News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 111
MEDIA-BRAZIL: Free Speech and an Open Mic
- Inter Press Service
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 'betrayed' community radio stations, said Magno Cruz, the head of Radio Conquista, speaking at a round table discussion at the International Laboratory for Free Media, held in the capital of the northeastern state of Maranhao.
POLITICS: Muslim World Hails End of a Despised Symbol
- Inter Press Service
While the decision of President Barack Obama to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay Cuba, and end the practice of interrogation techniques that violate international law, made front page news throughout the United States, press reaction in the Middle East was far less extensive - but generally favourable.
RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: 'Plight of Tamils Similar to Gaza Civilians'
- Inter Press Service
While the Sri Lankan army has announced the capture of Mullaitivu, the last bastion of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the plight of more than 250,000 civilians caught in the fighting continues to be as grim as that of civilians in Gaza, say those involved in humanitarian work.
PAKISTAN/INDIA: Women Beat Unorthodox Paths to Peace
- Inter Press Service
As high-profile delegations from Pakistan visit India after the launch of a month-long cross-border signature campaign to press for resumption of dialogue between the two countries and call for peace, IPS interviewed three Pakistani women who are pushing this agenda in their own unorthodox ways.
Q&A: 'A Lot of the Gaza Story Is Being Left Out'
- Inter Press Service
The war of words continues in Gaza, in spite of the ceasefire. Nancy Snow, propaganda expert, talks to IPS about information spin strategies and whether we, the public, have learnt any lessons from Iraq.
POLITICS-MALAYSIA: By-Poll Debacle May Hit Reforms
- Inter Press Service
A key parliamentary by-election on Saturday that fell to a resurgent opposition alliance has piled pressure on Malaysia's prime minister-to-be, Najib Razak.
VENEZUELA: Journalists Face Escalation of Violence
- Inter Press Service
With chilling calm, the killer dismounted from the motorbike, pulled out his gun and shot Ores Sambrano through the head as if it were the most natural thing in the world. The journalist was on his way to a video store on a busy avenue in Valencia, an industrial town 100 kilometres west of the Venezuelan capital.
INDIA/PAKISTAN: Civil Society Mounts Peace Offensive
- Inter Press Service
A visit to India by a delegation of civil society activists from Pakistan as part of a ‘peace offensive’ is expected to help keep the two South Asian neighbours from going to war over the Nov. 26-29 terror attacks on Mumbai city.
THAILAND: Burmese Refugees Set Adrift, Hundreds Feared Dead
- Inter Press Service
Hundreds of Rohingya (Burmese Muslim) refugees are feared dead after being pushed back into the sea by Thai authorities, according to human rights activists based in Thailand.
BOLIVIA: Christian Groups Stir Up Debate over New Constitution
- Inter Press Service
'Did you know they want to throw God out of Bolivia?' asks a television spot frequently broadcast by opponents of leftwing Bolivian President Evo Morales ahead of the Jan. 25 referendum on constitutional reform.
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