News headlines for “Racism”, page 82
CHINA: Magazine Closure Setback for Cultural Revival
- Inter Press Service
When ‘Soho Xiaobao’ magazine suddenly announced in October that it was ceasing publication, it marked a huge setback for privately funded efforts to breathe fresh air into contemporary Chinese culture.
Muslim Americans Foil Terror Threats
- Inter Press Service
A new report on violent extremists in the United States finds that terrorism plots by non-Muslims greatly outnumber those attempted by Muslims, and that Muslim-American communities helped foil close to a third of al Qaeda-related terror plots threatening the country since Sep. 11, 2001.
ARGENTINA: Show Drives Home the Reality of Obesity
- Inter Press Service
'I can't even walk because I run out of breath. Food is my drug,' says a 31-year-old man who weighs 215 kilos. 'I hide to eat; it's something I can't control,' says a 21-year-old woman who weighs 152 kilos.
Could Have Danced All Siege
- Inter Press Service
'I'd planned to have my wedding party on a Thursday night, when more people could come, and stay later. But because the Dabke dancers weren't free then, I held it on a Tuesday,' says Mohammed Ghronaim, 27, from Deir al-Balah, central Gaza.
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.
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