News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 56
What's Going on in the Gulf? Unsurprisingly, It's Probably About Iran
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 10 (IPS) - Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain all recalled their ambassadors from Qatar on Wednesday, citing Qatar's alleged support for organisations and individuals that threaten "the security and stability of the Gulf states" and for "hostile media."
Russians Back Crimea Action, They’d Better
- Inter Press Service
MOSCOW, Mar 06 (IPS) - Elena Smolenskaya doesn't hesitate a second when asked what she thinks about the Russian military intervention in Crimea. The 23-year-old Moscow student is convinced that President Vladimir Putin had no choice but to order troops into the country.
After Sochi, the Hounding Game
- Inter Press Service
MOSCOW, Mar 01 (IPS) - Fears are growing in Russia that the Kremlin is preparing a crackdown on rights activists following the end of the Sochi Winter Olympics.
OP-ED: Washington’s Anemic Resolve on Egypt’s Human Rights
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (IPS) - The unexpected resignation of Hazem al-Biblawi, Egypt's interim prime minister, and his government this week and the appointment of Ibrahim Mehlib, a Mubarak-era industrialist, as a new prime minister seem to pave the way for Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi's anticipated presidential bid.
Press Freedom Goes on Trial in Egypt
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 24 (IPS) - On Dec. 29, 2013, just over a month before the third anniversary of the start of the Egyptian revolution that ended the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak, three high-profile journalists for Al Jazeera English were arrested in their hotel suite in Cairo.
Internet Holds a Presidential Hope
- Inter Press Service
ANKARA, Feb 14 (IPS) - Turkey is waiting to see if President Abdullah Gul will ratify the government's controversial Internet bill, which opposition parties, civil society and the international community call a major restriction on freedom of expression.
Egypt’s Generals Face a Watery Battle
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Feb 06 (IPS) - Heavy reliance on water intensive crops, a major upstream dam project for the Nile basin, and rising groundwater levels pushing at pharaoh-era monuments will be pressing issues for the next Egyptian president - whether military or civilian.
OP-ED: Egypt’s Revolution Teeters as Sisi Seeks the Presidency
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 04 (IPS) - Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is set to run for president and is expected to win handily. The ruling junta and the interim government have taken several steps to make this happen.
Tajik Intellectuals Finding Little Room for Reasoned Discourse
- Inter Press Service
, Jan 29 (IPS) - Last July, authorities in Tajikistan confiscated the only manuscript of a little-known novelist's latest book. In what can only be described as an Orwellian sequence, after the manuscript was seized at a Dushanbe printing house, the author was hauled in for interrogation and asked questions like, "who ordered you to write this book?"
Ukraine Media Under Attack
- Inter Press Service
KIEV, Jan 17 (IPS) - Just hours after Ukrainian investigative journalist Tetyana Chornovil was beaten and left for dead last month at the side of the road by men she claims were acting on the orders of the country's president, pictures of her battered and bruised face quickly made their way around the world.
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