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BBC Monitoring The testimonies given by the US commander in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, and the US ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, to the House of Representatives Committee on Monday 10 September were relayed live by the following TV stations: the privately-owned Iraqi Al-Sharqiyah TV; the government-owned Iraqi station Al-Iraqiyah …
Read More »Iraqi president’s party said to redeploy officials
BBC Monitoring Iraqi president's party said to redeploy officials The Iraqi president's party will redeploy officials "at different levels for different reasons", the website of independent Hawlati newspaper reported on 11 September. The report quoted a senior anonymous Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) official as saying "the PUK will make …
Read More »Egyptian Al-Dustur chief editor to stand trial over reports on Mubarak’s health
BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Egyptian news agency MENA Cairo, 11 September: Al-Dustur Chief Editor Ibrahim Isa was referred to trial 1 October over rumours he published in his newspaper purporting the president was sick. Isa has spread the rumours intentionally to harm public interest, the prosecution …
Read More »Egypt’s press body said to probe newspapers over Mubarak health reports
BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Egyptian news agency MENA Cairo, 10 September: Egypt's Higher Press Council (HPC) will review on Wednesday [12 September] two reports from the journalism practice and legal committee on rumours about President Husni Mubarak's health, HPC's secretariat office said on Monday during a …
Read More »UK Arabic paper reports on UK conference on Saudi media role
BBC Monitoring Text of report by Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) news agency Islamabad, 9 September: Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) has issued code of ethics for the mass media institutions and practitioners in its member states to safeguard the Muslim ummah's [community's] values and interests and to fulfil the …
Read More »Guards symbol of Iran’s power and glory – Majlis speaker
BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Iranian Mehr news agency in English Tehran, 10 Sept: The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps is an example of Iran's power and glory, Majlis Speaker Gholamali Haddad-Adel said here on Monday. The IRGC reminds one of faith in God and upholding morality and …
Read More »Yemen criticizes US official’s remarks on press freedom
BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Yemeni news agency Saba website Sana'a, 9 September: An official source has deplored remarks of the US Department of State that Yemeni security forces practised harassments against some Yemeni journalists. The source said that the deputy spokesman of US Department of State, …
Read More »Algerian papers fear more attacks, cast doubt on
BBC Monitoring Less than 48 hours after the suicide attack which apparently targeted President Bouteflika during his visit to the eastern town of Batna, and in which 19 people were killed, a booby-trapped van was driven into the back entrance of the naval barracks in Dellys, some 80 km east …
Read More »Analysis: The changing role of media in Pakistan’s politics
BBC Monitoring Analysis by Steve Metcalf of BBC Monitoring on 7 September Whatever happens in Pakistan in the coming weeks and months, it will take place in a very changed media climate, particularly as regards television. Since General Pervez Musharraf seized power in 1999 he has introduced measures that ended …
Read More »West Bank and Gaza: Hamas disbands journalists’ union
BBC Monitoring Text of press release by Paris-based organization Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) on 6 September Reporters Without Borders today condemned Hamas' decision on 3 September to dissolve the Gaza Strip branch of the Union of Palestinian Journalists, most of whose members are affiliated to Fatah or support it. At …
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