Kidnapped British, Spanish journalists freed in Somalia

Two European journalists who were kidnapped in Somalia six weeks ago have been released by their abductors unharmed. " Two journalists, from Britain and Spain, have been released after almost six weeks in captivity...

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Make sure you join The-latest.com with other people around the world in 2009 and enjoy the experience of sharing news with them. News can happen anywhere at any time and we want you to be the eyes and ears of...

Reporters Without Borders: 62 journalists killed in 2008

By Miriam Mannak Although the number of fatalities among reporters, photographers, and other people working in the field of journalism in 2008 has dropped to 62 from 106 in 2007, in many countries a job...

Ruffian Infiltrates Press Corps, Photographs Obama

This morning I woke up to a Flickrmail inviting me to contribute this photo to the NowPublic archive, along with the story behind it, which goes like this:  On the morning of 23 August 2008, I was in...

Violence against journalists in Mexico exaggerated, says top prosecutor

"Violence against journalists in Mexico exaggerated, says top prosecutor December 10th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under Filed Under: mexicoreporter.com Tags: David García Monroy...

Foreign journalists allowed into Gaza for first time in a month

A follow up on previous reports regarding Gaza, Journalists and supplies into Gaza from Israel."Foreign journalists were allowed entry into Gaza on Thursday for the first time in about a month as several border crossings were opened, a defenseofficial said on Monday. ...

EXCLUSIVE: Signs Of An Attempted Coup In New Delhi

"With a traumatized nation and a paralyzed government, a core group of secular ideologues and Hindu nationalists are executing a ‘soft coup’ in New Delhi to bring to power hawks who want to pursue America’s agenda of grooming India as a regional policeman, sort out...

Press P for Pirates, my daughter called them, says BBC journalist

A Pirate journalist report "One of the biggest frustrations facing journalists is being unable to get through to people on the phone. But as Mary Harper discovered, contacting the Somali pirates on the Sirius Star...

Mumbai Attack: Citizen journalists told to stop using Twitter to update

" NowPublic Mumbai Channel A coordinated series of attacks took place across Mumbai on November 26, 2008. Follow updates on this unfolding story from NowPublic members, consult Mumbai resources and emergency...

Six dead Indian journalists honoured in Stockholm

Although any effort by the humans cant bring those departed soul back but this kind of gesture to respect there work will definitely make their soul free."Six Indian journalists, including Delhi journalist Soumya Vishwanathan, among the 87 worldwide who perished in their line...

Threats to Media Freedom 10 Years After The Assassination of Tara Singh Hayer

Local bloggers should attend this if they can.  Kim Bolan describes the event."I am on a panel on Tuesday night at Langara College that I helped organize - just talking about some of the on-going threats that reporters get when they try to expose extremism. The event is...

Two foreign journalists injured in Pakistan firing as kidnapped Canadian jour...

Two foreign journalists were injured in a firing incident in Hayatabad area of Peshawar, the capital city of Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province (NWFP) bordering volatile tribal region. Several...

Google's New Flu Tracker: A Public Health Service

Just in time for flu season, Google has launched Google Flu Trends a Web site that uses flu-related searches to track influenza outbreaks.Health officials say the chief benefit of Google's Web site is the speed of...

Israel bans foreign journalists in Gaza

As the Israeli government readies for an economic recession, it has also breached press freedom again. This time, it has banned foreign journalists from covering the Gaza strip. They would have reported on the...

Chinese journalists "sub healthy": survey

 It is really very strange , atleast in case of china, where the journalist dont have to move much or put extra effort to break the news, all thay have to do is publish the official version of politbeareau.Or they are under paid......thats called china."A survey published...

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