BBC Monitoring Excerpt from report by Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran West Azarbayjan Provincial TV on 15 August [Presenter] The eighth nationwide conference of heads of TV and Radio Organization started in Orumiyeh today. Our reporter has more: [Correspondent] The deputy head of the Iranian Majlis affairs department …

BBC Monitoring Text of report by London-based newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat website on 16 August [Report by Khalid Mahmud in Cairo: "Al-Qadhafi's Son Launches New Satellite Channel"] Engineer Sayf-al-Islam, the son of Libyan leader Colonel Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi, launched last night the test transmission of a new Libyan satellite channel called "Al-Libiyah", …

BBC Monitoring Text of report by French news agency AFP Rabat, 16 August: Foreign observers monitoring elections in Morocco next month expressed unease on Thursday [16 August] at court cases involving journalists, which they described as impinging press freedom. "There have been notable challenges to press freedoms in advance of …

BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post website on 14 August The Palestinian Authority [PA] government will recover Gaza sooner than people think, PA Information Minister Riyad al-Maliki told a group of Israeli and Palestinian journalists in Ramallah on Tuesday [14 August]. "We're working …

BBC Monitoring Text of report by French news agency AFP Casablanca (Morocco), 15 August 2007: A Moroccan journalist with the [Arabic-language] weekly, Al Watan Al An, was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment today, Wednesday, while the paper's editor was given a six-month suspended sentence for the publication of "confidential documents" …

BBC Monitoring Analysis by Peter Feuilherade of BBC Monitoring on 15 August The power struggle between rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas is increasingly reflected in attempts by both sides to assert their control over media outlets. Earlier this week, the Hamas-controlled Executive Force intervened to stop journalists covering a …

BBC Monitoring Text of report by Turkish newspaper Sabah website on 15 August Emin Colasan, a known opponent of the government, has been silenced. Colasan had worked for Hurriyet for 22 years. Emin Colasan, a Hurriyet columnist known for his opposition to the government, has been fired. When it was …

BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Palestinian Ma'an News Agency website Bethlehem - Ma'an: Former BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston has thanked Palestinians for their part in the campaign to get him released. Forty-five-year old Johnston was kidnapped at gunpoint by a group called the Army of Islam …

BBC Monitoring Dubai Al-Arabiya Television carries at 0908 gmt on 13 August the following announcer-read report: "Al-Arabiya's correspondent in Gaza has reported that members of the Hamas-affiliated Executive Force stormed Al-Arabiya's offices and confiscated filming equipment. The correspondent said that the Executive Force confiscated a camera on the grounds that …

BBC Monitoring Text of report by London-based newspaper Al-Hayat website on 12 August [Report by Fathi Sabbah in Gaza] Several Palestinian forces, factions, and organizations have denounced the arrest of some Fatah Movement activists, including two movement leaders in the northern Gaza Strip, by elements of the Executive Force of …