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Palestinian commentator criticizes Information Ministry

BBC Monitoring Excerpt from report by Palestinian Authority-owned newspaper Al-Hayat al-Jadidah website on 26 January [Commentary by Hafiz al-Barghuthi: "Mass Media"] Over the past days, a failure of the PNA and government official media was noticeable in dealing with current events, particularly through the satellite channels. PNA media spokesmen were …

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Israel approves radio for West Bank settlers

BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post website on 29 January A new, state-authorized radio station catering to West Bank settlers could be established somewhere in Judea or Samaria as early as April unless a pending High Court petition torpedoes the move. The announcement …

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Al-Jazeera Channel producer arrested in Egypt

BBC Monitoring Text of report by Egyptian opposition Wafd Party daily newspaper Al-Wafd on 29 January A task force dispatched by the Imbaba police station arrested yesterday, at dawn, Al-Jazeera Channel producer Huwayda Taha. It was her second arrest. Taha was arrested along with three crew members while shooting a …

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Iran feminist monthly shut down – website

BBC Monitoring Text of report by semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) website Tehran, 28 January: An informed source has said that the Press Supervision Board has revoked the licence of Zanan [Women] monthly. Speaking to ISNA on the session of the Press Supervision Board on Monday [28 January] the …

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Sudan’s Al-Shuruq satellite channel begins broadcasts

BBC Monitoring The Al-Shuruq [sunrise] satellite channel, which has been on trial broadcasts since 1 December 2007, seems to have started airing regular programmes. BBC Monitoring observed the satellite channel to air various children programmes and cartoons in Arabic during the early hours of the day. At 0800 gmt the …

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Syria, Yemen agree on media cooperation programme

BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Syrian News Agency SANA website ["Syria, Yemen Establish Media Cooperation Programme" - SANA headline] Sana'a, 28 Jan (SANA) - Following talks between Syrian Minister of Information Dr Muhsin Bilal and his Yemeni counterpart Ahmad al-Lawzi, both countries' Ministries of Information agreed to …

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Yemeni Journalists Syndicate condemns blocking of website

BBC Monitoring Text of report by opposition Yemeni Alliance for Reform newspaper Al-Sahwah website on 21 January ["Journalists: The blocking of Yemen Portal Net is a flagrant violation of both the freedom of the press and speech" - An Unattributed "exclusive" report.] The Yemeni Journalists Syndicate [YJS] has described the …

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Iran political dispute reveals leader’s influence in media

BBC Monitoring By Saeed Barzin of BBC Monitoring on 23 January A political dispute between the Iranian parliament and the president has revealed the extent of the influence that the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamene'i enjoys in the country's media. Reporting the dispute between the conservative-controlled parliament and President …

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Libyan Al-Badil TV: A brief survey

BBC Monitoring This new Libyan TV, which broadcast on NileSat, was thought to have been set up as an alternative to the state-owned first TV channel, hence the name Al-Badil, which means alternative in Arabic. But judging from its content, the word "alternative" seems to refer to "the alternative thinking …

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