News headlines for “Racism”, page 127
CULTURE: Filmmakers Probe Multiple Identities, Partitions
- Inter Press Service
A German teacher of Visual Cultures and studying documentaries in India organises a film screening in Pakistan. A Pakistani produces an innovative short film series featuring work from India, Pakistan and Britain.
POLITICS-MALAYSIA: Opposition Loses Perak, Claims Moral Victory
- Inter Press Service
During a tense press conference, in the midst of the current constitutional crisis in this state, peninsualar Malaysia's second largest, a reporter's MP3 recorder/handphone began ringing.
/CORRECTED REPEAT*/ RIGHTS-CHINA: Path to Modernisation Disastrous - Charter 08
- Inter Press Service
When China’s human rights record comes up for review before a key United Nations panel on Monday, this nominally communist country will have two contrasting accounts of its human rights situation.
RIGHTS-CHINA: Path to Modernisation Disastrous - Charter 08
- Inter Press Service
When China’s human rights record comes up for review before a key United Nations panel on Monday, this nominally communist country have two contrasting two contrasting accounts of its human rights situation.
PAKISTAN: Bracing For More Drone Attacks
- Inter Press Service
On Jan 23, days after Barack Obama was sworn in as President of the United States, a series of missiles slammed into Pakistan’s tribal areas along the Afghan border - in continuation of Washington’s policy of targeting al-Qaeda and Taliban elements regardless of sovereignty issues.
ECONOMY: Germany Helping South Africa With 2010 Soccer World Cup?
- Inter Press Service
As the building of new soccer stadiums and transport infrastructure in South Africa steam ahead, little seems to have come of the agreed assistance by the host of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Germany, to the 2010 FIFA World Cup host, South Africa.
TRADE-UGANDA: ‘‘Green’’ Burial Cloth Gets New Lease on Life
- Inter Press Service
Bark cloth, a fabric historically used by the Buganda in central Uganda to wrap their dead before burial, is making a comeback in the form of trendy crafts, clothing and household goods.
INDIA/PAKISTAN: Artists Take On Post-Colonial Partitions
- Inter Press Service
With national boundaries continually being redrawn in the post-colonial world, it’s time to deal with the reality of partitions and find a way 'to make peace with our partitioned selves', contends international banker-turned-art curator Hammad Nasar.
Q&A: 'Internet Should Not Build Firewalls of Hate'
- Inter Press Service
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, one of the world’s leading human rights activists, is often heard on the subject of hate. He is an international authority on issues related to digital hate over the Internet.
JAPAN: NHK World TV - New Kid on Broadcast Block
- Inter Press Service
Determined to tell its own story to the world Japan on Monday launched its own 24-hour English-language TV news channel - NHK World TV.
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