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When Togo take to the pitch for their World Cup debut, most fans will be judging their performance against South Korea. But one NGO hopes some of the focus will be on the lack of press freedom in the African nation. Despite the controversy over player bonuses and the near loss of coach Otto Pfister, the Togolese fans are over the moon about their country's first-ever appearance at a World Cup...

AMMAN, 13 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - Media in the Arab world operates in an environment that restricts freedom of opinion amid ongoing state control over major news organisations, according to a recent survey conducted by the Amman Human Rights Centre (AHRC). “Arab regimes are increasingly imposing restrictions on journalists to prevent them from exposing their practices, mostly in terms of corruption and...

MOSCOW: The internet can be an excellent tool for tracking newspaper reader tastes, as well as developing additional revenue streams, said speakers at the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) annual congress and World Editors Forum meeting, held in Moscow, Russia, last week. Classified advertising which is migrating to the web also received a lifeline. Martha Stone, WAN manager: special projects...

(CPJ/IFEX) - New York, June 12, 2006 - A court in the Gambia freed a reporter on bail today, more than two months after he was detained by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), local sources told the Committee to Protect Journalists. Lamin Fatty of the Banjul-based The Independent will go on trial June 22 on charges of publishing "false news," they said. Under Gambian law, Fatty should have gone...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's independent media regulator has accused the president and several vice-presidents of allowing TV and radio stations under their control to incite intolerance and hatred before the July 30 elections. Modeste Mutinga, president of the High Authority of the Media, urged visiting UN Security Council representatives yesterday to use their influence and demand that...

It's been more than 16 months since CNN's former chief news executive Eason Jordan made what even he now regards as inarticulate comments about the U.S. military's role in the deaths of journalists working in Iraq. Inarticulate–and incendiary: Under fire from conservative bloggers and others for his suggestion at a forum in Davos, Switzerland, that the military may have targeted and killed a dozen...

NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) - The newspapers of the future - cheap digital screens that can be rolled up and stuffed into a back pocket - have been just around the corner for the last three decades. But as early as this year, the future may finally arrive. Some of the world's top newspapers publishers are planning to introduce a form of electronic newspaper that will allow users to download entire...

Lucknow, June 11: Now, this is a newspaper with a difference. Here, what bleeds doesn’t become a lead. Apna Shehar — this hand-written, free of cost, monthly Hindi newspaper is different, right from its content to the reporting and editing staff. Advertisement Published by an NGO, the content for this newspaper — government policies to uplift the status of the poor and downtrodden — are reported...

The Health Journalism Partnership (HJP) has launched its website to bring together health journalism resources, training opportunities, analyses, distinguished health reporting and a global online "map" of journalism training and support organisations. Internews Network, Panos Institute London and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) launched the pilot phase of the partnership at the...

Journalist Shujaat Bukhari, who escaped after being kidnapped here by two men last night, has said one of his abductors tried to shoot him but the weapon malfunctioned. Bukhari, a special correspondent for The Hindu, said this was the third attempt on his life in the past four years but he had not sought police protection even after yesterday's abduction. "As of now, I have no idea of the motive...