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Sommet Mondial sur la Société de l'Information (SMSI) - Genève du 10 au 12 décembre 2003

MEDIA-ASIA: Exiled Radio Plays A Cat-and Mouse Game
Lynette Lee Corporal
BANGKOK, Mar 19 (IPS) - For exiled journalists working on shortwave radio programming aimed at Burmese and Tibetan listeners, dodging the ‘enemy’ in the name of freer speech is often a cat-and-mouse game.
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BURMA: Despite Loss at Oscars, Film A Testament to Courage
Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK, Mar 11 (IPS) - It may have not won an Oscar, but its having been a final contender for the prestigious statue at the U.S. Academy Awards on Mar. 7 has taken ‘Burma VJ’ to heights never achieved by previous films depicting the oppression and courage in military-ruled Burma.
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THAILAND: Media Caught in Red-or-Yellow Divide Too
Lynette Lee Corporal - Asia Media Forum
BANGKOK, Mar 11 (IPS) - Anyone who is still trying to look for neutrality or balance in the Thai media in these days of political ferment, ahead of large anti-government protests expected in the capital, has a pretty tough job.
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ASIA: Religious Advocates Heed the Call of New Media
Lynette Lee Corporal - Asia Media Forum
BANGKOK, Mar 10 (IPS) - Not even religious advocates and leaders and can say no to the power of online media, whose call they are heeding in order to spread various messages of spirituality.
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POLITICS: U.S. Lifts Restrictions on Web Services
Eli Clifton
WASHINGTON, Mar 9 (IPS) - After U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's January address on the role of internet freedom in U.S. foreign policy, the Barack Obama administration appears to be taking the first steps to introduce specific legislation and policies to exploit the role of the internet in opening up those countries ruled by oppressive or authoritarian governments.
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MEDIA-NEPAL: Self-Censorship Creeping Up After Killings
Bhuwan Sharma - Asia Media Forum
KATHMANDU, Mar 9 (IPS) - The climate of fear that has been growing in this Himalayan country since the murder of two media entrepreneurs and other attacks on journalists may well push them to turn to more self-censorship.
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Q&A: More Women Journalists Doesn’t Mean More Gender Awareness
Ranjit Devraj interviews AMMU JOSEPH, Indian journalist, author and media watcher.
NEW DELHI, Mar 4 (IPS) - Young Indian women are taking to journalism in droves, but Ammu Joseph, author of several authoritative books on women in media, believes that these numbers do not necessarily translate into gender awareness.
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MEDIA-ASIA: Community Radio Carves Out Space for Itself
Malini Shankar
BANGALORE, India, Mar 3 (IPS) - Community radio is moving from the margins to the mainstream in many countries in Asia, carving out spaces from where they respond to public needs ranging from disaster management to gender awareness, cultural identity and belonging.
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Q&A: Brazil Leans on South America to Adopt Its Digital TV Standard
Darío Montero interviews Brazilian Communications Minister HELIO COSTA
MONTEVIDEO, Feb 26 (IPS) - Brazil is lobbying hard to get the rest of Latin America to adopt the Brazilian version of the Japanese digital television standard, as Argentina, Chile, Peru and Venezuela have already done.
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MEDIA-INDIA: More Women Now, But Few in Top Posts
Ranjit Devraj
NEW DELHI, Feb 26 (IPS) - Young Indian women are increasingly taking to careers in journalism, but this trend is restricted to the metropolises and to non-decision making positions in media organisations, leading women journalists say.
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THAILAND: Community Radio Stirs Political Passions in Villages
Marwaan Macan-Markar
UDON THANI, Thailand, Feb 24 (IPS) - In an age when television continues to dominate national media, including Thailand’s, and gives birth to new celebrities, Kwanchai Praipana is a bit of an anomaly. His rise as a local star in this north-eastern city has been through community radio, the poor cousin of the local media.
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