News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 47
POLITICS: Cambodia Seeks to Internationalise Temple Row with Thailand
- Inter Press Service
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is threatening an international showdown with neighbouring Thailand over the vexed question of managing a 10th- century Hindu temple, an architectural jewel of Cambodia’s ancient Khmer civilisation.
MEXICO: Threats Against Journalists: 'You're Vulnerable, and It's Hard to Accept'
- Inter Press Service
'The threats change your whole life,' said Jade Ramírez, a journalist who has been living for months with that burden, which also hangs over a growing group of her colleagues in Mexico.
Independent Theatre Flourishing in Buenos Aires
- Inter Press Service
Independent theatre productions are mushrooming in basements, small theatres, garages or private residences throughout the Argentine capital, and sometimes even making it big across borders.
AFRICA: Bearing Witness and Celebrating the Everyday
- Inter Press Service
'I had a lump in my breast for a few years that I ignored [mainly because] it didn’t hurt. It’s so easy to try to deny illness,' says Tracey Derrick. When she finally went to see a doctor for a biopsy, she got a big shock. The result came back positive: breast cancer.
Arab-Israeli Orchestra Spreads Message of Peace in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
'The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra has proved that music can break down barriers previously considered insurmountable,' its Argentine-Israeli conductor, Daniel Barenboim, told IPS on a visit to Ecuador.
JAPAN: Tapping Into Tokyo’s Past Pushes Conservation Efforts
- Inter Press Service
When architect Hikari Kurihara built his quaint house five years ago, he hoped to spread a new message of conservation — by revisiting the past.
ARGENTINA: Transvestite Magazine Fights Media Stereotypes
- Inter Press Service
The magazine El Teje, which is published in the Argentine capital and presents itself as 'the first transvestite publication in Latin America,' has been fighting the stigmatisation of the trans community for nearly three years.
WORLD CUP: 'Now We Demand They Do It For the Poor'
- Inter Press Service
Weak floodlights barely held back gathering darkness as Somalia met Serbia in the finals of the Poor People's World Cup. A small band of supporters were on hand to see an African side lift the cup in Cape Town's Vygieskraal Stadium.
AUSTRALIA: Compensation Isn’t Justice in Aboriginal Death - Critics
- Inter Press Service
Late on a hot summer morning in January 2008, 46-year-old Aboriginal elder Mr Ward climbed into the back of a prisoner transport van for the 360- kilometre, four-hour journey from the small Western Australian goldfields town of Laverton to Kalgoorlie, a larger mining centre, where he was due in court to face drink driving charges.
The Novelist at Sixteen
- Inter Press Service
At first glance, Sara Samarasinghe's website could be any teenager's: cheerful pink text scrawled against a black background, blog entries about summer clothing sales, and lists of favourites: music (Kelly Clarkson), movies (10 Things I Hate About You), and quotes (Jennifer Aniston, J. K. Rowling).
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