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Defectors say Syrian state journalists 'kill with words'
Lama al-Khadra summed up her work for Radio Damascus with a grim phrase: "Our mission was to kill with words."
31 December 2012
Media outnumber doomsayers in Turkish 'apocalypse haven'
As the village of Sirince waited for what some say is an apocalypse from which the tiny Turkish hamlet will be spared, its streets were teeming not with doomsayers but a hoard of disappointed journalists.
21 December 2012
US financier tied to Pinochet money laundering dies
Texas financier and media magnate Joe Allbritton, who lost the scandal-racked Riggs bank to a hostile takeover after it was fined for helping Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet launder money, has died at the age of 87.
13 December 2012
Same laws must apply to bloggers, tweeters: Leveson
The man who led the inquiry into Britain's phone-hacking scandal has warned that bloggers and tweeters should be subject to the same laws as traditional media outlets to prevent a decline in standards of journalism.
13 December 2012
Murdoch matriarch devoted to charity work
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch was not just a leading philanthropist but also matriarch of one of the world's most powerful families and a key confidant to son Rupert as he built his global media empire.
06 December 2012
US goes gaga over Britain's royal baby-to-be
News that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, aka Prince William and wife Kate, are having a baby lifted Americans' fascination with the British royal family to new heights on Tuesday.
05 December 2012
Murdoch's British newspaper chief to leave company
Rupert Murdoch's top newspaper lieutenant in Britain is to leave his post at the end of the year, it was announced Sunday, heralding the start of a major shake-up at parent company News Corporation.
03 December 2012
British newspapers back PM's opposition to press laws
Britain's newspapers on Friday praised senior judge Brian Leveson's report into media ethics but warned its recommendation to introduce new laws could "suffocate the free press".
01 December 2012
Rakhat Aliyev tries to buy Malta Today but fails ... and starts accusing it of being biased
Former Kazakhstan ambassador to Austria Rakhat Aliyev hiding in Malta tried to buy into Maltese media a year ago.
26 November 2012
MP hopes for objective ruling on Kazakhstan opposition media
Kazakhstan MP Aigul Solovyova expressed her opinion on the lawsuit to ban opposition media in Kazakhstan.
26 November 2012
Press freedom makes Britain attractive: mayor of London
Britain would be moving in the opposite direction to many countries if it introduced tougher regulation of the media, Mayor of London Boris Johnson has said during a visit to India.
26 November 2012
British press hails Cameron's EU budget stance
Prime Minister David Cameron secured a decent result for Britain at the European Union budget summit, Britain's newspapers said Saturday, while warning that his good fortune may not last.
25 November 2012
Almaty prosecutors filed lawsuits against Google, Facebook and Twitter
Google, Facebook, Twitter and LiveJournal are on the list of defendants in Almaty prosecutors’ case to close several Kazakhstan opposition media outlets.
23 November 2012
Scary Spice wins paparazzo order in Australia
Former Spice Girl Melanie Brown was Thursday granted a interim restraining order against a well-known Australian paparazzo who she claimed threatened her and put her life at risk.
01 November 2012
France makes billion euro tax claim against Google: report
French tax authorities have made a billion-euro ($1.3 billion) claim against Google to pressure it in a dispute over compensation to media websites.
31 October 2012
Media freedom to be discussed in Astana
On October 31 Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrissov will meet with the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović.
30 October 2012
Lagerfeld denies calling French president an 'idiot'
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld on Sunday denied having called French President Francois Hollande an "idiot", suggesting the purported remark reported in a magazine came from a mistranslation.
22 October 2012
Nobel for EU praised in European, not British, press
European newspapers on Saturday praised the decision to award this year's Nobel Peace prize to the EU, with the notable exception of the British press, most of which poured scorn on the decision.
13 October 2012
Court cut Kazakhstan tycoon's claims 1000-fold in a case against Vremya magazine
The hearings on the case of Kazakhstan tycoon Alidzhan Ibragimov against Vremya magazine and journalist Gennady Benditskiy have finished in Almaty.
02 October 2012
Kazakhstan President’s press-service stakes on efficiency
President’s official website and Twitter-account are considered equally valid and the only official sources of information about activities of the President and the Presidential Administration: press-service.
26 September 2012