News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 45
Biking Across the Americas, Spotlight on Children
- Inter Press Service
Damián López, of Argentina, has been riding his bicycle the length of the Americas for the past three years. His mission? In addition to completing the long journey, he wants to shine the spotlight on children who are at risk due to violence or abandonment.
PAKISTAN: Floods Leave Afghan Refugees Down and Out
- Inter Press Service
When they are not looking forlornly over what used to be their homes or trying to find help for relatives who have fallen ill, many Afghan refugees chase after vehicles that pass through the Great Trunk Road connecting Peshawar to Islamabad, the Pakistani capital.
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.
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