Middle East
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The Listening Post: Conflict in Lebanon - Part I
Posted by MediaChannel on 16 May 2008 | Tagged as: VIDEO, Middle East, Lebanon
Al Jazeera’s Listening Post looks at how networks and TV stations are the new battlegrounds in Beirut. Click here for Part II
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Free Live World Feed of Presidents Mubarak and Bush at 2008 WEF Forum on Middle East
Posted by MediaChannel on 15 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Middle East, Agenda Setting
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By WEForum.org President Bush will be among 14 heads of state and government welcomed by President Mubarak at the opening of the World Economic Forum on the Middle East in Sharm El Sheikh on May 18. |
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The U.S. War on Journalists
Posted by Amy Goodman on 09 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Journalism, Middle East
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By Amy Goodman Sami al-Haj is a free man today, after having been imprisoned by the U.S. military for more than six years. His crime: journalism. |
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Media Killings Show Journalism as ‘Perilous as Ever’ in Iraq
Posted by International Federation of Journalists on 06 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Middle East, Iraq War
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By IFJ The International Federation of Journalists has warned that the killing of a freelance reporter in a kidnap attempt yesterday reveals that the situation for media workers in Iraq remains as perilous as ever. |
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Egypt TV boss to be tried after attacks on Mubarak posters
Posted by Agence France Press on 06 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom, Middle East
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By Agence France Press An Egyptian television agency boss was charged by a Cairo court on Monday over helping to broadcast images of protesters tearing down portraits of President Hosni Mubarak during deadly food riots in April. |
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Kuwait has freest press in Arab World
Posted by Kuwait Times on 01 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom, Middle East
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By Kuwait Times Kuwait topped the list of freedom of the press in the Arab world, according to an annual survey of independent media in 195 countries and territories. |
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New Report Finds Global Media Freedom Down in 2007
Posted by VOA News on 30 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Media Freedom, Middle East
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By Kent Klein, VOA News The U.S. based organization Freedom House says media freedom declined in many parts of the world last year. |
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CBS’ Butler Says He isn’t sure who kidnapped him in Iraq
Posted by AP on 29 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, CBS, Journalism, Middle East, Iraq War
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By David Bauder, AP Richard Butler said he believes he was kidnapped in Iraq by policemen with sympathies toward the Hezbollah but isn’t entirely sure who held him captive or why. |
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FT launches Middle East edition
Posted by The Guardian on 28 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Middle East
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By Caitlin Fitzsimmons, The Guardian The Financial Times is launching a Middle East regional edition based in the United Arab Emirates tomorrow. |
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Iraqi Troops Free Kidnapped Briton
Posted by The Globe and Mail on 14 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom, Journalism, Middle East, Iraq War, Human Rights
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By Angela Balakrishnan, The Guardian Richard Butler, a photographer for CBS, was freed during a military operation in the southern city. |
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AP Photographer Granted Iraqi Amnesty
Posted by AP on 10 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Media Freedom, Middle East, Judicial, Human Rights
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By Robert H. Reid, AP An Iraqi judicial committee has dismissed terrorism-related allegations against Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein. |
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Afghanistan Moves To Censor TV
Posted by AP on 01 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Ethics, Middle East, Television, Afghanistan, Indecency, Censorship
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By Alisa Tang, AP Afghan lawmakers pass resolution aimed at censoring un-Islamic images on TV. |
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Report highlights urgent need for better communication between Muslims and non-Muslims
Posted by Media Tenor on 25 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Bias, Middle East, World Press, Media Analysis
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By Lord Carey Over 30 leaders of business, politics, religion, media and civil society are gathering in London to discuss a new report by the World Economic Forum entitled Islam and the West: Annual Report on the State of Dialogue. |
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Press Photos from Iraq: What Will History Say?
Posted by AP on 10 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ethics, Media Freedom, Journalism, Middle East, Iraq War, Newspapers
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By AP When you close your eyes and think of Iraq, what do you see in your mind’s eye? |
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A Question of Arab Unity - Disillusion - Part I
Posted by MediaChannel on 05 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: VIDEO, Middle East
Al Jazeera takes an in-depth look at the history of Arab unity. You can view part II here.
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