News headlines for “Racism”, page 122
ENVIRONMENT-PAKISTAN: Warnings From Vanishing Vultures
- Inter Press Service
'The thought of my carcass being pecked at by vultures isn’t at all pleasant,' said Bapsi Sidhwa, a leading Pakistani diasporic writer now living in the United States. She was referring to the ancient Parsi funerary rite of 'sky burial'.
ENVIRONMENT-JAPAN: Jail For Nailing Scientific Whaling Lies?
- Inter Press Service
Two Greenpeace activists who exposed a black market in whale meat run by the crew of Japanese whalers face up to 10 years in jail while the government shows no discomfiture over the nailing of its ‘scientific whaling’ claims.
CHINA: Won't Trade Art Objects For Rights in Tibet
- Inter Press Service
As nationalistic passions burn over the fate of looted Chinese artworks auctioned in Paris this week, Beijing is attempting to keep the focus on past humiliations by Western powers and away from delicate issues like human rights and China’s handling of Tibet.
MIDEAST: The Ball Could be in Israel's Court
- Inter Press Service
Israel's outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rode roughshod over those who piously argue that sport and politics ought not to play in the same arena.
ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Goa Agitated by Shady Real Estate Deals
- Inter Press Service
Simmering resentment against major, concrete development in rural Goa - famous for its exotic beaches and idyllic rural countryside - has now exploded in violent agitations against corrupt local administrations.
RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: Year Later Apology to Lost Generations Looks Hollow
- Inter Press Service
One year after the historic apology made to indigenous Australians by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on behalf of the nation, conjecture remains over whether enough has been done to support the acknowledgement of wrongs inflicted on the first Australians.
INDIA/PAKISTAN: Signs of a Thaw
- Inter Press Service
A week after Islamabad admitted that the plot to carry out the Nov. 26-29 attacks on Mumbai was partially planned in Pakistan, and that Pakistani nationals were among the assailants, there are tentative signs that the strained relations between the two neighbours may be thawing.
PAKISTAN: Militants Make Aid Work Risky
- Inter Press Service
The kidnapping of John Solecki of the United Nations High Commission on Refugees(UNHCR)in Quetta, Balochistan province seems to confirm the perception of international humanitarian organisations that aid work in Pakistan is becoming increasingly hazardous.
INDIA/PAKISTAN: New Beginning Uncertain - Top Analysts
- Inter Press Service
Almost three months after the terrorist attacks on India’s commercial hub of Mumbai, which soured relations between India and Pakistan, the prospect for renewed cooperation between the nuclear-armed neighbours looks dim, two eminent analysts from the region conceded at a policy dialogue here.
PAKISTAN/INDIA: Taliban As Common Enemy
- Inter Press Service
Since being elected to office five months ago, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has often declared that Pakistan’s single biggest challenge stems from ‘religious’ militants.
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