News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 65
Exorcising the Ghosts of Brazil's Dictatorship
- Inter Press Service
PORTO ALEGRE, Jan 31 (IPS) - At 8 a.m. on Oct. 25, 1975, Brazilian journalist Vladimir Herzog voluntarily reported to the São Paulo headquarters of the government's intelligence agency and was never seen alive again.
Reformists Ambivalent about Participation in Iranian Election
- Inter Press Service
TEHRAN, Jan 30 (IPS) - With the June 2013 presidential election drawing closer, Iran's reformists are debating what they should do in the face of the severe restrictions to which their leaders and political parties have been subject since the popular protests that roiled the country after the last election four years ago.
Egypt Faces ‘Mubarak-Like’ Morsi
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Jan 29 (IPS) - Concerns are mounting over Egypt's future after the outbreaks of violence that marked the second anniversary of Egypt's January 25 Revolution. Massive anti-government rallies led to ongoing clashes between protesters and security forces that have left at least 40 people dead. Cities along Egypt's Suez Canal faced a government-declared state of emergency.
New Revolution Against New Constitution
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Jan 27 (IPS) - Hundreds of thousands hit the streets countrywide on and after the second anniversary of Egypt's Tahrir Square uprising Jan. 25 to protest the policies of President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood from which he hails. A chief demand was the abrogation – or modification at least – of Egypt's newly-approved constitution.
Q&A: It’s the Beginning of the End for FGM
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 24 (IPS) - Journalists can play a crucial role in helping to shift traditional attitudes within societies where the cruel practice of female genital mutilation is an everyday reality.
Criticising the President no Laughing Matter
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Jan 19 (IPS) - Egyptians love to have a good laugh. At every opportunity they rattle off jokes and take jabs at themselves, their society, and – where they dare – their ruler.
Challenges Dog Community Radio, Finally on Air in El Salvador
- Inter Press Service
JIQUILISCO, El Salvador, Jan 16 (IPS) - For the first time in El Salvador, a community radio is broadcasting under its own licence. The struggle continues, however, for legislative change that will give these kinds of broadcasters more airspace.
Closing Europe’s Borders Becomes Big Business
- Inter Press Service
ATHENS/WARSAW, Jan 09 (IPS) - The European Union is implementing a new border management system with tougher migration control the core aim. Major security and weapons companies are already reaping the benefits.
OP-ED: The Arab Spring at Two: What Lessons Should We Learn?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 04 (IPS) - As the Arab Spring enters its third year, new Arab democracies and the international community should reflect on several critical lessons from the past two years.
Banned Kazakh Opposition Press Vows to Continue Online
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 27 (IPS) - Kazakhstan, an oil-rich ex-Soviet nation in Central Asia best known for voluntarily forsaking the world's fourth-largest nuclear arsenal, is carrying out an unprecedented media crackdown that will leave it virtually without any opposition newspapers for the first time in its 21-year history as an independent nation.
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