News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 62
RIGHTS: UNESCO in Disarray Over Controversial Prize
- Inter Press Service
As UNESCO’s executive board meets here in the first of its two sessions per year, behind-the-scenes wrangling could result in a controversial life sciences prize being put on hold indefinitely.
RIGHTS-NEPAL: Laws Have Changed, Mindsets Haven’t
- Inter Press Service
When Ranjit Thapa applied for citizenship by descent through his mother at the Kathmandu District Administration Office, little did he know that the road ahead was fraught with obstacles.
SRI LANKA: Islamic Convert’s Detention Sparks Debate on Tolerance
- Inter Press Service
Issues of religious tolerance, the rule of law and freedom of expression in this mainly Buddhist country are being thrown into debate by the detention of a Sri Lankan Buddhist woman who converted to Islam and was writing a book on her conversion.
LATIN AMERICA: Controversial 'Man Jesus Christ' Pulls in Followers
- Inter Press Service
'Abba, father,' call out the people gathered in the meeting hall. They raise up their hands and stare enraptured at a television screen, where they are addressed by their spiritual leader, José Luis de Jesús Miranda, or as he calls himself, 'the Man Jesus Christ.'
UGANDA: Farmers Boxing Clever To Get Ahead
- Inter Press Service
Mayuge district has 31,000 farming families served by just nine agricultural extension workers. In Wainha village, an internet centre run by the Busoga Rural Open Source and Development Initiative is more than filling the gap in assisting farmers.
CUBA: Skilful Surfing by Digital Culture Project
- Inter Press Service
Buoyant in the storm and sailing for new horizons, the Cuban cultural project Esquife (Skiff) has spent over a decade navigating the rough waters of thought-provoking digital journalism, stirring up opinions rather than wallowing in complacency.
CUBA: Old Havana Reaches Out to Hearing Impaired
- Inter Press Service
An innovative programme in Old Havana has given the hearing impaired greater access to the historical and cultural wealth of the restored historic city centre.
INDIA: After Slowdown, Art Market Picking Up
- Inter Press Service
After sitting out the slowdown in the art market until last year, Ambica Beri, owner of an upscale art gallery here in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, is cautiously hosting shows again this year.
MIDEAST: Israel Gags News on Extra-Judicial Killings
- Inter Press Service
An Israeli journalist remains under house arrest and another lives abroad, after they broke news on Israeli undercover units carrying out assassinations or 'targeted killings' of non-combatant Palestinian political opponents.
MEXICO: Soundtrack to Violence
- Inter Press Service
'What a sad childhood Juanito had/ when shooting started in his barrio/ he was left lying on the ground/ so young/ he went to his grave'.
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