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Two French aid workers kidnapped in the Central African Republic
Two French aid workers from the NGO Triangle were kidnapped overnight from Sunday to Monday in the north-east of the Central African Republic, Mahamat Salah Amadou Birao, Bangui's vice-consul in Darfur, Sudan told AFP.
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GAZA ASSAULT - Israeli-Palestinian conflict - Journalism - journalists
Gaza: a war without reporters?
Why ban the press and to what end? Hundreds of journalists are demanding a proper answer to this question as they report on the war from Israel, unable to cross the border into Gaza.
FRANCE - JOURNALISM
French parliament splits on journalism bill
The French parliament is debating a controversial bill that recognizes a journalist's right to protect sources while suggesting these may have to be revealed in special cases. The legislation has sparked outrage among journalists' unions.
IRAQ - MEDIA
Iraqi AP photographer to be freed
Bilal Hussein, an Iraqi photographer working for the Associated Press, will be released on Wednesday after being held by US military for more than two years on suspicion of aiding insurgents.
UNITED STATES - MEDIA
A shrine to journalism
A museum dedicated to journalism has opened in Washington DC. The brainchild of USA Today founder Al Neuharth, the 'Newseum' traces back the good and the bad of the Fourth Estate, while stressing the need for "a free press in a free society".
CAMBODIA - USA
'Killing Fields' photojournalist dies
Dith Pran, the award-winning photojournalist whose harrowing life story was dramatized in the film, "The Killing Fields," died at the age of 65. Fellow journalist Sydney Schanberg, who covered the Cambodian civil war with Pran, was by his side.
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UNITED KINGDOM
British reporters held in Irish probe freed
Four British journalists arrested as part of an Irish police probe into paramilitary activities have been freed without charge, the BBC said Monday.
IRELAND
British Journalists arrested in Ireland
Several BBC journalists have been arrested in Donegal, Ireland as part of an investigation into paramilitary groups. The journalists have not been charged.
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