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CULTURE: Poor Patronage Killing Arab Cinema
By Mohammed Omer
ROTTERDAM - Arab cinema, which had a promising presence at international film festivals during the 1990s, may now be going through a declining phase for lack of patronage.
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MEXICO: Music and Dance Classes Foster Tolerance, Self-Esteem
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY - Ten-year-old Jessica Algoneda leaps in the air, raising her arms and spinning around at her primary school in the Mexican capital, as if in honour of Terpsichore, the Greek muse of dance and poetry.
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CHINA: Binge-drinking Culture Turning from Fun to Lethal
By Mitch Moxley
BEIJING - After Chen Lusheng, a police sergeant from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, died in December after an off-duty night of heavy drinking with local officials, his superiors tried to have him designated a "martyr" who "died in the line of duty," so that his family would receive greater compensation.
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KENYA: New Bill to Improve State Witness Protection, If Passed
By Mary Kiio
NAIROBI - Kenyans affected by the violence that erupted after the country’s disputed presidential elections in 2007 may soon be able to speak out without fear. A new bill will offer better protection to state witnesses.
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ASIA: Religious Advocates Heed the Call of New Media
By Lynette Lee Corporal - Asia Media Forum
BANGKOK - Not even religious advocates and leaders and can say no to the power of online media, whose call they are heeding in order to spread various messages of spirituality.
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SINGAPORE: As Casino Opens, Watch for Its Social Impact Begins
By Stanislaus Jude Chan
SINGAPORE - An unfamiliar sight in Singapore – that of vehicles with foreign licence plates filling the car park – meets visitors at the basement of the city-state’s first casino, which opened nearly a month ago.
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NAMIBIA: Female Hip-Hop Artists Challenge Stereotypes
By Servaas van den Bosch
WINDHOEK - African hip-hop prides itself on a more positive portrayal of women, but traditional cultural attitudes towards women still dominate the industry, say Namibian female rappers.
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ECUADOR: Avatar Downfall a Blow for Indigenous Communities
By Gonzalo Ortiz
QUITO - Science fiction blockbuster Avatar was the big loser in the Oscar awards ceremony - not only a blow for director James Cameron but also seen as a symbolic reverse in the struggle to recover Amazon rainforest areas in Ecuador from the effects of oil pollution.
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MALAWI: Patrilineal Inheritance Prevents Women’s Access to Land
By Claire Ngozo
LILONGWE - Mercy Gondwe, 51, from Rumphi in northern Malawi, was married for 34 years. When her husband died in 2008, she assumed she would inherit the land they had been cultivating together since they got married. But this was not the case.
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Q&A: 11.8 Seconds That Broke Taboos for Women
Zofeen Ebrahim interviews NASEEM HAMEED, the Pakistani sprinter who is South Asia’s fastest woman.
KARACHI - Dressed in an abaya (long, loose gown worn by women to cover their dress) and a headscarf, Naseem Hameed cannot be recognised as she alights from a crowded, rickety public bus to reach her destination – the sports stadium.
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MEXICO: Scientists Reinvent the Corn Tortilla
By Verónica Díaz Favela*
MEXICO CITY - The process of making corn tortillas - the filling, age-old traditional food throughout much of Mexico and Central America - pollutes huge volumes of water and consumes a great deal of energy.
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RIGHTS-SWAZILAND: Property Rights At Last for Women
By Mantoe Phakathi
MBABANE - A recent court ruling has finally given Swazi women the right to own and administer property in their own names.
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VIETNAM: War Movie with Peace Theme Seeks to Heal Wounds
By Tran Dinh Thanh Lam
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - A Vietnamese film that is vying for an Oscar this month offers a glimpse into how Vietnam and the United States are healing decades-old war wounds, as well as how that war still generates emotional debate today.
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INDIA: Latest Riots Show Simmering Communal Tensions
By Sridhar
KOLKATA, India - This week’s riots in two southern Indian towns highlight how communal tensions in this country of nearly 1.2 billion people simmer just under the surface, exploding at the slightest provocation.
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IRAQ: Are Kurds' Days of Kingmaking Over?
Analysis by Mohammed A. Salih
WASHINGTON - In the run-up to Iraq's parliamentary elections next week, the once-united Kurds are not only suffering deep fissures but are expected to lose their privileged kingmaker position after the polls.
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