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LONDON, November 22 (IranMania) - Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad-Hossein Saffar-Harandi said that the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) member states should understand the priority for formation of a media union to counter the hegemony of the developed countries over media system, IRNA said. Speaking to Malaysia's Bernama News Agency on the sidelines of the Conference of Ministers of...

UALA LUMPUR, Nov 22 (Bernama) -- Lesotho hopes that the setting up of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) News Network (NNN), endorsed at the Sixth Conference of Ministers of Information of Non-Aligned Countries (Cominac VI) which concluded here Tuesday, can help boost its economy. "I hope through NNN, NAM countries will share their experiences and expertise in information communication technology (ICT...

Kuala Lumpur, Nov 22 (Prensa Latina) The Non Aligned Movement has agreed Tuesday to create the NAM News Network, replacing its news agencies Pool in an effort to help Third World countries spread their information. The decision was taken at the 6th Conference of Ministers of Information of Non Aligned Countries (COMINAC) that closed Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Representative from 70 nations...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 22 (Bernama) -- The Sixth Conference of the Ministers of Information of Non-Aligned Countries (Cominac VI) ended here Tuesday with the endorsement of the Malaysia-mooted proposal for the establishment of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) News Network (NNN). The more than 70 ministers who supported the proposal agreed that the NNN would effect a more sustained and efficient flow of...

Non Aligned Movement member countries today unanimously agreed to revitalise their news agencies Pool by replacing it with a new mechanism called the NAM News Network, giving each nation the right and freedom to "tell its own story". Welcoming Malaysia's proposal to replace the Pool with a new mechanism, information ministers and senior officials of over 70 countries said in a declaration at the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Information ministers of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) agreed on Tuesday to establish the NAM News Network (NNN) to replace the inactive Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool (NANAP). Malaysia's proposal of setting up the NNN has won the support of delegates attending the Sixth Conference of the Ministers of Information of Non-Aligned Countries, Malaysian Information...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 (Bernama) -- Malaysia needs to convince some of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries of the importance of the establishment of the NAM News Network (NNN), a unified news pool, if it wants to avoid the fate of previous initiatives, an Iranian cabinet minister said Monday. Iranian Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi said that earlier...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will start the ball rolling on the proposed Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) News Network (NNN) by organising a workshop within the next three months. Information Ministry secretary-general Datuk Siti Balkish Mohamed Shariff said that interested NAM members would be invited for the discussions to find ways to establish a practical and workable mechanism for the NNN. "The most...

It seems to be a race for setting dubious records. With the killing of two journalists within a span of 60 hours in the Philippines, the country in a neck-and-neck battle with Bangladesh has zoomed ahead. It is the most murderous place for a journalist to be in outside of Iraq. BLAMING MEDIA FOR OWN ILLS: "The President (Arroyo) likes to boast � without basis, we must point out – that, on one

ATHENS (AFP) - Newspaper editors and staff from over 60 countries met in Athens to explore ways of using the Internet and innovative tactics in their quest to lure back readers. Daily papers worldwide face growing competition from broadcast and online media. "These are very tough times for newspapers across the world," Mike Smith, managing director of the Media Management Center at Northwestern...