Internal CIA e-mails show the former agency head, Porter Goss, approved a decision by one of his top aides to destroy 92 videotapes documenting the...
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France: TV channel fined for reporting Bruni affair rumours
A Paris court has fined the France 24 news channel for repeating rumours that first lady Carla Bruni was having an affair with a French pop singer....
Azerbaijan: Authorities clamp down on protesters
On April 14, 47 members of the opposition Musavat (Equality) Party were detained for participating in a demonstration in Baku, in the first...
Turkey: Hrant Dink murder investigation reopened
The investigation into alleged police involvement in the assassination of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is to be reopened. Dink was the...
Sudanese journalist charged with ‘waging war’
A leading Sudanese journalist is facing a lengthy prison term after being charged with “waging war against the state”. The National Press Council’s...
Kyrgyzstan: Microsoft denies censorship claims
Microsoft has denied claims that its staff were involved in the silencing of internet television station Stan TV, which was raided by police on...
Libel media roundup
Padraig Reidy: Libel media round up
Belarus: newspapers banned as journalists face trial
Belarus: The Ministry of Information has refused to register the newspaper Silnye Novosti Gomelya, run by the Pechatnoe Slovo company, according to...
France: newspaper fined for reporting Bruni rumour
France: A Paris court has fined the France 24 news channel for reporting press rumours that first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy was having an affair with...
China: earthquakes unearths tensions
According to Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun the Chinese Central Propaganda Department has issued guidelines on reporting of the Qinghai earthquake...