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CHILE: Stop Treating Community Broadcasters as Criminals, Say Activists
By Pamela Sepúlveda
SANTIAGO - Criminal law should not be used against freedom of expression, nor to silence community radio stations in Chile, say activists and journalists in response to closures of community radio outlets in this South American country.
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MUSIC-BRAZIL: 'Enchanted' Guitars for Social Change
By Fabiana Frayssinet
RIO DE JANEIRO - Perfectly in tune, in spite of the off-key world of Terra Encantada ("Enchanted Land"), a shanty town in this Brazilian city, the guitars of Daniel Sant'Anna's orchestra strike up the "Ode to Joy", played by children and teenagers who are looking for a way forward in their lives.
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AUSTRALIA: Sydney Festival Offers a Glimmer of Human Connectedness
By Neena Bhandari
SYDNEY - 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, who are performing to an audience of a million over a period of three weeks, beginning on Jan. 9.
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FILM: Saving Lives Amid the Chaos of War
By Kathryn Barry
NEW YORK - The documentary "Living in Emergency" is as graphic as it is gripping, following doctors working in humanitarian crises as they face death, disease and despair in Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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COLOMBIA: Chicha, Fashionable Survivor
By Helda Martínez
BOGOTÁ - Chicha, a traditional homemade brew produced all the way from Mexico to Chile since the days of the Inca, has largely been a rural drink over the centuries. But it is enjoying a new popularity in bars and restaurants in Bogotá and other Colombian cities, as a hip alternative to mass-produced beer.
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BURMA: A Celebration of Life through the Arts under the Junta
Analysis by Marwaan Macan-Markar
CHIANG MAI, Thailand - The Burmese military spares nothing with its iron grip on power – not even art.
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Q&A : ‘Cartoons Are My Way of Protesting against Burmese Junta’
Marwaan Macan-Markar interviews HARN LAY, political cartoonist in exile
CHIANG MAI, Thailand - He talks with his hands. They are in constant motion as he expresses a view, makes a joke, mumbles.
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Thai Media Trade Fairness for National Security
By Marwaan Macan-Markar*
CHIANG MAI, Thailand - When it comes to reporting about their neighbouring countries, journalists in Thailand’s mainstream media display a national security bias, often presenting a distorted view of reality and reflecting some prejudices against them.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Bringing the Rainforest to Copenhagen
By Enrique Gili*
COPENHAGEN - As delegates deliberate over the extent carbon emissions will be curbed in the closing days of the U.N. summit here, the environmental ramifications of that agreement are likely to be felt in places far removed from the negotiating table, particularly among indigenous people on the front lines of climate change.
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MEDIA-ASIA: Forget ‘Gender’
By Tess Bacalla*
CHIANG MAI, Thailand - ‘Gender’ may not exist in all of Asia’s lexicons, but the concept is not necessarily alien to the region.
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CULTURE: Foreign Cash Makes Afghan Films
By Lal Aqa Sherin*
KABUL - After the fall of the Taliban, the most widely recognised and praised Afghan film has been 'Osama'. Directed by Sediq Barmak, the 2003 production is the heartrending story of a young girl who disguises herself as a boy named Osama so that she might survive the Taliban regime. Osama received awards at both Cannes and the Golden Globes.
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ASIA: Excitement, Fear Greet Changes in Media Landscape
By Lynette Lee Corporal*
CHIANG MAI, Thailand - The changing ‘face’ of the media landscape in the Mekong region is eliciting both excitement and fear from observers and professionals alike.
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ASIA: ‘Mekong Media Should Ask Tougher Questions’ – Editor
By Tess Bacalla*
CHIANG MAI, Thailand - Countries in the Mekong region have indeed opened their borders and former foes become friends, but several of them are still ruled by authoritarian governments that put limits on media and other freedoms.
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MEDIA-ARGENTINA: Fighting Stereotypes of Slums 'From the Inside'
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - A group of local residents from Villa 1-11-14, a slum on the outskirts of the Argentine capital, put out a magazine aimed at breaking down the stereotypes propagated by the mainstream media, which associate neighbourhoods like theirs only with drugs, crime and marginalisation.
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CULTURE-IBEROAMERICA: Women MisPrized
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY - "The judges are usually men, and they tend to prefer men's writing," Mexican journalist and novelist Elena Poniatowska, a perennial candidate for the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, said with a note of resignation in her voice.
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