brazil&#8217;s stadium preparations for the World Cup. Apparently only half the stadiums for the Confederation Cup have been delivered. Fifa has declared that it is not going according to plan. Brazil-Nigeria restore direct air links 19 years after operations were ceased. Police jailed for killing prisoners in the bloodiest prison revolt in Brazilian history which shows signs of judicial change in Brazil.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 17:03:03 </pubDate>
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<title>The Brics Report India </title>
<description>Udo spoke to Anjana Pasricha the VOA  correspondent in the South Asia Bureau based in New Delhi, about the Guptas  and Political Patronage .</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 7 May 2013 11:55:14 </pubDate>
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<title>The Brics Report - China</title>
<description>John spoke to Dr Martyn Davies the CEO of Frontier Advisory Services who gave the following on the report: China&#8217;s growth slows to 7.7% in the first quarter of 2013; China becomes biggest market in the world for PCs in 2012; and China&#8217;s foreign policy toward North Korea. 

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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:52:34 </pubDate>
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<title>The Brics Report - India</title>
<description>John spoke to Anjana Pasricha the Voice of America correspondent in the South Asia Bureau based in New Delhi, about the supreme court&#8217;s refusal to grant a drug patent to a Swiss company for an anti cancer drug which is apparently going to protect access to cheap medicines for millions of people suffering from AIDS; protests over yet another rape , this time of a five year old which has gripped New Delhi ; and a new gold rush in India. </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:40:21 </pubDate>
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<title>The BRICS Report</title>
<description>John spoke to Will Englund, the Washington Post Correspondent in Moscow,  about Military spending declining in the United States and Western Europe, but it&#8217;s on the increase in Russia. They also discussed the release by members of the Russian parliament, and other high ranking officials, of their annual reports on income and property holdings,  Russia talking about a temporary cut off for migration from Tajikistan in Central Asia , and whether illegal immigration is a problem in Russia , and what would be driving it?</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:42:58 </pubDate>
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<title>The BRICS Report - Brazil</title>
<description>John spoke to Dr Lyal White Director at the Centre for Dynamic  Markets at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, who spoke about the Brazilian doctor who has been killing hospital patients, and could go down as one of the worst known serial killers of all time.  The shocking gang rape of a tourist on a public mini-van in Rio de Janeiro. The real reason behind Brazil's economic slowdown: bottlenecks requiring structural changes in infrastructure and education. He also talked about how Brazil is seeking a better way to deal with crack addicts. </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 11:48:10 </pubDate>
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<title>The Brics Report- China</title>
<description>John spoke to Dr Martyn Davies, CEO Frontier Advisory about the establishment of a  BRICS Bank &#8211; yes or no? They also discussed the BRICS countries and their respective strategies in Africa as well as a possible expansion of BRICS. </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 10:50:30 </pubDate>
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<title>The Brics Report - India</title>
<description>John spoke to Anjana Pasricha, Voice of America correspondent in the South Asia Bureau, based in New Delhi. Anjana talked about India passing a sweeping bill on crimes against women in the wake of the gang rape of a young woman in December. Is this actually expected to make a difference in the treatment toward women? India&#8217;s travel industry is a bit worried that some cases involving foreign tourists could affect tourism. Is that true? And is India doing enough to establish a relationship with Africa? </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:52:53 </pubDate>
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<title>The Brics Report - Russia</title>
<description>John spoke to Victor Sonkin, Lecturer at Moscow State University and freelance journalist, who spoke about Easyjet getting a licence to fly from London and Manchester to Moscow; two Soviet and one US astronaut landed back on earth after five months in space station; Russia to publish its own sovereign debt rating, challenging international agencies; and winter in Russia and everyone&#8217;s fed up.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:57:37 </pubDate>
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<title>The BRICS Report - Brazil</title>
<description>Redi spoke to Dr Lyal White a director from the Centre for Dynamic Markets at GIBS,  about Brazil&#8217;s reaction to the death of Hugo Chavez, the changing terms of trade in domestic help of maid services, as it is called in Brazil and raining spiders.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:41:28 </pubDate>
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