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LATIN AMERICA: Investigative Journalists Show Their Mettle
By Ángel Páez
LIMA - "One way of ensuring the future of journalism is to improve content quality, and this means investigating what is deliberately hidden, like corruption," said Gerardo Reyes, a reporter for the Miami newspaper El Nuevo Herald, on a visit to the Peruvian capital.
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TRINIDAD: Critics Accuse Govt of Wanting to Curb Press Freedom
By Peter Richards
PORT OF SPAIN - The Trinidad and Tobago government is finding itself against the wall amid allegations that it is attempting to curb press freedoms in this oil rich twin island republic.
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NORTH KOREA: After Clinton’s Trip, More Questions Than Answers Remain
Analysis by Eli Clifton
WASHINGTON - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton’s trip to North Korea to secure the release of two U.S. journalists has called attention to the lack of engagement over the past five-months since Pyongyang quit the six-party talks.
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RIGHTS-GAMBIA: Hydara Six Convicted on Sedition Charge
By Ebrima Sillah
DAKAR - A high court judge in Gambia has convicted
six Gambian journalists on charges of defamation and sedition.
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MEDIA: U.S. Rights Groups Condemn Closure of Venezuelan Radio Stations
By Marina Litvinsky
WASHINGTON - Several U.S. rights groups condemned the closure of 34 radio stations, as well as the proposal of restrictive media legislation, by Venezuelan authorities Monday.
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EGYPT: Bloggers Fly Into Security Trap
By Cam McGrath
CAIRO - Cairo's airport has been unusually busy the past month as Egypt's security apparatus steps up its campaign against online political activists.
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MEDIA: African Journalists Reject EU-sponsored Observatory
By Julio Godoy*
BERLIN - A project to create a Pan-African Media Observatory (PAMO), sponsored by the European Union in cooperation with the African union, has been rejected by numerous African journalist organisations.
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BALKANS: Media Could Be in the Dock Over War Crimes
By Vesna Peric Zimonjic
BELGRADE - Journalists are in the dock now for their role in provoking the wars of the 1990s across former Yugoslavia that left more than 100,000 dead.
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SIERRA LEONE: Radio Stations Banned
By Lansana Fofana
FREETOWN - Two Sierra Leonean radio stations have been stripped of their licences. The national regulatory body, the Independent Media Commission (IMC), says the stations failed to comply with the country's media code.
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IRAN: Protests Erupt on Student Massacre Anniversary
Analysis by Yasaman Baji
TEHRAN - Tehran's relatively tranquil week ended with large protests commemorating the tenth anniversary of attacks on the dormitories of Tehran University in 1999, making Thursday yet another significant day in the short post-election history of protests since Jun. 12.
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IRAN: Censors Fail to Silence Cyber-Activists
By Sara Farhang
TEHRAN - To mark the tenth anniversary of Iran's student uprising in 1999 amid the continued rejection by many voters of the results of the disputed Jun. 12 election, student activists issued a national call to protest last week.
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CHILE: Alternative Media Have Their Network
By Daniela Estrada
SANTIAGO - The recently created People's Media Network of Chile seeks to forge links that will strengthen newspapers, web sites and radio and TV stations that give a voice to those who are basically ignored by the mainstream media.
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RIGHTS-GAMBIA: What Has Govt Got To Hide?
Ebrima Sillah interviews NDEY TAPHA SOSSEH, president of the Gambian Press Union
DAKAR - Following a court appearance on Jul. 3, six of the seven Gambian journalists who were arrested and charged with sedition last month were again sent to Mile 2 Prison.
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