BBC Monitoring Text of editorial "Fabricated US-Egyptian crisis", carried by London-based newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi website on 9 June     Egyptian media outlets have been launching a fierce campaign against US President George Bush because he has demanded that President Husni Mubarak release Ayman Nur, leader of the Egyptian opposition Al-Ghad Party. …

BBC Monitoring Al-Arabiya Television at 1015 gmt on 6 June carries the following "Breaking News" screen caption:     "The Lebanese Army holds Wa'il Isam, Al-Arabiya correspondent in Nahr al-Barid."     Between 0804 and 0816 gmt on 7 June, Al-Arabiya Television was observed to carry a live dispatch by its correspondent in Nahr …

IWPR International freelance journalists and reporters from the developing world have just one more week to submit their entries into this year’s Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism. The deadline for entries to be received via email or postmarked is June 15th.   The awards were created to honour the …

BBC Monitoring Analysis by Steve Metcalf of BBC Monitoring on 6 June     Pakistan's current media clampdown appears to be principally directed at three private TV networks for their coverage and discussion of the country's deepening political crisis. But since two of these networks are based outside the country, the government …

BBC Monitoring Text of report by Pakistani newspaper Dawn website on 5 June     President Pervez Musharraf on Monday [4 June] imposed fresh curbs on the electronic media in the second such move within three days, sparking protests from journalists, politicians and lawyers.     The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Ordinance …

BBC Monitoring Analysis by Amani Soliman of BBC Monitoring on 4 June     As fighting flared between the Lebanese Army and gunmen in the second Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in south Lebanon on 4 June, the Syrian media continues to cover the story from its own angle.      Syrian …

BBC Monitoring Text of report by Palestinian newspaper Al-Hayat al-Jadidah website on 2 June     ["Eyewitness" column by Mahmud Abu-al-Hayja: "The More Beneficial and Beautiful"]     Which is more useful and better serves the Palestinian cause and even the Arab and Muslim causes at this stage? Is it extremism or rationalism; haste …

BBC Monitoring  Text of report by Palestinian Ma'an News Agency website     Ma'an, 2 June: The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades General Command, the military wing of Fatah, said that the statement issued by a group identifying itself as the Islamic Swords of Truth [Suyuf al-Haq al-Islamiyah], constitutes an open threat against media …

BBC Monitoring Text of report by Sudanese radio on 2 June     Sudan and Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in the fields of media and exchange of technical expertise, and coordinate in news exchange between the two countries' media institutions.     Upon his return from Teheran, General Director …

BBC Monitoring Doha Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel in Arabic was observed at 1233 gmt on 1 June to interview live via satellite its correspondent in Gaza, Wa'il al-Dahduh, to comment on Prime Minister Isma'il Haniyah's remarks vis-A -vis the launch of the security plan, as well as today's release of video …