News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 123
MIGRATION-PORTUGAL: On the Football Pitch, Everyone Is Equal
- Inter Press Service
Football functions on so many levels. It can be big business, moving astronomical quantities of cash, with obscene salaries for owners, coaches and star players. And it can be a widely played sport, found in every park, street or vacant lot. And it can be the common ground for multicultural coexistence.
MALAYSIA: Let Information Flow, State Tells Federal Gov’t
- Inter Press Service
The freedom of information bill pending in opposition-ruled Selangor state may be just at the state level, but it throws a direct challenge to the federal government of Malaysia and its strict controls on the media.
CHINA: Youngsters Rebel Against ‘Authoritarian’ Parenting
- Inter Press Service
Fourteen years ago, Fang Xin declared war on her parents.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Youth Vulnerable to Violence
- Inter Press Service
James Banda, 27, is an unemployed youth although he occasionally is hired to act as a bus conductor at Lusaka’s Kulima Tower Bus Station. He may not have a permanent job, but it is easy to find him. Anyone looking for him just has to go to the bus station and ask. Everyone knows who he is. Banda, or ‘ba-Jay’ as people call him, is a young man who commands a lot of respect from his friends — he is a thug for hire.
RIGHTS-BAHRAIN: Women Don’t Need to Accept Polygamy - Activists
- Inter Press Service
In her 30s, Muza has been married for years but has managed to remain financially independent. In fact, she was even able to help build the home she has with her husband, using the money she earned as a teacher.
SUDAN: Fear Campaign Reported Ahead of Referendum
- Inter Press Service
With less than six months before the residents of southern Sudan vote on a reform which is expected to result in the cessation of South Sudan from the north, a new report implicates Sudan’s security services in 'carrying out a brutal campaign of arbitrary detentions, torture, and mental and physical intimidation' against opponents of the government.
MEDIA-PHILIPPINES: Citizen Journalism Gets Public Involved
- Inter Press Service
Television news images of a phony policeman on a motorcycle escorting a sedan travelling against the flow of traffic — submitted by a passing motorist — is a sign of the changing face of journalism and public involvement in the Philippines.
BRAZIL: Football Paves the Way to Masculinity Without Violence
- Inter Press Service
It’s Friday night, and in a 'favela' (shanty town) in this Brazilian city, a group of men relax with a beer after a hard week, while a song can be heard above the rowdy chatter.
INDIA: Amid Renewed Violence, Kashmir Journalists Become the News
- Inter Press Service
Abdul Rehman stopped in his tracks when he did not see his usual newspapers strewn out on his lawn one morning this month. But little did he know that he would not see newspapers, whether out on the newsstands or delivered to subscribers like him, for three more days.
PAKISTAN: Swat Valley’s Festival Speaks Up for Peace
- Inter Press Service
The threats against officials and ordinary people alike have not stopped, with yet another suicide bomber sowing terror in the district’s main town just on Jul. 15.
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