News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 92
PARAGUAY: Dance Helps Disabled Kids Leap Barriers
- Inter Press Service
Nicolás, a 14-year-old disabled boy, was finally able to open up and begin expressing himself thanks to Open Wings, a project in Paraguay that uses modern dance as a tool to help youngsters with disabilities develop on both the physical and psychological level.
CUBA: Following the Trail of a Woman Who Lived as a Man
- Inter Press Service
When Cuban historian and anthropologist Julio César González and his Spanish friend Alberto Góngora Sanz arrived at the birthplace of Swiss physician Enriqueta Favez, in the city of Lausanne, Switzerland, their joy at finally reaching their destination was so great that they broke into tears and dropped to the ground in the square across the street from her house.
MEDIA: U.S. Rights Groups Condemn Closure of Venezuelan Radio Stations
- Inter Press Service
Several U.S. rights groups condemned the closure of 34 radio stations, as well as the proposal of restrictive media legislation, by Venezuelan authorities Monday.
MEDIA-ASIA: Editorial Cartoonists Turn to Pens and Mice
- Inter Press Service
Against the backdrop of challenges ranging from the global financial crunch to the popularity of new media, editorial cartoonists are drawing up ways to be creative in more ways than one.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Publics See Warming as Urgent, Govts as Failing
- Inter Press Service
A poll of 19 nations released here Wednesday reveals that majorities in most countries believe climate change should be a high priority for their governments, but relatively few thought that their leaders were doing enough about the problem.
MEDIA: Mr. Al-Jazeera Goes to Washington
- Inter Press Service
The director of the Arab satellite television network al-Jazeera, Wadah Khanfar, is in Washington this week for the first time, part of a brief tour of the U.S. that will also take him to New York.
EGYPT: Bloggers Fly Into Security Trap
- Inter Press Service
Cairo's airport has been unusually busy the past month as Egypt's security apparatus steps up its campaign against online political activists.
CULTURE-AUSTRALIA: Film on ‘Slavery’ Ignites Controversy
- Inter Press Service
‘Stolen’, an Australian documentary film that premiered at the Sydney Film Festival last month, has ignited a controversy with its claims on slavery in the refugee camps of Western Sahara. The main protagonist has denounced the film for her portrayal as a 'slave’, but the filmmakers say they stand by their version of the story 'one hundred per cent'.
RIGHTS-SOUTH AFRICA: When the Goal is Peace
- Inter Press Service
Delivering his first state of the nation address in June 2009, South Africa's President Jacob Zuma described sport as 'a unifying force' that people must use to live together. A social soccer club in Cape Town's informal settlement of Masiphumelele is taking his challenge seriously: Kanana Football Club has recruited foreigners as a gesture of goodwill and harmony.
CAMBODIA: Government Pulls Out Legal Weapons Against Dissent
- Inter Press Service
These are tough times to be either a journalist or an opposition politician in Cambodia.
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