News headlines for “Racism”, page 79
CHINA: As Tourists Come, Culture Goes
- Inter Press Service
In 2005, the ‘National Geographic China’ magazine named this ethnic Tibetan village in western Sichuan province, sprawled over a valley wall amid snow-capped mountains, China’s most beautiful. Depending on how you look at it, that distinction was either a blessing or a curse.
AUSTRALIA: Campaign Continues for Parliamentary Seats for Aborigines
- Inter Press Service
Ken Wyatt stood, draped in a traditional kangaroo-skin shroud. In a voice wavering at times with emotion, the only indigenous Australian ever elected to this nation’s lower house of Parliament presented his inaugural address.
MIDEAST: Treasure House Under Threat
- Inter Press Service
Few outside of Gaza would consider its history much beyond the decades of Israeli occupation. But Gaza is a historical treasure house. Many of those treasures are now in Israeli museums, and those that remain are becoming difficult to preserve due to the Israeli siege.
Chinese Art Appears With Health Warning
- Inter Press Service
China's rebel artist Ai Weiwei had intended a political message. And may be a truly memorable metaphor for the state of modern China and humanity as a whole. But the final outcome of his multimedia installation at the London's Tate Modern may have been rather unexpected, for what he got was a striking symbol of the 'Made in China' effect on the world.
CUBA: The Environment Plays the Lead in Low-Budget Cinema
- Inter Press Service
Scientists and experts took on the challenge of sharing their environmental concerns with filmmakers at the Third Thematic Showcase of the Humberto Solás Low-Budget Film Festival in the Cuban capital.
Q&A: Cuba's Catholic Media Multiply, But Change Is Slow
- Inter Press Service
In the context of ongoing conciliation between the Cuban government and the Roman Catholic Church, the communications media of the latter are growing quickly on this Caribbean island where the press remains under strict state control.
SOUTH AMERICA: Student Exchanges to Foster Mercosur Identity
- Inter Press Service
An exchange programme was launched this week for university students in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, to foster a broader sense of belonging to South America's Mercosur bloc.
Homophobia-Free Churches in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
Alejandro González left the Catholic Church to join the gay-supportive Metropolitan Community Churches in Mexico, in search of a more open and tolerant place of worship.
MALAYSIA: Battle Over Indigenous Groups’ Land Rights Shaping Up
- Inter Press Service
As the tabling in Parliament of a proposed law affecting their ancestral land draws near, Malaysia’s Orang Asli or ‘original people’ are gearing up anew for moves to challenge it.
Cuba Maps Its Rock Music History
- Inter Press Service
Cuban rock 'n' roll, once an underground movement, is being mapped for inclusion in an exhaustive compendium of Latin American rock -- from the music itself to its transformation into a lifestyle.
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