Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR - The sentencing of the Pakistani doctor believed to have provided the U.S. with
vital DNA evidence that led to the tracing and killing of Osama bin Laden has
set off new conflicts within Pakistan. The Taliban are now out to get him beyond
what the law can.
- The advent of mobile phones has given a fillip to CR because even the cheapest handsets come embedded with FM capability. But K.S. Hariskrishnan reports that red tape is still hampering the establishment of new community radio stations.
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- Radio remains Jamaica’s most effective and fastest
growing communications medium. From four stations in the late 1990s, Jamaicans today are
able to access more than 70 stations - 30 of them are owned and operated on the island.
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- MCRS, a government-approved community station, is one of a handful of localised radio stations providing China’s minorities with news and entertainment in their native languages. Presently, local state-run stations serve five out of 46 ethnic minorities and all programming is approved by the state.
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- Radio Ruyuk hosts a talk show on various environmental issues. Kanis Dursin reports on how farmers and small traders use community radio to save Indonesian forests.
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- Sandra Ferrari reports on the battle to find frequencies for community radio in Ghana to enable marginalized to take part in development.
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