News headlines for “Racism”, page 117
MUSIC-ITALY: Nurturing Opera
- Inter Press Service
Fabrizio tells a young woman, Eriko, that it is very cold outside, while logs crackle in the fireplace and the sun sets behind the mountains, adorned with last night’s snowfall. It is all true, but they are acting, rehearsing a famous scene from the opera La Bohème, by Giacomo Puccini.
CAMBODIA: Trial of Khmer Rouge Leader Starts Healing Process
- Inter Press Service
Om Chantha,69, says she has waited far too long before finally seeing, with her own eyes, Khmer Rouge leader Duch face trial for torture, crimes against humanity and murder.
Q&A: 'Khmer Rouge Trials Important for All Humanity'
- Inter Press Service
Theary Seng, orphaned by the Khmer Rouge, believes in the invisible bonds that suffering weaves among people. She calls it the 'fellowship of suffering'.
PAKISTAN: Under Siege by Taliban
- Inter Press Service
Authorities in Pakistan have vowed to deal sternly with Taliban militants who have this month mounted a series of deadly attacks apparently aimed at weakening this country that has close links with neighbouring Afghanistan.
CAMBODIA: Khmer Rouge Trials May Expose US, China
- Inter Press Service
Limits placed on a United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal in prosecuting surviving leaders of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime may not prevent revelations about international actors linked to Cambodia's dark period.
RIGHTS-CAMBODIA: Khmer Rouge Custodial Torture Exposed
- Inter Press Service
On a recent morning, tourists who visited a former high school in this city, turned into an infamous torture chamber during the brutal rule of the Khmer Rouge regime in the mid-1970s, were in for a surprise the presence of a man who lived to tell the tale.
MEDIA-PAKISTAN: Pondering Risks Covering Conflict, Crime, Corruption
- Inter Press Service
The main issue before the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) meeting over the weekend in the central Punjab city of Faisalabad is the threat faced by journalists in this conflict-ridden South Asian country.
POLITICS-MALAYSIA: New PM Must Overcome Credibility Deficit
- Inter Press Service
Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi steps down this month, forced out by powerful factions in the ruling United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) that feared his liberal policies and compromising ways with political opponents who wish to dismantle rule by an entrenched elite.
LABOUR-US: The Daddy Dilemma
- Inter Press Service
While more men are taking advantage of paternity leave or even quitting their jobs entirely to raise small children while their wives go to work, the social stigma attached to fathers who take on roles traditionally viewed as female has been far slower to diminish.
RIGHTS: U.S. Condemned for Boycott of Racism Conference
- Inter Press Service
Amid calls for Washington to increase its engagement with the international community, U.S.-based rights groups and civil libertarians are denouncing the Barack Obama’s administration’s boycott of a global conference against racism next month.
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