The editor at the Arabic-language Moroccan weekly Al Michaâl was sentenced to a year in prison by a Rabat court on Thursday for publishing articles suggesting the king (pictured) was in poorer health than the palace admitted.
In its latest move to keep a lid on online content, China has ruled that every song that is posted on a Chinese music website need first be approved. The lyrics of foreign songs will have to be translated beforehand.
An Iranian prosecution officer has "temporarily" closed down the newspaper of reformist candidate Medhi Karoubi, the latter's website has announced. The move follows Karoubi's public claim that protesters had been "savagely raped" in jail.
In this edition: upset by dissent in the media, Hugo Chavez reaches for the "off" switch; why Paraguay is the toughest dating environment in the world; what future for Obama's Iranian plan; and the quickie cheapie wedding comes to New York.
In this edition: In Iran, the oppositon remains mobilised after the Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei confirmed Ahmadinejad's re-election. In Morocco, bloggers launch a campaign after the authorities' decision to censor a magazine.
Morocco has warned French newspaper Le Monde against publishing an opinion poll on how people viewed King Mohammed VI. Two Moroccan magazines which took part in the poll were earlier taken off news stands.
Two Moroccan weekly magazines were taken off news-stands on Saturday after they published an opinion poll on how people viewed the king. Mohammed VI marked the 10th anniversary of his ascension to the throne on Thursday.
Chinese Web censors have blocked sites with information about a bribery investigation into a company linked to Hu Haifeng, the sun of President Hu Jintao.
In this edition: 'Barbarians' gang members face retrial for gruesome murder of young Jew; organised crime targets upmarket wines; and are French tourists really the world's rudest?
Beijing has ordered Google China to shut down access to its overseas search engine, claiming the Internet giant hasn't done enough to remove pornography from its Chinese Web pages.
