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Kiev frees British journalist working for Russian TV
A British journalist has been released without charge after being detained by Ukrainian authorities, the Russian TV channel employing him, RT, said.
22 May 2014
British journalists shot and beaten in Syria kidnapping
Two British journalists were recovering in Turkey on Thursday after being shot and beaten by rebel kidnappers while covering the Syrian conflict, the Times reported.
15 May 2014
UN condemns killing of French journalist in CAR
The UN Security Council has condemned the killing of a French journalist in the Central African Republic, and stated those responsible "shall be held accountable".
14 May 2014
Phoenix TV journalists file harassment lawsuit in New York
Two employees of Hong Kong-based Phoenix television and a job applicant filed suit Tuesday against the company in New York after allegations of sexual harassment against its former bureau chief.
16 April 2014
Two female Western journalists shot in Afghanistan, one dead: police
A female Western journalist was shot dead and another wounded in Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost on Friday, on the eve of the country's presidential election, police said.
04 April 2014
Prosecutor General supports imprisonment for slander in Kazakhstan
Deputy Prosecutor General Nurmakhanbet Issayev has voiced his support to use of imprisonment as punishment for slander in Kazakhstan.
04 April 2014
Two Philippine TV journalists wounded in bomb blast
Two journalists at a major Philippine TV broadcaster were injured on Saturday after a bomb exploded as they were covering fighting between soldiers and hardline Muslim rebels, a military commander said.
01 February 2014
Nine indicted in Haiti journalist's murder
A Haitian judge on Friday indicted nine people, including several with close ties to former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, in the murder of a prominent journalist, officials said.
18 January 2014
Body of Indian minister's wife taken to hospital for autopsy
The body of the wife of an Indian minister, found dead in a luxury hotel days after accusing her husband on Twitter of being unfaithful, was moved to a hospital Saturday for an autopsy.
18 January 2014
Angry wife outs Indian minister's 'affair' on Twitter
The furious wife of the Indian government's top-tweeting minister admitted Thursday she had hacked his account to send out messages exposing an alleged affair he was having with a Pakistani journalist.
16 January 2014
Moscow expels US journalist
US journalist David Satter, a longtime critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been banned from the country in one of the first such expulsions since the Cold War.
15 January 2014
Two Argentine reporters die in crash while covering Dakar Rally
Two members of an Argentine news team covering the Dakar Rally died Thursday when the car they were driving in fell into a ravine, the Super Rally magazine said.
10 January 2014
Egypt police arrest Al-Jazeera journalists: ministry
Egyptian secret police have arrested an award-winning Australian journalist and an Egyptian reporter for the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera channel on suspicion of illegally broadcasting news harming "domestic security", the interior ministry said.
31 December 2013
UN urges Thailand to drop charges against website
The United Nations has urged Thailand to drop defamation charges against two Australian and Thai journalists for a report alleging military involvement in people smuggling, warning of a "chilling effect" on press freedom.
27 December 2013
Bolashak Scholarship to shift gears to Journalism and Cultural Studies together with BBC
In 2014 the scholarship is having two new categories - Media and Cultural Studies - that include journalism, cinematography, TV journalism and other similar majors.
26 December 2013
After a year, no news of US reporter missing in Syria
The family of US journalist James Foley, who on Friday will mark the first anniversary of his disappearance in war-torn Syria, say they have not given up hope of welcoming him home.
22 November 2013
Scientists study evolution of 'Little Red Riding Hood'
"Little Red Riding Hood" may have been heading to her grandmother's house -- but anthropologists wanted to know where she came from and just how her story spread.
14 November 2013
All Latin American countries spied on by US: Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald, the former Guardian reporter who broke many of the recent stories about secret US surveillance programs, claimed that all Latin American countries had been spied on by Washington.
23 October 2013
U.S. journalist to teach Kazakhstan media use Twitter and Facebok
Journalism and social media expert Sonia Smith is visiting Astana on July 12-13.
12 July 2013
Kazakhstan journalists attacked in Lebanon
A camera crew of Channel 1 Eurasia has been attacked in Beirut, Lebanon during shooting of a movie about the Arab Spring.
02 July 2013