Global Issues
News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 32
CUBA-US: Alan Gross and the 'Cyberwar'
- Inter Press Service
The 15-year jail sentence handed down over the weekend to U.S. citizen Alan Gross, who was found guilty in Cuba of 'acts against the independence and territorial integrity of the state,' is part of a new chapter in the conflict between Havana and Washington, which is now playing out in cyberspace.
TRADE: Chic Carpets Link Mozambique, Denmark and, Soon, Brazil
- Inter Press Service
In two rooms in a small Mozambican coastal town, 70 women are cutting, weaving and packaging fabric carpets destined for eclectic design and homeware stores in Denmark and, soon, Brazil and South Africa.
Ancient Buddhas Will Not Be Rebuilt — UNESCO
- Inter Press Service
Afghanistan's historic Bamiyan Buddhas, destroyed by the Taliban 10 years ago, will not be reconstructed despite claims the 1,500-year-old statues could be repaired, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) said Thursday.
MEDIA-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: A Bad Case of Quid Pro Quo
- Inter Press Service
At first glance, the Dominican Republic appears to be a bastion of free information, with seven print dailies and seven national television stations. But journalists here say that more subtle means of coercion have become the norm.
Iconoclastic Young Filmmakers Look at Real Issues in Cuba
- Inter Press Service
Lighting up dark areas of Cuban society with youthful vigour, Muestra Joven (the Young Cinema Exhibition), a local independent film event, reached its 10th anniversary characterised by experimentation and subjects that are both complex and invisible in the national media.
CUBA: Varadero's Architectural Heritage Threatened by Tourism
- Inter Press Service
Important architectural works from the Modern movement in Cuba appear to be doomed as a result of the expansion of massive hotel complexes, which threaten to take over the landscape in Varadero, this country's most famous beach resort.
Q&A: Ordinary Women Have Extraordinary Stories to Tell
- Inter Press Service
Ordinary women's voices are too often ignored when it comes to solving their own problems, admonishes Loga Virahsawmy, Director of the Southern African NGO Gender Links, Mauritius and Francophone Office.
ARGENTINA: Early Treatment Can Stop Stuttering in Children
- Inter Press Service
British actor Colin Firth's sensitivity and skill in portraying one man's determination to overcome stuttering, in 'The King's Speech', did more than any campaign in Argentina to show people that with timely intervention, the lives of tens of thousands of children can change.
OP-ED: Zambian TV Ads Threaten Women's Gains
- Inter Press Service
Five years since Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was elected president in Liberia, it appears there is a systematic campaign to remind African women that their place is still in the kitchen. And advertisers of detergent powders and other cleaning products appear to be the main culprits.
Q&A: 'Education Must Reach the Marginalised'
- Inter Press Service
Although more girls are enrolling in school - notably in countries with the greatest gender gaps like Chad, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Yemen - two-thirds of the world's illiterate adults are still women.
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