News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 63
RELIGION-LATIN AMERICA: Scarred for Life
- Inter Press Service
As Catholic Church authorities in Latin America close ranks around the Vatican, whose credibility has been undermined by countless cases of child sex abuse committed by priests, other sectors are calling for major structural reforms in the institution.
PHILIPPINES: Party-list Legislators Often Forgotten in Poll
- Inter Press Service
Second-class legislators. A different political species in the Philippines’ rough-and-tumble - and very personalistic - brand of electoral politics.
DEVELOPMENT: No Room for Complacency in Avian Flu - Experts
- Inter Press Service
Government and international non-government organisations need to put as much effort in fighting the spread of complacency in the battle against the H5N1 virus as they do in curbing avian flu itself, experts say.
RIGHTS-BAHRAIN: It’s Time to Abolish the Death Penalty - Activists
- Inter Press Service
Bahrain has observed a de facto moratorium on the death penalty for years, but many are watching to see if the Gulf country will follow the international trend toward the abolition of capital punishment in the future.
HONDURAS: Deadliest Month Ever for Reporters
- Inter Press Service
Reporters in Honduras have long complained about gag laws, threats, exile and attacks. But never before have so many journalists been killed in one month.
SOUTH AFRICA: Teaching Girls to Report on the World Cup
- Inter Press Service
For the nearly 50 million people of South Africa, the 2010 World Cup represents an opportunity to show the world its progress through sports. But for a new nonprofit organisation, soccer's biggest stage also offers an opportunity to publicise young women who tend to go unheard.
CHINA: Public Space Shrinks for Discussing Fate of Heritage Area
- Inter Press Service
The emails started arriving two weeks ago, first in a trickle but slowly in increasing numbers. They talked about a public forum to discuss plans for the controversial redevelopment of a historical area of the Chinese capital Beijing.
PAKISTAN: Militancy, Security Fears Defeat National Games
- Inter Press Service
By now, Pakistan’s National Games should have been underway, with spectators cheering on the men and women competing in them. Instead, athletes and officials are ruing how militancy and violence have caused the games’ postponement.
SOUTH AFRICA: Playing Football for Hope
- Inter Press Service
Sixteen-year-old Neo Malema and his brothers and sister live with his grandmother in the impoverished Alexandra Township in Johannesburg. Despite his poor background, Malema dreams of one day playing football for the country’s national squad, Bafana Bafana.
CHILE: A Newspaper Of and For 'the Voiceless'
- Inter Press Service
Diario Uno, a newspaper with an innovative business model put out by a group of journalists and academics, went on sale Sunday in Chile, promising to provide a voice for those who do not feel represented by the country's economic model nor by the mainstream media.
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