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| FILM: Saving Lives Amid the Chaos of War NEW YORK, Jan 6 (IPS) - 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). |
| ECUADOR: Avatar Downfall a Blow for Indigenous Communities QUITO, Mar 9 (IPS) - 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. |
| BRAZIL: Carnival, a Complex Annual Revolution for Women, Gays RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 18 (IPS) - Fátima Oliveira, one of Brazil's few black women doctors, always goes to "the best carnival," in Sabará, a city of 130,000 people in the state of Minas Gerais, where "men dress up as women" at a celebration that is "very informal, very local, with few tourists." |
| VIETNAM: War Movie with Peace Theme Seeks to Heal Wounds HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Mar 5 (IPS) - 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. |
| SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Thai Media Trade Fairness for National Security CHIANG MAI, Thailand, Dec 13 (IPS/TerraViva) - 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. |