Global Issues
News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 35
EGYPT: Embattled Regime Cuts Internet Services
- Inter Press Service
Twitter was an early casualty. Then Facebook access became spotty. But when the Internet itself went down, Egyptian pro-democracy activists knew their protests were having an effect.
EGYPT: Public Noose Tightens Around Mubarak
- Inter Press Service
Demonstrations calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt continued for the second day in several Egyptian cities with police cracking down violently, a development that many analysts here say reflects the nervousness of the regime.
Press Freedom Under Threat in Age of Wikileaks
- Inter Press Service
Freedom of the press could be seriously impacted across the world in the wake of the ongoing political revelations brought about by whistle-blowing websites such as Wikileaks, one of foremost constitutional law experts in the U.S. said Tuesday.
ARGENTINA: Guaraní Effort to Strengthen Culture Through Tourism
- Inter Press Service
Since recovering part of their territory in 2005, an indigenous Guaraní community in the northeastern Argentine province of Misiones is working to maintain and expand a cultural tourism initiative.
MEXICO: Native Craftswomen Harness Their Skills
- Inter Press Service
It took María de los Ángeles Carrillo, a native craftswoman from Mexico, eight months to weave a decorative junco reed basket, for which she won an 8,000 dollar prize from the Mexican government.
INDIA: New Push to Chase Money in Swiss Banks
- Inter Press Service
After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh refusal to divulge details of billions of dollars allegedly stashed away abroad by Indians, anti-corruption crusaders are banking their hopes on promised Wikileaks revelations.
Q&A: 'In Mexico, We Have Let the Violent Ones Do the Talking'
- Inter Press Service
'In Mexico, we have let the violent ones do the talking,' says journalist Marcela Turati, author of 'Fuego Cruzado' (Crossfire), a new book that tells the stories of victims of President Felipe Calderón's war on drugs, which has left an official death toll of 30,000 in four years.
CHILE: Grassroots Heritage Preservation Efforts Growing
- Inter Press Service
With the first National Congress on Heritage Neighbourhoods and Areas, community groups in Chile plan to draw attention to their struggle to defend the country's vulnerable historic heritage.
MALAYSIA: Muslim Gay Faces Govt Wrath
- Inter Press Service
Muslim engineer Azman Ismail has sparked a huge storm of criticism, invited official censure and even death threats by going on YouTube.com and confessing that he is a gay.
Media Crackdown Threatens Democracy
- Inter Press Service
Following the approval of a restrictive media law that led to widespread domestic and international condemnation, Hungarian society is trying to come to terms with the broader consequences of the country’s alleged descent into authoritarianism.
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