News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 91
SRI LANKA: With End of War, Media Shifts Focus
- Inter Press Service
The main news-pages in Sri Lanka these days are dominated by reports of clashes between two Muslim groups, the drama of two baby elephants separated from their mothers and government efforts to ban porn sites and curb adult-only movies. That marks a radical departure from the days when newspapers were choked with news of war.
TRINIDAD: Critics Accuse Govt of Wanting to Curb Press Freedom
- Inter Press Service
The Trinidad and Tobago government is finding itself against the wall amid allegations that it is attempting to curb press freedoms in this oil rich twin island republic.
CHILE: The Journalist Who Caught His Own Killer - On Film
- Inter Press Service
Leonardo Henrichsen turned his film camera on the soldier who was aiming at him and held it steady until he was shot to death. But the justice system never caught up with the killer of the Argentine journalist, murdered 36 years ago in Chile while he was filming a military uprising for Swedish television.
MALAYSIA: New Govt Stifling Public Opinion
- Inter Press Service
A huge public protest on Aug. 1 calling for the repeal of the Internal Security Act, a law that the authorities have used to jail extremist and legitimate political opponents alike without trial, was broken up using brute force.
SRI LANKA: As Fighting Stops, Sri Lanka Hopes to Woo Back Tourists
- Inter Press Service
Hope has once again returned to Sri Lanka’s resplendent beaches. Everyone, including hoteliers, boat operators, and beach boys, are hopeful that the end of a three decade old civil war will herald better fortunes.
CULTURE: Young Women in Chat Rooms Beware
- Inter Press Service
Internet and mobile phones have spawned a new kind of marriage in the Gulf.
RIGHTS: Outspoken Activists Defend Africa's Sexual Diversity
- Inter Press Service
The second World Outgames, held in the Danish capital, offered up a veritable smorgasbord of sport, politics and arts while celebrating sexual and gender diversity. But it also reminded participants that bigotry against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, sometimes culminating in violence, remains a scourge across the world.
INDIA: Rural Communities Turn to Traditional Climate Mitigation
- Inter Press Service
In Tamilnadu, southern India, and Uttar Pradesh, northern India, villagers have revived ancient systems of storing surface and groundwater that are putting them in a good position to contend with today’s changing climate.
PAKISTAN: Kashmir Carpet Industry Hit By Recession
- Inter Press Service
Kashmir’s carpet industry has been hit very hard by the global economic slowdown, 47-year-old Bashir Ahmad Bhat explained while working on his loom in a run-down hut in downtown Srinagar.
CHILE: Dakar Rally Left Trail of Archaeological Damages
- Inter Press Service
The Dakar rally, held this year for the first time in Chile and Argentina, caused severe damage to archaeological sites in northern Chile, according to a report by the Council on National Monuments.
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