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Jailed media worldwide hits record: U.S. watchdog
Reuters   Friday, 08 December 2006

Lucie Morillon (L) of Reporters Without Borders, businessman and author Ethan Gutmann (2nd L) and Abi Wright (3rd L) of the Committee to Protect Journalists watch a video showing jailed journalist Ching Cheong during a news conference in New York July 20, 2006, calling for his release from a Chinese jail. The number of journalists jailed worldwide for their work rose for the second year with Internet bloggers and online reporters now one third of those incarcerated, a U.S.-based media watchdog said on Thursday. (Chip East/Reuters)Reuters - The number of journalists jailed worldwide for their work rose for the second year with Internet bloggers and online reporters now one third of those incarcerated, a U.S.-based media watchdog said on Thursday.


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RBS lifted by investment bank
FT.com   Wednesday, 06 December 2006
FT.com - Today's main event, of course, is the Pre-Budget Report. All the serious preparation has already been done, ahead of the 12.30 start, but the newsroom has a special buzz to it this morning. We'll bring you all the news as it happens on FT.com and I will be updating the business blog with items of direct relevance to business and investors.
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Malaysia mulls Internet laws against bloggers: report
AFP   Sunday, 03 December 2006

Malaysians work on their lap-tops at a Starbucks outlet providing wireless Internet in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia may introduce tough Internet laws to control bloggers and prevent them from spreading "disharmony, chaos, seditious material and lies" on their websites, a report has said.(AFP/File/Jimin Lai)AFP - Malaysia may introduce tough Internet laws to control bloggers and prevent them from spreading "disharmony, chaos, seditious material and lies" on their websites, a report has said.


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Egyptian police detain blogger
AP   Monday, 20 November 2006
AP - A blogger whose postings have been critical of the government was arrested less than a week after rights watchdog Amnesty International criticized Egypt for detaining the writer of another personal Web log.
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AP Weblog: Things change fast in Iraq
AP   Saturday, 18 November 2006

This photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. 1st Class Tung M. Nguyen in an undated photo. Nguyen, 38, of Tracy, Calif., died Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006, in Baghdad after his unit came under small arms attack. Nguyen was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg, the military said in a statement. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)AP - Associated Press writer Lauren Frayer is embedded with the Army's 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry, 172nd Stryker Brigade in Iraq. Below are reports of her experiences with the unit.


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AP Weblog: Baghdad beautiful from above
AP   Friday, 17 November 2006

Spokesman for the Association of Islamic Scholars Abdul-Salam al-Kubaisi talks during a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 17, 2006. Iraq's Shiite-led Interior Ministry issued an arrest warrant Thursday for the top leader of the country's Sunni minority _ a move certain to inflame already raging sectarian violence in Iraq. Al-Dhari, head of the influential Sunni Association of Muslim Scholars, is an extreme hard-liner who recently mocked a government offer of reconciliation in return for abandoning the insurgency.  (AP Photo/Asaad Mouhsin)AP - Associated Press writer Lauren Frayer is embedded with the Army's 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry, 172nd Stryker Brigade in Iraq. Below are reports of her experiences with the unit.


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Wal-Mart pulls T-shirts with Nazi skull logo after blogger complains
Canadian Press   Tuesday, 14 November 2006
Canadian Press - BENTONVILLE, Arkansas (AP) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) is pulling a skull-and-crossbones T-shirt from its shelves after a Maryland blogger complained that the image was identical to a Nazi SS emblem from the Second World War.
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Column: What are online RSS feeds?
AP   Wednesday, 08 November 2006
AP - Q. I keep hearing about RSS feeds on Web sites. What are they and how can I use them?
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Gannett enlists citizen journalists
AP   Tuesday, 07 November 2006
AP - Gannett Co., the nation's largest newspaper chain, plans to create stories with information from bloggers, people who post in Internet discussion groups and other non-journalists in hopes of winning readers from the Internet, television and other news sources, officials with the company said.
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Blogger handcuffed at George Allen rally
AP   Sunday, 05 November 2006

Political activist Michael Stark is hustled out of a rally for US Sen. George Allen by Augusta County Sheriff deputies in Weyers Cave, Va., Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006.  Stark attempted to talk to Allen and was hustled out by supporters and police.  (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - A liberal blogger who was manhandled by supporters of Sen. George Allen this week was handcuffed by authorities and escorted from another rally Saturday after an Allen backer claimed the man pushed him to the ground.


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Va. Senator blames opponent for scuffle
AP   Thursday, 02 November 2006

A Palestinian worker takes a moment to rest during the process of making charcoal for sale, in the West Bank village of Yabad near Jenin in this November 1, 2006 picture. The economic situation in the occupied West Bank has worsened since the election of the Hamas government earlier this year which has seen an international clampdown on financial aid to the Palestinians. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK)AP - Sen. George Allen and Democrat Jim Webb entered the final week of their bitter and sometimes bizarre campaign with Allen refusing to denounce his supporters' manhandling of a liberal blogger and accusing Webb of provoking the incident.


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