BBC Monitoring Text of article by Awat Ali entitled: "Mr Fatihi and Mr Ferhadi"; published by independent Iraqi Kurdish newspaper Hawlati on 23 September The incident of the arrest of Mr Fatihi [Tariq Fatih], Hawlati newspaper's concessionaire, at Hawlati headquarters, and the incident of the arrest of Mr Ferhadi at …

BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Egyptian news agency MENA Cairo, 24 September: The Council of the Syndicate of Journalists called on the crisis committee it formed recently to hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday [26 September] to tackle measures to be adopted after a court issued a …

BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Egyptian news agency MENA Cairo, 23 September: President Husni Mubarak on Sunday [23 September] toured the Sixth of October-based Media Production City (MPC) and the new projects being implemented on its premises of about 35m sq.m. Earlier, also in this city, southwest …

BBC Monitoring By Saeed Barzin of BBC Monitoring on 23 September The Iranian government suffered a defeat at the Majlis parliament on Sunday 23 September when it failed to rush through a bill which critics say aims to limit press freedoms. The bill had asked the conservative-controlled Majlis to discuss …

BBC Monitoring Text of report by London-based, Saudi-owned Elaph website on 16 September [Report by Khudayr Tahir: "Did the Iraqi Satellite Channel spy on Abu-Rishah?"] The Iraqi Satellite [Al-Fada'iyah al-Iraqiyah] is the official state-run television station. It is currently under the hegemony of pro-Iranian militias that have transformed it into …

BBC Monitoring Text of report by Qatari Al-Jazeera satellite TV on 18 September In a statement on the Internet, banned Tunisian Islamic Ennahdha Movement has congratulated President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's son-in-law, Mohamed al-Matiri, on establishing the first religious radio station in the country. The movement, headed by Rached …

BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Kuwaiti news agency Kuna website ["Kuwait"s Emir Urges Journalists To Refrain From Instigation" - KUNA Headline] Kuwait - His Highness Shaykh Sabah urged the chief editors of the local newspapers to refrain from publishing articles or reports that might negatively affect the …

BBC Monitoring Text of report by Qatari Aljazeera.net website on 18 September [Report by A'ishah Mahamdiyah in Dubai: "Test Transmission of Sudanese Al-Shuruq Space Channel Begins From Dubai"] The Arab world will see a new Space channel Called Qanat Al-Shuruq [Sunrise Channel] on 15 October. It is a new Sudanese …

BBC Monitoring ["Behind the News" talk show, presented by Ali al-Zufayri, discusses US-Israeli media campaign accusing Syria of receiving nuclear assistance from North Korea.] Doha Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel Television in Arabic at 1832 gmt on 15 September carries a new, live 25-minute episode of its "Behind the News" political talk …

BBC Monitoring Text of report by Quds Press web news agency [Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel Opens Media Training Centre Branch in Syria in Preparation for Possible Expansion" - Quds Press headline] Damascus, Quds Press - Syrian media sources have told Quds Press that the Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel has opened a branch …