News headlines for “Racism”, page 97
SOUTH SUDAN: Changing of the Guard
- Inter Press Service
An old rite is long overdue in Paul Yugusak Tombe’s home village, in Central Equatoria State, south Sudan.
AUSTRALIA: Annual Festival Offers a Glimmer of Human Connectedness
- Inter Press Service
In a world beset with conflict, natural disasters and economic crisis, the 2010 Sydney Festival has been a celebration of human connectedness, bringing together 1,500 artists from 30 countries, performing to an audience of a million over a period of three weeks, beginning on Jan. 9.
ARTS: Cuban Musicians Resuming U.S. Performances
- Inter Press Service
New York City recently hosted its first Cuban band in five years, after the group Septeto Nacional became the first to win a visa that allowed it to accept a booking there.
INDIA: Hill Women Form Cooperative, Turn Entrepreneurs
- Inter Press Service
Women in Uttarkashi district of the hill state of Uttarakhand in India, traditionally sidelined from the developmental processes, are forming their own cooperative and producing processed food items, giving big multinational brands a run for their money in local markets.
DEVELOPMENT-CAMBODIA: Minority Languages Face Extinction
- Inter Press Service
One of Cambodia’s oldest languages — S’aoch — appears headed for extinction in the next decade. Other languages spoken by its minority people are lining up to take the place of the 6,000-year-old language in the most endangered category.
MEXICO: Activists Worried About 'Secret' Internet Treaty
- Inter Press Service
An international treaty to combat copyright infringement and piracy, being negotiated by Mexico and other countries, could curtail expansion of the internet, violate people's rights to privacy and freedom of expression, and undermine multilateral accords on intellectual property, activists warn.
MALAYSIA: Religious Intolerance Threatens Secular Foundation
- Inter Press Service
Days of simmering religious tension over a New Year’s Eve court ruling allowing Catholics to use the Arabic word ‘Allah’ to denote the Christian God has boiled over after unknown individuals tried to burn down three churches in the capital.
TURKEY: Peace May Come to Pass in 2010
- Inter Press Service
With newfound liberties for the Kurdish minority and the government’s ‘Democratic Opening’ initiative the prospects for peace in 2010 are brighter than they have been in the last 25 years. The fly in the ointment is the ban in December of the pro-Kurd, Democratic Society Party (DTP).
PAKISTAN: ‘Eye for an Eye’ Judgment Hailed, Denounced
- Inter Press Service
For Fazeelat Bibi, 21, the last few days of 2009 have brought her some retribution, if not cheer. 'Justice has been delivered,' said the young woman, her voice void of any feelings.
CANADA: Olympics, 21st Century Style
- Inter Press Service
Restrictions on art displays and signage critical of the upcoming February 2010 Winter Olympics and the creation of a massive high-tech security network are putting a damper in some residents' minds on what should be a celebratory sports extravaganza in Vancouver.
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