News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 114
ECUADOR: Diversity in Remembering the Dead
- Inter Press Service
Tens of thousands of Ecuadorians are set to visit cemeteries on Tuesday, the traditional 'Día de Finados' (Day of the Deceased). But while city residents tend to spend the day in mourning, for many indigenous peoples it is a day of celebration, of reunion with their ancestors.
U.S. Inmates Exposed to Toxic E-Waste
- Inter Press Service
Past U.S. inmates and prison staff in electronic waste recycling programmes face serious health risks after officials willfully violated health, safety and environmental laws, a new report has found.
RIGHTS-JAPAN: Motherhood Is A Choice, Say Activists
- Inter Press Service
For years, Kanako Nashimura longed to have a child, but was diagnosed as having a blocked fallopian tube. Encouraged by her husband and in-laws, she tried various fertility treatments, but not one of them worked.
SOUTH AFRICA: Draft Bill Is 'A Charter for Rogues'
- Inter Press Service
A coalition of civil society groups marched to South Africa's Parliament on Oct. 27 to protest against the draft version of a new Protection of Information Bill. 'This bill is a betrayal of all the democratic principles we fought for,' anti-apartheid stalwart Kader Asmal told the crowd.
CHINA: As Tourists Come, Culture Goes
- Inter Press Service
In 2005, the ‘National Geographic China’ magazine named this ethnic Tibetan village in western Sichuan province, sprawled over a valley wall amid snow-capped mountains, China’s most beautiful. Depending on how you look at it, that distinction was either a blessing or a curse.
CHILE: Documentary Reveals Injustices Endured by Mapuches - and Filmmaker
- Inter Press Service
Finally, her documentary film about the indigenous Mapuche people has reached theatres in Chile and in other countries. Elena Varela was in the midst of making the film when she was imprisoned on charges for which she has now been completely cleared.
AUSTRALIA: Campaign Continues for Parliamentary Seats for Aborigines
- Inter Press Service
Ken Wyatt stood, draped in a traditional kangaroo-skin shroud. In a voice wavering at times with emotion, the only indigenous Australian ever elected to this nation’s lower house of Parliament presented his inaugural address.
MEXICO: Juárez Residents Fight for Safe Public Spaces
- Inter Press Service
The setting sun creates long shadows on the pavement in the crowded Del Safari neighbourhood in the southwest of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Casting the shadows are young people playing percussion instruments or children breakdancing or performing daring skateboard jumps.
MIDEAST: Treasure House Under Threat
- Inter Press Service
Few outside of Gaza would consider its history much beyond the decades of Israeli occupation. But Gaza is a historical treasure house. Many of those treasures are now in Israeli museums, and those that remain are becoming difficult to preserve due to the Israeli siege.
BURMA: Ahead of Poll, Junta Faces Off with A Familiar Foe — Radio
- Inter Press Service
As military-ruled Burma heads towards its first general election in two decades in November, its citizens are tuning in to their enduring faith in the old communication order — the power of the radio.
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