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IRAQ: Media Groups Condemn U.S. Killings
Two major international press watchdogs have denounced three U.S. military strikes in Baghdad on Tuesday that killed three journalists and wounded many more.IRAQ: Blood Splashed Across Arab Media
To Western eyes, the Arab media's focus on gruesome close-up images of dead and wounded Iraqi civilians is a macabre obsession. To Arab audiences it is a firm statement about the tragic reality of war.RIGHTS/MEDIA-COLOMBIA: Reporters on Hit Lists Flee Violent Region
A group of 14 Colombian journalists fled the eastern department of Arauca after finding out that their names were on ''death lists'' drawn up by paramilitary and guerrilla groups.IRAQ: Pakistanis Try to Find Their Way in Media War
Glued to the images of devastation caused by sophisticated weaponry, beamed live by scores of satellite television channels from Iraq, Pakistanis are finding it tricky to find the truth, which they now know is certainly the first casualty of the war.IRAQ: War Tests Freedom of Press in the Gulf
The Gulf media is experiencing a new wave of freedom. Normally accused by many of toeing the official line at the cost of compromising on objectivity, crises like the war against Iraq are being used by the press to overcome government- and often self-imposed restrictions.RIGHTS: More Journalists Jailed in Climate of ‘War On Terrorism’
The number of journalists thrown in prison around the world rose sharply in 2002, in contrast to a fall in the number of those killed in connection with their work, according to press watchdog, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).IRAQ: U.S. Media Along for the Ride
Al-Jazeera.net has been defaced and the Internet site now carries a map of the United States wrapped in white, red and blue - just like the ones adorning almost all U.S. news outlets now.MEDIA-PAKISTAN: Viewers Want Politics out of TV War
Accusations are traded, diplomats are regularly expelled, and their soldiers trade fire routinely. Pakistan and India have exploited every possible means to snipe at each other, including by the reciprocal banning of television channels.IRAQ: Latin American Media Seek Own Vision in War Coverage
More Latin American journalists have been sent to the Persian Gulf region to cover the United States- led war on Iraq than in any other conflict on another continent.IRAQ: ‘Saddam Scores with Propaganda Hit’
Round One of the propaganda war on Iraq to Saddam Hussein, says Tim Crook, Britain's leading expert on propaganda.BRAZIL: Developing Countries Seek ‘Non-Aligned’ Digital TV System
Brazil's aim to enter into partnerships with China and other developing countries to create their own digital TV system is part of a nascent ''non-aligned'' movement in technology in the developing world.IRAQ: U.S. Media Coverage Homogeneous, Servile – Journalists
In submitting too easily to the official line on Iraq, the U.S. media has grandly fallen short of its all-important responsibilities to reflect diversity and to keep the government at arm's length, according to a group of journalism educators and working journalists.COMMUNICATIONS: Civil Society Wins a Place at WSIS Table
The World Summit on the Information Society this year will be the first multilateral negotiations in which non-governmental organisations will participate on equal footing with governments and business.COLOMBIA: Journalists Criticise Controversial Anti-Terrorism Bill
The Colombian government is trying to quickly put the final touches to a controversial anti-terrorism bill, after violent attacks this month blamed on the main insurgent group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), left a high death toll.MEDIA: Groups Protest U.S. Expulsion of U.N.-based Iraqi Reporter
The telephone rings. He picks it up. ''Hello.'' No one answers. Five minutes later, he receives another phone call. The caller is silent again.COMMUNICATION: Information Technology Industry Strong Despite Crisis
Information and communication technologies (ICT) remain a powerful engine of growth, despite the crisis that has led to the collapse of a number of companies in the industry in recent years, according to a new World Economic Forum (WEF) report released Wednesday.MEDIA-VENEZUELA: Young Journalists Debate Lost Objectivity
A group of young print, radio and TV journalists in Venezuela, caught in the crossfire of the political conflict that is ravaging this South American nation, have come together to discuss problems like the loss of objectivity of the local media.TECHNOLOGY: Summit Prep Meet Caught between Two Visions
In the preparatory discussions for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), to take place in December, a rift has emerged between the visions aiming to put new technology at the service of business, or of citizens.MEDIA-VENEZUELA: Anti-Chavez TV Networks Investigated by Gov’t
One of the key elements of Venezuela's political crisis is the tension between the government and the privately-owned television networks, which form one of the main pillars of support for the two-month general strike against President Hugo Chávez.CARIBBEAN: Trinidad Weighs Charging Paper for ‘Terrorist’ Report
The Trinidad and Tobago government says it is considering legal action against a national newspaper that reported on a laboratory allegedly being used by an unnamed group of local Muslim radicals to produce chemical and biological weapons.COMMUNICATION-MEXICO: Independent Station Defeats Broadcast Giant
One of Mexico's few independent television stations, whose installations were taken over in December by armed men acting on the orders of the powerful TV Azteca network, went back on the air this week after a legal process that cast doubt on the government's impartiality.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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