BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Palestinian Ma'an News Agency website     Qalqilya - Ma'an: Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Qalqilya on Tuesday [22 May] and forcibly closed down a local radio station, confiscating the station's computers and sound mixers. No arrests have been reported. …

BBC Monitoring Text of press release by Paris-based organization Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) on 21 May     Reporters Without Borders today condemned yesterday's [20 May] murder in Baghdad of Ali Khalil, of the daily Al-Zaman (Time) and the kidnapping on 9 May of the journalist Salam Duhi al-Sudani.     "Less than three …

BBC Monitoring Excerpt from report by Sudanese news agency Suna website     The Media and Communication Council of [ruling] National Congress Party has said it was determined to ensure freedom of press.     In a press statement in his office, the acting chairman of the council, Muhammad Hamud said the freedom of …

BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Dubai newspaper Gulf News website on 18 May     An Arab human rights activist has called on Qatari media to start a public debate on press freedom that would push the authorities to amend the existing press law, which he deemed as unconstitutional. …

BBC Monitoring Text of press release by Paris-based organization Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) on 18 May     The bodies of two Iraqi journalists employed by the US television network ABC, cameraman Al'a al-Din Aziz and soundman Sa'if Layth Yusuf, were found today in Baghdad's Yarmuk hospital. They had been kidnapped by …

WTVG-- May 17, 2007 - Al Jazeera is one of the most popular networks in the globe, but you can only see it in a few American cities, including Toledo. Viewers from around the world can question newsmakers, and so can you, if you subscribe to Buckeye Cable's digital service. …

President of the Egyptian Television Network Suzan Hasan revealed to “Al Safeer” (The Ambassador) magazine that celebrity Egyptian singer Amr Diab will be presenting a new weekly program titled “Al Awal” (The First). Read the full article at Al Bawaba.

BBC Monitoring Text of report by London-based newspaper Al-Hayat on 17 May     [Report by Mu'awiyah Yasin in Riyadh: "Saudi Radio Station Joins ' Open Councils' in addressing people's grievances."]     Since the era of Saudi Arabia founder, King Abd-al-Aziz Bin-Abd-al-Rahman Al Sa'ud, the Saudi people with grievances have always resorted to …

MEB Journal Egyptian actor Ezzat Abu Ouf will star in a new TV series "Omaret Yacoubian" (The Yaacoubian Building), which is scheduled to run during Ramadan. The drama will be based on the Story of Ala’a Al Aswani. Read full story at Good News For Me.

BBC Monitoring Between 0500-1000 gmt on 19 May, Baghdad Al-Sharqiyah Television in Arabic is observed to carry the following reports on security and political developments in Iraq:     Within its 0500 gmt newscast, the channel carries the following reports:      - "During his Friday [18 May] sermon in Baghdad, Imam Harith …