BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by independent, non-governmental Palestinian Ma'an News Agency website ["Palestinian Chief Judge Accuses Hamas-affiliated Media of Libel" - Ma'an headline] Jerusalem, 9 December (Ma'an) -Palestinian Supreme Judge Tayseer Tamimi accused the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa satellite TV and other Hamas-affiliated media of deliberately publishing false news …

BBC Monitoring Text of report by Hina Farooq headlined "People say JI selling 'tickets to heaven'" published by Pakistani newspaper Daily Times website on 8 December Lahore: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has introduced a new way of getting into paradise, several people who had received text messages on their cell phones …

BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Syrian News Agency SANA website Damascus, 8 December: Minister of Information Muhsin Bilal affirmed on Saturday [8 December] in a lecture at the National Defence Academy that Syria's national and patriotic stances stand in the face of projects and plans hatched against …

BBC Monitoring Excerpt from report by Saudi-owned leading pan-Arab daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat website on 1 December [Unattributed report: "Seventeen Thousand Takfiri Websites on the Internet"] Riyadh, Al-Sharq al-Awsat - The Saudi General Intelligence Directorate is organizing today - 50 years after its foundation - the first conference on information technology …

BBC Monitoring Text of report by Haval Abubakr headlined: "Future reports and Kurdistan Region", published by Iraqi independent daily newspaper Rozhnama on 29 November According to the intelligence that has emerged from the US State Department, the United Nations agencies and the international non-governmental organizations, it is expected that the …

BBC Monitoring raqi Kurdish press monitored between 5 and 20 November included reporting, but was not limited to, about a new media bill currently being discussed by the Kurdistan Region parliament. Coverage of corruption and human rights-related issues continues to be overshadowed by the ongoing Turkish-Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) crisis. …

BBC Monitoring Backgrounder by Safaa Samir and Muhammad Shokry of BBC Monitoring on 4 December Overview On 17 November 2007, Egyptian journalists went to the polls to elect a new chairman and board of their syndicate. Five candidates ran for the post of chairman and 77 others competed for the …

BBC Monitoring Text of report by Saudi-owned leading pan-Arab daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat website on 30 November [Report by Mishari al-Thayidi: "Saudi Security Source Tells Al-Sharq al-Awsat: Terrorists Targeted Preachers who Warned Against Them at Private Gatherings, Through Lessons at Mosques; Al-Qa'idah Does Not Pay Too Much Attention to Those who …

BBC Monitoring The Iraqi "Turkoman Front has accused the Kurds of starting a media quarrel and defaming Front officials," Rozhnama newspaper of Wisha company reported on 29 November. Rozhnama published an article by Hastiyar Qadir saying that the Turkoman Front has accused the Kurds of stepping up a media quarrel …

BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Syrian News Agency SANA website Damascus: Minister of Information Mohsen Bilal on Sunday underlined the importance of boosting and developing Syrian-Chinese ties in all fields, particularly in media. The minister, meeting a delegation of Chinese Journalist Union, pointed out to the important …