News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 103
'God Bless Montevideo' Inspires Serbs
- Inter Press Service
Only months ago, most of the Serbs would probably not know that Montevideo is the capital of Uruguay, as there is hardly anything that connects the two nations.
INDIA: Engaging Africa With Software and Soft Power
- Inter Press Service
India cannot match rival China’s massive investments in Africa, but it is using its information technology capabilities and its affordable university courses to stay relevant on the continent.
CHINA: Sympathy for Japan Drowns Out Historic Hate
- Inter Press Service
Despite deep historic tensions between the two Asian powers, a surge of sympathy has emerged among Chinese toward victims of last week’s earthquake and resulting tsunami in northern Japan, which has left an estimated 10,000 dead or missing.
PAKISTAN: Unsung Heroines Bring Healthcare to Villages
- Inter Press Service
At eight in the morning 30-year-old Sultana Solangi steps out of her house ready for her day’s work. Wearing a black gown that shows only her eyes, she is shod in comfortable slippers and lugs a large black bag.
PAKISTAN: Deaths of ‘Unwanted’ Babies On The Rise
- Inter Press Service
The graves at a cemetery in Moach Goth have no epitaphs, no verses from the Koran, not even the names of the deceased. The only inscription on the small wooden signs that serve as headstones is a number and the date of burial. The latest one is Number 72,315.
CUBA-US: Alan Gross and the 'Cyberwar'
- Inter Press Service
The 15-year jail sentence handed down over the weekend to U.S. citizen Alan Gross, who was found guilty in Cuba of 'acts against the independence and territorial integrity of the state,' is part of a new chapter in the conflict between Havana and Washington, which is now playing out in cyberspace.
TRADE: Chic Carpets Link Mozambique, Denmark and, Soon, Brazil
- Inter Press Service
In two rooms in a small Mozambican coastal town, 70 women are cutting, weaving and packaging fabric carpets destined for eclectic design and homeware stores in Denmark and, soon, Brazil and South Africa.
Ancient Buddhas Will Not Be Rebuilt — UNESCO
- Inter Press Service
Afghanistan's historic Bamiyan Buddhas, destroyed by the Taliban 10 years ago, will not be reconstructed despite claims the 1,500-year-old statues could be repaired, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) said Thursday.
YEMEN: Death Toll Rising at Peaceful Protests
- Inter Press Service
Despite an ongoing dialogue between U.S. officials, human rights groups and Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh regarding concerns over the use of lethal force to quell anti- government protests throughout the Persian Gulf state, the death toll continues to rise in Yemen's port city of Aden and in other locations.
MEDIA-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: A Bad Case of Quid Pro Quo
- Inter Press Service
At first glance, the Dominican Republic appears to be a bastion of free information, with seven print dailies and seven national television stations. But journalists here say that more subtle means of coercion have become the norm.
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