News headlines for “Racism”, page 59
Montevideo Selected as Regional Internet Centre
- Inter Press Service
The capital of Uruguay has become the headquarters of Latin America’s six leading Internet organisations, brought together in the same building.
Chinese Dissidents Silenced for London Book Fair
- Inter Press Service
A dissident Chinese author has expressed dismay at the lack of independent and exiled authors represented at this year’s London Book Fair (LBF), where China is guest of honour. An ensuing public spat, revolving around accusations that the Fair’s organisers have bowed to Chinese authorities, has thrust the thorny issue of censorship to centre-stage.
Internet Radio Powers on After Arab Spring
- Inter Press Service
When an Egyptian court fined former president Hosni Mubarak and two aides a total of 90 million dollars for cutting mobile and Internet services during protests that led to his ouster, it indicated the value placed on communication services in this Arab country.
Fistula - Another Blight on the Child Bride
- Inter Press Service
It was personal experience that turned Gul Bano and her cleric husband, Ahmed Khan, into ambassadors against early marriage and its worst corollary — obstetric fistula which allows excretory matter to flow out through the birth canal.
Pakistani Jazz Touches New Chords
- Inter Press Service
The silencing of music in the name of Islam led Pappu to give up the cello and set up a tea stall. But Pappu and other musicians survived the Islamist regime for former dictator Zia ul-Haq and the recent ways of the Taliban to return to the most surprising group of musicians to have emerged over years — on a dusty little street in the Pakistani city Lahore.
Cubans Meditate for a Culture of Peace
- Inter Press Service
In response to the pressures of everyday life, some people in Cuba are promoting meditation as a way to protect the mind and body and foster a culture of peace.
Austerity Plan Decapitates Greek Cultural Heritage
- Inter Press Service
The broken display cases at Greece’s Museum of Olympia, the site where the first Olympic Games were held thousand of years ago, have stunned members of the Archaeological Service who have been registering a stream of missing cultural artefacts.
Sorcery-Related Violence on the Rise in Papua New Guinea
- Inter Press Service
An increase in sorcery-related violence and fatalities over the last decade in Papua New Guinea is generating awareness about the lack of development, economic opportunities, inequality and under-resourced health services in rural areas.
Israel-Iran Matters Get Worse in Verse
- Inter Press Service
A lyrical attack by Germany’s acclaimed novelist and essayist Günter Grass in which he labelled Israel’s alleged atomic arsenal and looming pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear installations a threat to world peace has triggered fury and controversy amongst Israelis.
After the Murder, a New Act at Freedom Theatre
- Inter Press Service
Actors, musicians, activists and friends gathered in various locations throughout Israel and the West Bank this week to commemorate the life of actor and theatre director Juliano Mer-Khamis.
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