News headlines for “Racism”, page 126
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.
CULTURE-NIGERIA: Award-Winning Film Lands Director in Jail
- Inter Press Service
The first time I visited award-winning Northern Nigerian filmmaker Hamisu Lamido Iyan-Tama in prison, a week after his arrest, the former Kano State gubernatorial candidate seemed to be in high spirits.
PHILIPPINES: Rapist US Marine’s Custody - Women’s Group Sceptical
- Inter Press Service
A 'one-step victory' was how a women’s rights group described a decision handed down by the Supreme Court (SC) this week on a controversial rape case involving a United States serviceman.
PAKISTAN: Opening the A. Q. Khan Can of Worms
- Inter Press Service
The release of Pakistani rogue nuclear scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan, underlines major issues confronting Pakistan -and indeed the world - ranging from nuclear proliferation to governance, corruption, hypocrisy, and how public opinion is shaped by falsehoods.
INDIA: Awaiting Pakistan's Official Response to Mumbai
- Inter Press Service
Five weeks after India handed over a dossier to Islamabad containing detailed evidence on the Nov. 26-29 Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan has finally promised an official response, based on investigations by its Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
JAMAICA: Women Cheer Ban on Sexually Degrading Song Lyrics
- Inter Press Service
It's the latest dance craze here and many artists have hopped on the bandwagon. But when the latest 'daggering' song hit the airwaves, government, broadcast regulators, civil society and others in Jamaica said enough is enough.
AGRICULTURE-INDIA: Looking Beyond Wheat and Rice
- Inter Press Service
Food security experts say India must wean itself away from dependence on wheat and rice and look to the sub-continent’s rich agro-diversity in order to address the kind of food crisis that hit the country last year - as well as longer-standing nutrition deficiency issues.
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