News headlines for “Racism”, page 121
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.
MIDEAST: To be an Arab, and an Israeli
- Inter Press Service
The cluster of blue-and-white Stars of David - Israel's national flag - had seen better days. In the wake of unseasonably heavy rain, they looked limp, anything but proud - in direct contrast to the mark their bearers hoped to make.
POLITICS-JAPAN: On Trial 60 Years Later
- Inter Press Service
Although it concluded more than 60 years ago, the Tokyo War Crimes Trial is still a live issue today - in Japan as in the world at large.
CULTURE-ETHIOPIA: Old Master Challenges Film-makers to Look Within
- Inter Press Service
Haile Gerima's film 'Teza' may only have come to the world's attention when it won Africa’s highest prize in Ouagadougou on Mar. 7, but it has been a sensation in his native Ethiopia since it premiered in Addis Ababa at the start of the year.
RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: Tough Terror Laws Part of Routine Policing?
- Inter Press Service
Civil libertarians are concerned that significant powers wielded by authorities in order to conduct investigations into terrorism-related activities are being normalised and made available for less serious crimes.
TRADE-TANZANIA: Crafts Business Disproves Myths About Disability
- Inter Press Service
After Joel Haule developed a crippling childhood disease that left him wheelchair-bound, his parents began calling him ‘‘Matatizo’’, the Kiswahili word for ‘‘problems’’.
/CORRECTED REPEAT*/RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Hopes Pinned on Reinstated Justices
- Inter Press Service
As he resumes office as Chief Justice of Pakistan on Tuesday, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry will doubtless mull over the years since Mar. 9, 2007 when he was first unceremoniously sacked by then president Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
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