News headlines for “Racism”, page 119
RELIGION-PAKISTAN: Bombing Closes Shrine Off For Women
- Inter Press Service
Few women are visiting the mausoleum of the famous 17th century mystic poet Abdul Rehman Baba since suspected Pakistani Taliban bombed it.
PHILIPPINES/US: Women's Groups Back Recanting Rape Victim
- Inter Press Service
Nicole, the Filipina who accused a United States serviceman of raping her in 2005, has recanted her testimony, but women’s groups supporting her in the case do not see this development as a defeat.
NEW ZEALAND: Asian Muslims Tell Their Own Stories
- Inter Press Service
A new book and accompanying exhibit provide rare insight into the lives of Asian Muslims, who have become an intrinsic part of New Zealand's diverse community since the first Muslim Chinese gold miners landed on its distant shores 130 years ago.
POLITICS: Five Days That Changed Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
A late night meeting between Pakistan’s army chief, President and Prime Minister led to the dramatic announcement in the wee hours of Monday morning that Iftikhar Mohammed Choudhry would be restored as Chief Justice.
Q&A: Play for Peace
- Inter Press Service
Sport could be one way of alleviating the thousands of children drawn into armed conflicts around the world. Certainly Prince Feisal Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan, also president of the Jordanian Olympic Committee, believes this, and has been using sports to heal traumatised children all his life.
MIDEAST: Singing Across the Divide
- Inter Press Service
From the flattened buildings in Gaza, through angry demonstrations outside a Swedish tennis stadium, to the web pages of human rights reports, battles continue to rage over Israel's policies and the legacy of its Gaza war.
POLITICS-PAKISTAN: Long March - A Long View
- Inter Press Service
Barely a year after being elected, the Pakistan government faces a political storm involving a street agitation spearheaded by lawyers and opposition political parties allied with religious parties.
KENYA: Words that Reshape a Country’s Identity
- Inter Press Service
The goal is ambitious: Kenya’s first literary journal, Kwani?, wants to bring new thinking to the country - and ultimately the continent - and reshape African identities. The journal aims to provoke, create, entertain and develop a literary community that isn’t afraid to question the status quo.
PERU: Drama Exposes Rape as Weapon of War
- Inter Press Service
The film La Teta Asustada/The Milk of Sorrow, the big winner at the Berlin Film Festival, drives home the brutal effects of Peru’s armed conflict on thousands of women who were raped and have lived with the pain and a lingering sense of shame and fear ever since.
U.S.: Muslim Women Try to Shatter the 'Glass Minaret'
- Inter Press Service
It's Ramadan, and Sara Elghobashy and a group of her women friends, having broken their fast, are looking for a mosque where they can hear the recitation of Koran.
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