News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 51
RIGHTS-THAILAND: Imam’s Widow Takes on Legal System in South
- Inter Press Service
She is better known for her cooking, her hospitality and her soft-spoken demeanour in this southern region torn apart by an insurgency. But now, 52- year-old Nima Kaseng is heading for a bigger, more public role — as a crusader for justice.
EU: This Big Brother Is in the U.S.
- Inter Press Service
Private information on innocent citizens will be handed over to U.S. law enforcement authorities under an agreement slated for approval by the European Parliament this week.
ARGENTINA: Poorest First Served with Free Digital TV
- Inter Press Service
In contrast to what has happened in most countries that have switched from analogue to digital television, in Argentina the technological leap has begun with the poorest households.
THAILAND: ‘Reforms’, Emergency Situation Weigh Heavily on Media
- Inter Press Service
Thailand’s media are not very happy these days, and it’s not only because of an emergency decree that turns three months old next week.
IOC Joins U.N. to Level the Playing Field for Women
- Inter Press Service
The sight of girls and boys playing cricket and skateboarding together in the streets of Afghanistan and Iraq may be unexpected to some, but it is a homegrown effort aimed at fostering gender equality.
PAKISTAN: The Other Side Of World Cup Footballs
- Inter Press Service
England coach Fabio Capello has bemoaned the unpredictable trajectory of the Jabulani World Cup ball, calling it 'the worst ball' in the history of the tournament. But labour rights groups have a greater complaint.
CHINA: Cyberlives Thrive Under the State’s Watchful Eyes
- Inter Press Service
Twenty-four-year-old Li Jun sits where he sits most nights of the week, in front of a computer in his local Internet cafe in the east of the Chinese capital, playing ‘World of Warcraft’.
MALDIVES: Education Reforms Herald Digital Learning, Radical Changes
- Inter Press Service
When students walk into the Majeediya Boys School in this capital of the Maldives every morning, they are invariably drawn to the digital notice board in the courtyard that carries important announcements.
UGANDA: Too Young to Know, Yet Too Young to Die
- Inter Press Service
Thirteen-year-old Jacinta Okello and her fellow primary school classmates call it 'doing bad manners'. But when you ask her what she knows about sex, she breaks into a shy smile, looks to her feet and giggles.
LITERATURE-CUBA: 'Forbidden Stories' by Sonia Rivera-Valdés
- Inter Press Service
Lázara wakes up every morning in her home in New York, has a cup of coffee and, with the same passion with which she takes a stand for or against every cause, she turns on the radio, hoping to hear the news that she has been waiting for most of her life: the demise of former Cuban president Fidel Castro.
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