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RIGHTS-UGANDA: Baganda Fight for Their Heritage
By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi
KAMPALA - Specioza Nakabugo (63) sits on a mat under a mango tree on a well-mowed grass patch, her expression a blend of boredom and gloom.
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GRENADA: Libel Case Sends "Chilling Signal", Groups Warn
By Peter Richards
ST GEORGE'S - Grenada Today did not have the staff nor circulation associated with most major Caribbean publications.
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POLITICS-MOZAMBIQUE: Another Term for Incumbent President?
By Zenaida Machado
MAPUTO - Mozambique’s incumbent president looks set to serve a second term of office as partial results of the country’s presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections are announced.
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ZAMBIA: Give Us Our Constitution
By Kelvin Kachingwe
LUSAKA - Pressure is mounting for a new constitution that is inclusive of all citizens' views as the ongoing delays by the body granted to draft it still continues.
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RIGHTS-UGANDA: Colliding with the Fourth Estate
By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi
KAMPALA - Charles Odobo Bichachi, editor of the Independent Newspaper has in a span of a year, been summoned to the police several times accused of publishing seditious statements. And just last month, Bichachi fell into trouble again: this time over a cartoon.
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CARIBBEAN: Media Up in Arms over Licensing Plan
By Peter Richards
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Caribbean media groups have drawn a line in the sand, warning regional governments that they will face strenuous opposition to proposed legislation requiring media workers to obtain a license to practice their profession in the 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) grouping.
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AFRICA: Government on Collision Course with Civil Society
By Kelvin Kachingwe
LUSAKA - The acquittal of former President Frederick Chiluba on charges of theft after a seven-year long landmark case, and the refusal by the Zambian government to appeal, has put government and civil society on a collision course.
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SIERRA LEONE: Journalists at War with Highest Court
By Mohamed Fofanah
FREETOWN - Umaru Fofana looks dishevelled. His hair is overgrown and people who do not know him could be mistaken for thinking he just joined an Afro band. And his hanging beard will surely solicit suspicious glances.
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EGYPT: Virtually, Some Real Freedom
By Cam McGrath
CAIRO - Egyptians critical of their government are using new media and the Internet to expose its improprieties and press for social change.
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Q&A: Secrecy, Lies, Power and the Pentagon Papers
Bill Berkowitz interviews filmmaker RICK GOLDSMITH
OAKLAND, California - A little over 38 years ago, when Daniel Ellsberg released the "Pentagon Papers" to The New York Times and other newspapers, it set off one of the 20th century's most important battles over government secrecy and freedom of the press.
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SIERRA LEONE: Banned Opposition Radio Station Goes to Court
By Lansana Fofana
FREETOWN - Sierra Leone's largest opposition party has taken the country's media monitoring body to court for banning its radio station.
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POLITICS-ITALY: From Democracy to Videocracy
By Matteo Fracassi
NEW YORK - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, one of the world's most powerful media moguls, is being increasingly accused of using his six news organisations and television channels to manipulate the country's political life and public opinion.
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POLITICS-ITALY: Don't Even Speak of Equality! - Part 2
By Miren Gutierrez* and Oriana Boselli
ROME - Angelica Mucchi-Faina, psychology professor at the Perugia University, thinks that "in Italy you cannot even talk about equal opportunities for women in politics."
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