News headlines for “Racism”, page 92
Training Young Mapuche Filmmakers in Chile
- Inter Press Service
'I want to film the few untouched natural resources we have left and show the injustices that have been committed against our communities,' Claura Anchio, who took part in an innovative free filmmaking course for young Mapuche Indians in Chile, told IPS.
PARAGUAY: Football - Dream for Kids, Moneyspinner for Adults
- Inter Press Service
From passion for football, to football as a profession: many parents in Paraguay are hoping this sport will provide a career for their sons, who flood into football schools with the burden of their dreams -- and their parents' demands -- to become sports idols.
Torture - Live And Well In Turkey
- Inter Press Service
Six years after the ruling Justice and Development Party government declared ‘zero tolerance’ for torture, the practice prevails in Turkey, human rights monitors in the country’s predominantly Kurdish southeastern region say.
Zarqa Lives Up to al-Zarqawi’s Ideals
- Inter Press Service
Infamous for being the hometown of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the late al-Qaeda’s leader, Zarqa is dominated by Islamic parties.
AUSTRALIA: Hijab-Wearing Footballers Oppose FIFA Ban
- Inter Press Service
Sara Aboueid, 15, and Jamillah Noordin, 16, wear uniforms similar to countless numbers of footballers around the world. Every week during Australia’s football season, the young women don shirts and shorts in their club’s colours. Like several of their teammates, both also wear a hijab.
Gaza 'World Cup' Scores Several Goals
- Inter Press Service
Football is the world's most popular sport, boasting more than an estimated 2 billion fans. And despite its isolation from the world through Israel's four-year- old blockade, the Gaza Strip is no exception. When a football match is on, tea and shisha cafes are packed with people gathered around the TV sets.
KENYA: Successful Weather Prediction Uses Old and New
- Inter Press Service
In the wake of ever-changing climatic conditions, a study in western Kenya has discovered that combining traditional methods of weather prediction with meteorological forecasting is the best way of obtaining more accurate forecast data.
ASIA: Journalists Lament Media Bias vs Ethnic Minorities
- Inter Press Service
Despite issues of discrimination and violence hounding ethnic minorities, they continue to lack ‘voice’ in the mainstream press and suffer prejudices from journalists themselves.
EGYPT: New Head of Al-Azhar Quits Party Politics
- Inter Press Service
When Ahmed al-Tayeb, the newly-appointed grand sheikh of Egypt's prestigious Al-Azhar religious institution, relinquished his membership in President Hosni Mubarak's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), it carried significance.
CUBA: Keeping the Festival Magic Alive
- Inter Press Service
As the cinema lights switched off, the groups of painters, impromptu filmmakers and craftspeople who filled the parks and plazas of this eastern Cuban town over the past week began to drift away. The musicians who played every night till dawn are gone, and so are the vendors of prawn cocktails, crabmeat pies and roast suckling pig.
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