News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 71
French Journalist to Be Released by Colombian Rebels
- Inter Press Service
If all goes well, French journalist Romeo Langlois will return home on Wednesday May 30, after spending just over a month in the hands of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
Israel Takes Up an Olympian Fight
- Inter Press Service
A financial crisis, clashes between coaches, a case of shoplifting — forget all the problems. Last month, Israel’s judokas won four medals at the European Championship. They now have their eyes set on London 2012.
Peru — Megadiverse, and Biodiversity-Aware
- Inter Press Service
One of every two Peruvians knows what 'biodiversity' means, and most would stop buying products that are not socially or environmentally responsible, according to an international survey that for the first time included this megadiverse South American country.
Student Protests Energise Mexico’s Election Campaign
- Inter Press Service
The 'Occupy' movement has spread to Mexico, where thousands of university students have taken to the streets, bringing fresh air to a superficial and flat election campaign and forcing political parties to pay attention to a long-ignored segment of the population.
Awareness of Climate Change Must Go Mainstream
- Inter Press Service
Addressing a group of journalists during a workshop in Bangkok, Ali Raza Rizvi, Asia head of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s regional climate change and resilience programme, noted that many Asian countries have become ‘disaster friendly’.
Taliban Seek Support ‘in Rushdie’s Name’
- Inter Press Service
Taliban members have resorted to invoking fictitious links of academics with writer Salman Rushdie in a bid to boost their popularity.
Breaking the Silence on Racism in Cuba
- Inter Press Service
Gloria Rolando has been revealing hidden chapters of Cuban history since the 2010 premiere of the first part of her documentary series '1912: Breaking the Silence,' about the virtually unknown story about the only legal political party to promote racial equality in this country.
Murder of Prominent Honduran Journalist 'Sends a Terrible Message'
- Inter Press Service
A few short hours after Honduran President Porfirio Lobo said he had seen evidence that Alfredo Villatoro, a radio reporter kidnapped May 9, was alive, the journalist’s body was found in a residential neighbourhood on the south side of the capital.
Building Libya's New Media 'From a Void'
- Inter Press Service
Going from being a country with a highly controlled press to one that has free, independent and functioning media in roughly a year is a tall order.
Native People of El Salvador Finally Recognised
- Inter Press Service
After decades of struggle, indigenous people in El Salvador will finally be recognised in the constitution — a first step towards recovering their community identity, which they have been denied by the state and by society at large.
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