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An iconic Spanish Civil War photo that shows a Republican soldier at the apparent moment he was fatally hit in the back by a bullet was in fact staged, a Spanish newspaper claimed on Friday. "(Robert) Capa photographed his soldier at a location where there was no fighting," wrote Barcelona-based newspaper El Periodico which carried out a study of the photograph taken in September 1936, the third...

The Madras High Court has dismissed Union Minister A Raja’s plea for extension of stay restraining Tamil magazine Junior Vikatan from publishing articles relating to him and his family over allegations of irregularities in allocation of spectrum to telecom players, according to news reports. The Hindu had details on the case: [ Link] Dismissing an application in a civil suit, with costs of Rs.10...

The media has been criticised by the Delhi High Court, which asked it to remain within the “Lakshman Rekha” or limits while reporting on criminal trials and not “go overboard”. While ruling on the infamous BMW hit-and-run case, the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) reported, Justice Kailash Gambhir said: “No doubt the media has an important role in disseminating information, creating public opinion...

Niger's privately owned press on Monday started a week-long strike to protest a presidential decree that allows sanctions against the media without warning, Agence France-Presse (AFP) has reported. "The strike is on and it is being well followed," Boubacar Diallo of the Niger Association of Independent Press Editors (ANEPI) told AFP. The three main dailies — L'Enqueteur, Le Canard Dechaine and la...

Sudharma, the world's only Sanskrit daily, published from Mysore celebrated its 40th year on Sunday, the Indian Express reported. A special anniversary issue was brought out to mark the occasion. The newspaper's readership comprises mainly of Sanskrit scholars and students. Some details: [ Link] Sudharma has a daily circulation of about 2,000 copies and is mostly circulated through post. The paper...

Unlawful arrests, detention, torture and unfair trials are increasing in the Gambia, repressing already restricted freedom of expression in the country, say journalists and human rights organizations. "Since 2004 the situation has been getting worse and worse," Amnesty International's Gambia researcher Tania Bernath told IRIN, "with unlawful detention, torture, arrests, journalists being targeted

Below is a timeline outlining the arrests and detention of prominent journalists in Gambia over recent years, as reported by Reporters without Borders and Amnesty International. 2009 June- July On 12 June seven reporters - The Point’s Pap Saine, Pa Modou Faal and Ebrima Sawaneh; the Gambia Press Union’s Abubacarr Saidykhan, Bai Emil Touray, and vice-president Sarata Jabbi Dibba, and Sam Sarr of...

Two journalists of the Indian Express were assaulted at Dhanyarukhi village in Burdwan’s Mangalkot on Friday, the newspaper reported. The village — where CPM leader Falguni Mukherjee was killed by miscreants, triggering the trouble at Mangalkot — is reportedly a CPM stronghold. Correspondent Kartyk Venkatraman and photo journalist Subham Dutta were injured and their mobile phones, camera...

The Boston Globe’s largest union overwhelmingly approved a package of $10 million in wage and benefit cuts Monday night, ending more than three months of tense bargaining and brinksmanship, the newspaper reported The Boston Newspaper Guild, which represents nearly 700 editorial, advertising and business office workers, became the last of the Globe's major unions to ratify sizeable financial and...

Palestinian authorities on Sunday allowed Al-Jazeera to resume operations in the West Bank, four days after banning the Arab satellite station over the airing of a claim linking President Mahmoud Abbas to the death of his legendary predecessor, Yasser Arafat, the Associated Press (AP) reported. Correspondent Walid al-Omari said he received a phone call from Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad informing...