News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 106
RIGHTS-BURMA: Rohingya Issue Figures in Regional Summit
- Inter Press Service
Burma’s military regime has set a tough challenge for regional leaders to grapple with when they gather for a summit over the weekend in this resort town south of Bangkok.
RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: New Drive Against Racism
- Inter Press Service
With new figures showing that 44 percent of Australians were either born overseas or have at least one parent who was, community organisations have welcomed a stepped-up government programme to tackle racial, cultural and religious intolerance.
POLITICS: Many Muslims Reject Terror Tactics, Back Some Goals
- Inter Press Service
Strong majorities of people in predominantly Muslim countries reject terrorism but support key goals of Al Qaeda, notably expelling U.S. military forces from the Islamic world, according to a major new study of public opinion in seven nations and the Palestinian territories released here Wednesday.
U.S.: Gen Y Reads - But Only for Nine Minutes a Day
- Inter Press Service
Are twentysomethings changing the culture of literature?
ENVIRONMENT-PAKISTAN: Warnings From Vanishing Vultures
- Inter Press Service
'The thought of my carcass being pecked at by vultures isn’t at all pleasant,' said Bapsi Sidhwa, a leading Pakistani diasporic writer now living in the United States. She was referring to the ancient Parsi funerary rite of 'sky burial'.
ENVIRONMENT-JAPAN: Jail For Nailing Scientific Whaling Lies?
- Inter Press Service
Two Greenpeace activists who exposed a black market in whale meat run by the crew of Japanese whalers face up to 10 years in jail while the government shows no discomfiture over the nailing of its ‘scientific whaling’ claims.
CHINA: Won't Trade Art Objects For Rights in Tibet
- Inter Press Service
As nationalistic passions burn over the fate of looted Chinese artworks auctioned in Paris this week, Beijing is attempting to keep the focus on past humiliations by Western powers and away from delicate issues like human rights and China’s handling of Tibet.
MIDEAST: The Ball Could be in Israel's Court
- Inter Press Service
Israel's outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rode roughshod over those who piously argue that sport and politics ought not to play in the same arena.
ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Goa Agitated by Shady Real Estate Deals
- Inter Press Service
Simmering resentment against major, concrete development in rural Goa - famous for its exotic beaches and idyllic rural countryside - has now exploded in violent agitations against corrupt local administrations.
CHINA: Cracks Appearing in the 'Great Firewall'
- Inter Press Service
While the Internet boom in China has given citizens new avenues for self-expression, the government's tight control and censorship of content has made it difficult for the web to act as a platform for any major political dissent.
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