Fiery television debates, and the tactics of Ahmadinejad’s own supporters, have emboldened Iran’s newspapers, says Meir Javedanfar The election of...
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Journalist killed and three wounded in Iraq
Al-Baghdadia correspondent, Alaa Abdel Wahab was killed outside Mosul, Iraq after a bomb placed underneath his car detenated also injuring a...
Yemeni government denies banning newspapers
The Yemeni Minister of information has denied that the government had suspended any newspapers, saying that some willingly disappeared and others...
Egypt’s Unesco hopeful in book burning row
Farouk Hosny Egypt's culture minister, and candidate to lead Unesco, the UN's cultural arm, has expressed "solemn regret" over a May 2008 pledge to...
Lecturers vote to boycott Israeli universities
Lecturers voted overwhelmingly to boycott Israeli universities and colleges. As soon as the vote was carried, the leadership of the University and...
Egyptian blogger fined for accusing company of pollution
Egyptian blogger Tamer Mabrouk has been fined nearly 6,000 euros as the result of a defamation lawsuit by a private company, Trust Chemical Co.,...
Iran restores Facebook access
Iran has restored access to Facebook after a block on the social networking website last week generated accusations that the government was trying...
Iraqi intelligence sues Guardian for defamation
Iraq's national intelligence service has launched a court action to sue the Guardian, claiming to have been defamed by a story that characterised...
Armed Israeli police close Palestinian literary festival
Armed Israeli police attempted to halt the opening night of a prominent Palestinian literary festival in Jerusalem ordering a Palestinian theatre to...
Iran blocks Facebook in election run-up
Iran has blocked access to Facebook, prompting government critics to condemn the move as an attempt to muzzle the opposition before next month's...