News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 119
INDIA: Fears of Privacy Loss Pursue Ambitious ID Project
- Inter Press Service
Fears about loss of privacy are being voiced as India gears up to launch an ambitious scheme to biometrically identify and number each of its 1.2 billion inhabitants.
MIDEAST: Media New Battleground for Palestinians and Israelis
- Inter Press Service
Palestinians and Israelis are using the media as a new battleground in their war to win hearts and minds across the globe, even as the protracted conflict in the Mideast drags on with no apparent end in sight.
FILM-CUBA: 'I Fought for This, But Not Just to Be a Housewife'
- Inter Press Service
Mavi Susel, the first transsexual in Cuba to undergo sex reassignment surgery, back in 1988, has found herself trapped in the traditionally assigned gender role of a housewife.
AFGHANISTAN: Not Much Good News for the Media
- Inter Press Service
Good news has become harder to come by these days in Afghanistan, especially as the war-ravaged country gears up for the parliamentary election scheduled on Sep. 18.
INDIA: Kashmiri Youngsters Wage Online Struggle
- Inter Press Service
Rasik Rasheed’s (not his real name) hefty Internet bills hardly bother his family. Cooped up at home due to curfews and strikes here for nearly three months now, youngsters like him have been busy not just with their studies but with waging what they call the Kashmir struggle on the Internet.
JAPAN: Househusbands Giving Birth To More Gender Equality
- Inter Press Service
Since their first child was born 16 years ago, Hiroyuki Ozaki has taken care of the household, relinquishing his traditional role as the main breadwinner while his wife held on to her career in the travel industry.
RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Mob Brutality Raises Painful Questions
- Inter Press Service
A breakdown in Pakistan’s justice system, a sign of a society desensitised to violence, an example of mob brutality.
SPAIN: Puppet Marathon for Building School in Bolivia
- Inter Press Service
The 17th Titirilandia (Puppetland) Festival will conclude with a marathon puppet show, to be held Sunday Aug. 29 in Spain's capital city in aid of a school in the remote Bolivian mining province of Potosí.
PHILIPPINES: Media Take a Hit in Hostage Crisis
- Inter Press Service
In the wake of the bungled hostage-rescue operation that left eight Hong Kong tourists and the gunman dead, the Philippine media are finding themselves a target of anger by many who say that sensationalism and no-holds-barred coverage added to the bloody end to a crisis they call an international embarrassment.
CULTURE-CHINA: Now Showing — Independent Films
- Inter Press Service
While Hollywood blockbusters and state-funded historical epics continue to dominate China’s box office, a vibrant independent film scene is quietly growing.
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