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Protest after radio host sacked for accusing Chief Executive of suppressing media freedom
Several hundred journalists marched through the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday calling for media freedom.
Reporters chanted "Tell the truth, uphold justice" and held placards reading "Protect press freedom" as they marched.
The protest...
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Explosion hits Al Arabiya offices in Gaza, Hamas reax
1. Partition with broken window lying on ground
2. Debris on ground
3. People at blast scene
4. Various of interior damage
5. Sign reading MBC on door
6. Damaged door on ground
7. Onlookers
8. Hole in wall
9. Wide of room with door blown...
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Greek publisher tried over alleged Swiss bank list; Vaxevanis comments during recess
1. Costas Vaxevanis outside the courthouse during a recess, surrounded by supporters
2. Close up of Vaxevanis' face
3. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Costas Vaxevanis, Greek investigative journalist:
"I don't want a guilty verdict to be used as an...
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Joint news conference by President Obama and President Hu
1. US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao enter news conference, audience stands
2. Cutaway of Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"I told President Hu that we...
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New play shows what happened to artist Ai Weiwei when he was taken prisoner
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1. Scene from "The Arrest of Ai Weiwei"
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Howard Brenton, playwright - on what the play is about:
"Well Ai Weiwei was arrested for 81 days in 2011. At the time of the Arab...
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GS 9 12 81 MARCH FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH AFTER REPORTER SENTENCED
Journalists in Madrif demonstrate for freedom of speech. reporter Xavier Vinader has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his reports on the Basque separatists.
1. ws demonstration, marchers down street, banner
2. ms marchers...
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Govt spox says Libya ready to listen to political solutions
1. Mid of journalists waiting for Moussa Ibrahim, Libyan government spokesman
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Moussa Ibrahim, Libyan government spokesman:
"We are ready for political solutions even those offers and proposals that demand things...
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UN official on TV station attack, pro-government rally
A spokesperson for the UN Supervision Mission in Syria has condemned the attack on a Syrian television station that left at least seven dead.
"The UN mission is alarmed at the attacks today on the Ikhbariya," Sawsan Ghosheh told...
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Turkish journalists under increasing pressure
Journalists in Turkey marked World Press Freedom Day on Tuesday - but it wasn't much of a celebration as they face increasing intimidation, prosecution and censorship.Since the start of the year, the Turkish government has seized the...
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U.S. Reviewing Turkey's Extradition Request
President Barack Obama and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have discussed U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen's status during a telephone call.Apart from the conversation Tuesday, Turkey provided the U.S. government with documents...
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Poor security and little freedom for journalists
LEAD IN:The Libyan Center for Freedom of Press say that journalists in the country are facing greater threats to their safety. There's a high number of kidnappings, threats and arrests. But the organisation hopes the country's unity...
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Istanbul demonstration against media arrests
Dozens gathered in Istanbul on Tuesday to demonstrate against the arrests of two journalists and an academic over charges of disseminating "terrorist propaganda."Reporters Without Borders' Erol Onderoglu, along with journalist Ahmet...
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Thousands of Hungarians in anti-govt protest
Thousands of people in Hungary on Sunday protested against government corruption and to demand the preservation of press freedoms.Sunday's rally called by civic groups and small opposition parties was held on Free Press Road, a...
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Hunger strike journalist dies
LEAD IN:The funeral of a British-Algerian journalist who died during a prison hunger-strike has taken place in Algiers.Mohamed Tamalt was convicted of insulting the Algerian president and defaming Algerian institutions.STORY-LINE:The...
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Samantha Bee hosts comic tribute to news
Washington's once-glitzy "nerd prom" was briefly upstaged Saturday as comedians and Hollywood stars gathered for jokes and jests about President Donald Trump for a tongue-in-cheek event to counter the annual White House Correspondents'...
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White House Correspondents dinner, Bill O'Reilly dominate the conversation on Time 100 red carpet; Viola Davis, Samantha Bee, Fan Bingbing, others honored
WH CORRESPONDENTS DINNER, BILL O'REILLY DOMINATED THE CONVERSATION ON THE RED CARPET FOR THIS YEAR'S TIME 100 GALAThe White House Correspondents Dinner and Fox News' ousting of Bill O'Reilly dominated the conversation before the start of...
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Erdogan accused of trying to silence media
A media advocacy group has accused Turkey's president of trying to silence the country's main opposition newspaper and free press as the second hearing of a trial against staff members of the paper began.
Christophe...
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Turkish journalist in Germany tried in absentia
Journalists and staff from Turkish newspaper staunchly opposed to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have gone on trial in Istanbul, accused of aiding terror organisations.
Two, including Can Dundar, Cumhuriyet's former...
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New UNESCO chief on US, Israel and press freedom
New UNESCO chief Audrey Azoulay has rebuked the U.S. for its decision to withdraw from the U.N. cultural body for alleged anti-Israel bias and says America is "affected by everything" the agency does.
Following her...
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Trump Says Russia Should Be Allowed in G-7
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German govt criticises jailing of Reuters journalists in Myanmar
Germany's Foreign Ministry on Monday criticised the conviction of two Reuters reporters in Myanmar for illegally possessing official documents.
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Infowars' Alex Jones crashes US Congressional social media hearing
As Facebook and Twitter executives prepared to defend their companies on Capitol Hill about foreign interference in U.S. elections, conservative radio host Alex Jones showed up before a Senate hearing room to blast the Democratic Party,...
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Myanmar court rejects appeal Reuters reporters
Myanmar's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the final appeal of two Reuters journalists and upheld seven-year prison sentences for their reporting on the military's brutal crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
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Media petition HKong govt over foreign journalist visa refusal
Representatives from major media associations handed in a letter to Hong Kong authorities on Monday expressing their concerns, after the local government refused to renew the work visa of a Financial Times editor.